Daily Archives: July 9, 2012

Beach flows shale gas

July 9, 2012
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Australia-listed Beach Energy has flowed gas at a combined rate of over 2 million cubic feet per day during testing of its Encounter-1 shale well in the South Australian Cooper basin.

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Total takes operatorship of Xerelete block in Brazil

July 9, 2012
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PARIS – Total announced that it has become operator of the offshore Xerelete concession located in a promising area of Brazil’s Campos basin. The transfer of operatorship from Petrobras to Total follows a unanimous decision by the Xerelete partners and approval by the Brazilian authorities.

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Statoil to resume production after compulsory arbitration

July 9, 2012
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STAVANGER — Statoil is preparing to resume production at installations that have been affected by a strike, after the government decided to impose compulsory arbitration in the pay settlement for the Norwegian continental shelf.

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Chevron makes large investment in North Sea area

July 9, 2012
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LONDON – Chevron Corp. will invest billions of dollars developing a giant offshore project in a remote and technically challenging corner of the British North Sea, the latest sign that major international oil firms are being drawn back to the region as efforts to ameliorate its onerous tax regime begin to bear fruit.

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Oil and gas tax changes announced by UK Treasury

July 9, 2012
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LONDON – Tax changes which could free up billions of pounds for investment in the North Sea oil and gas industry have been announced by the UK government.

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Petrobras carries out unprecedented deck mating operation

July 9, 2012
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Petrobras completed the deck mating operation for the P-55 semisubmersible platform at the Rio Grande Naval Hub (state of Rio Grande do Sul).

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