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Shell, PetroChina to Develop Shale Gas in Sichuan

Successes mount in Eagle Ford shale play

Norgesrekord i mislighold
Vaan kelpaako Guinnesin kirjaan Larsenin Bergeleen ennätys, kun kyseessä on useampi yhtiö? Näin siinä käy kun yrittää kusettaa kaikkia samaan aikaan, kukaan ei luota enää ja pääomaa ei saa mistään.

Moves on more Falklands driling

Panostettavia suhteellisen korkean riskin kohteita siis:
Falkland Oil & Gas
Desire Petroleum
Rockhopper Exploration

U.S. Crude Oil Production Poised for Biggest Jump Since 1970

"Projections from the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) indicate that the primary driver for this year's U.S. oil production resurgence is actually just getting started. That driver is the Gulf of Mexico, where operators have begun launching a group of new fields, fulfilling what has been a decade-long focus on unlocking the promise of deepwater exploration there"

"We see it above five million barrels per day for the next 10 years or so," Platts quoted Peter Jackson, senior director for IHS CERA, as saying"

"Besides growth in the Gulf, those other trends involve further development of the Bakken Shale oil play in North Dakota"

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ExxonMobil seals $41bn China LNG deal

"Australia and China struck their biggest trade deal ever today as the world's two most valuable listed oil companies, Exxon Mobil and PetroChina, agreed a $41 billion liquefied natural gas deal.

"It's a statement about the nature of our two economies and the fact that Australia is important to China, just like China is important to Australia," Australian Resources Minister Martin Ferguson told Reuters in Beijing.

The gas sale agreement between ExxonMobil and PetroChina comes just weeks after ExxonMobil signed a A$10 billion (US$8.24 billion) Gorgon LNG sales deal with India's Petronet, which marked Australia's first ever LNG contract with India..."

Mexico Wants Oil Alliance with Brazil's Petrobras

"The creation of an oil "alliance between Mexico and Brazil, as well as to increase the productive capacity of both countries" was proposed Sunday by Mexico President Calderon, on an official visit to Brazil.

Earlier, President Calderon proposed checking into the creation of a free trade agreement between what he called "the two biggest and strongest Latin American economies..."

What exactly is Mexico going to contribute to this alliance?


Sevan Marine considers rigs after Sevan Driller

QIDONG, CHINA: Commissioning of Sevan Marine ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Sevan Driller is ongoing at the COSCO Qidong shipyard, and rig crew have already moved into living quarters. The company is arranging financing for a second semi and considering a third.

Delays in the shipment of equipment have caused a revision in the delivery schedule of Sevan Driller. The rig will now be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2009 and commence its first contract in the first quarter of 2010...