MEO Australia Limited advises the following update in relation to the Gurame SE-1X well being drilled offshore North Sumatra in the Seruway PSC using the Hercules #208 drilling rig. Since the last report, the 8 ½” precautionary pilot hole previously drilled to 202mMDRT (metres Measured Depth below Rotary Table) was opened to 26”, ahead of [...]
Hess Corporation today announced that they will proceed with the development of Tubular Bells, a deepwater oil and gas project operated by Hess in the Gulf of Mexico. Discovered in 2003, Tubular Bells is located approximately 135 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Mississippi Canyon area. The field lies in water depths ranging from [...]
![Australia: Apache Proceeding with Balnaves Oil Field Development]()
Apache Corporation said today that its subsidiary Apache Julimar Pty Ltd will proceed with development of the Balnaves oil field in Production License WA-49-L offshore Western Australia. The field was discovered by Apache in 2009 during exploration and appraisal drilling in the Julimar-Brunello complex. Balnaves is a light, sweet oil accumulation in a separate reservoir [...]
![GoM Oil Spill Update: Installation of the Sealing Cap Proceeding as Planned]()
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment Following approval from the National Incident Commander, BP this past weekend began replacing the existing lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap over the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer [...]
