Study focuses on formation evaluation of Miocene gas bearing reservoirs in Matagorda Island field (GOM 519-18); and developing some advanced interpretation techniques that could improve drilling and well performance in other parts of Gulf of Mexico. Semi-consolidated sediments found in the offshore Gulf of Mexico presents a particularly challenging problem...
The paper mentions that exploration geoscientists working in the northern Gulf of Mexico and adjacent areas must develop insights into relationships between hydrocarbon occurrences and regional/global events such as growth-fault/allochthonous salt evolution and sea-level/climatic cycles. It also states that In the Gulf of Mexico, numerous hydrocarbon plays have been spawned...
Rotary steerable tools now provide an alternative drilling system for directional wells. The rotary steerable will eliminate many of the inefficiencies associated with steerable motor drilling. Wells can be drilled at a faster rate with no requirement to slide the BHA in order to steer. Hole quality is improved through...
BHP Billiton Ltd, Australia's largest oil and gas producer, says production from its Neptune project remains shut-in as operations in the Gulf of Mexico partially resume after hurricane Gustav.Oil and gas operators, including BHP Billiton, evacuated personnel and shut-in output from operations ahead of hurricane Gustav entering the Gulf...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp CVX said Monday checks for damage at offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico will take a "couple of days" once the bulk of Hurricane Gustav passes on shore. The eye of Gustav came ashore earlier on Monday,...
NEW ORLEANS -- On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos. ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Gustav dumped torrential rains across southern Haiti on Tuesday, killing at least one man and threatening crops amid protests over high food prices. Oil prices rose on fears the storm could batter oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trees toppled as the...
Energy companies are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Gustav as it heads into the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans-based McMoRan Exploration Co., for one, plans to wrap up or suspend projects and evacuate non-essential personnel by Friday, spokesman Bill Collier said. ...
The two largest real estate companies in the New Orleans area have enacted their hurricane plans, as Tropical Storm Gustav is forecast to possibly make landfall in Louisiana next week. Executives with New Orleans-based Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors and Metairie-based Prudential Gardner Realtors say they have...
LONDON AFP — Oil prices surged Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav appeared headed for the Gulf of Mexico and its oil and gas installations. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, advanced 1.88 dollars to close at 118.15 dollars a barrel. In...
HOUSTON -- Houston-based Anglo-Suisse Offshore Partners, LLC ASOP, (www.anglosuisse.com) today reported the commencement of production from the company's most recent five-well drilling program in the Western Gulf of Mexico's Matagorda Island area. The wells were drilled in approximately 70 feet of water with Pride Internationals' jack-up rig, "Pride Georgia." This...
LONDON AFP — Oil prices rebounded above 117 dollars on Tuesday, erasing earlier losses as market attention switched to a hurricane that could threaten US energy facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, jumped 2.09 dollars to 117.20...
HAVANA AFP — Tropical Storm Gustav churned toward Cuba and the United States Wednesday after lashing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane force winds and rain that killed 22 people. The US National Hurricane Center warned that Gustav could regain hurricane force on Thursday as it passes...
HOUSTON, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blue Dolphin Energy Company ("Blue Dolphin"), an independent oil and gas company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, today announced the appointment of William J. Dale as Chief Financial Officer. With more than 12 years of energy experience, Mr. Dale...
'Three years on, New Orleans is a city divided,' Reuters, Aug. 13 Three years after Hurricane Katrina wrecked parts of New Orleans, all that separates the biggest successes and failures in the city's revival is a short drive. Fifteen minutes by car takes...
The Minerals Management Service attracted $487 million in high bids on the Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 207, U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Wednesday. The 423 bids from 53 companies were for 319 tracts covering 1.8 million acres off the Texas coast....
Probe Resources Ltd. (the "Company" or "Probe") (TSX VENTURE: PBR) announced today that it has discovered commercial reserves in multiple horizons in its East Cameron 36 No. 1 well located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The well was spud on August 5, 2008 and was drilled under budget to...
Eleven people have died in Florida in havoc wreaked by tropical storm Fay, which has hit the state four times since arriving from the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. Most storms pass through Florida within a couple of days but Fay has set a record by hitting...
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. -- As Tropical Storm Fay finally got on track Friday to leave Florida behind, flood-stricken homeowners got an encouraging sign: Muddy brown water lines began appearing on the sides of homes, a clue that floodwaters were receding. The fickle storm that stuck around for five...
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