Friday, November 20, 2009 - According to the RigLogix team, Cameron leads the pack of BOP companies with approximately 422 BOPs working on offshore rigs.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Woodside remains on schedule to deliver first gas from Pluto at the end of 2010 and first liquefied natural gas in early 2011, but development costs will exceed the approved $11.2 billion.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - The number of rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. climbed this week, but the gas rig total slipped as producers curbed output in response to low prices.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Pemex said Friday its crude oil production averaged 2.61 million barrels a day during the January-October period, down 7.5% from the same period in 2008.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Over the past 50 years, the U.S. oil and gas industry has developed innovative, 21st century technologies and exploration techniques that are efficient, pose little threat to the environment, and ensure worker safety.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Houston-based Marathon is joining other big oil companies in tapping the eastern European oilpatch.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Nigeria has renewed three of ExxonMobil's operated oil leases that pump more than 550,000 barrels of oil per day.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - The Lore-1 well, the first well of a 2 well program in the Timor Sea contract area JPDA 06-103, was spudded on November 20, 2009.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - BOS has confirmed the award of two large frontier 3D surveys offshore Mozambique and Tanzania on behalf of Statoil.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Maurel & Prom reported that the Onal 1002 well has reached a vertical depth of 1,195 meters, and has encountered 82 meters of hydrocarbon-impregnated reservoirs in the Kissenda Sandstone.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Brinx Resources reports that the second well from the 09-2 Oklahoma Project drill program appears to be another new discovery well.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Petro Vista has reached TD at its Noellia #1 (the first of several planned wells) recently drilled in the Lower Magdalena Valley Basin Colombia, La Maye Block.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Expro will complete surface testing and subsea landing string services offshore Nova Scotia at EnCana's Deep Panuke field.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Hoang Long Joint Operating Company signed a contract with Bumi Armada Berhad and its partner Vietsovpetro, for the provision of a FPSO for the Te Giac Trang Field Development Project in Vietnam.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - A North Slope worker was killed Wednesday when a pickup truck pinned him against a section of pipe, according to BP.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Gasco has awarded Technip an EPC contract to revamp existing facilities to support an increase in oil production from the new ADCO facilities and accommodate additional associated gas from the existing Asab, Shah and Sahil oil fields.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - There will be fewer stand-alone development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf in the next few years, whereas the number of satellite fields and maintenance investments will increase, according to Statoil's Stale Tungesvik.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Inpex signed an agreement with PT EMP Energi Indonesia, to transfer a 10% participating interest in the Masela Block in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Argenta has started a long term production test in well OA x-1, Covunco block, Neuquen basin, Argentina.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Scorpion Offshore's revenues for the first quarter 2010 totaled $107.9 million, including $4.9 million mobilization revenue and $3.8 million revenue booked as a reversal of a credit memo issued last quarter.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - PDVSA said its net income in the first half of 2009 fell by 67 percent to $3.17 billion due to slightly lower output and a steep decline in oil prices.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Pampa Energia's subsidiary has accepted an offer from YPF to enter into an investment agreement regarding the exploitation block known as Rincon del Mangrullo in Argentina.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - EXCO Resources' Board of Directors declared a fourth quarter cash dividend of $0.025 per share payable on December 15, 2009 to holders of record on November 30, 2009.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Gastem is undertaking a brokered private placement for an amount up to $5,000,000. The private placement will consist of 7,692,308 flow-through units at a price of $0.65 per Flow-Through Unit.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Fluor has entered into a formal alliance with Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation Ltd. in the pursuit of large offshore oil & gas projects in the Asia-Pacific region including China and Australia.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - GE Oil & Gas has enhanced its European drilling and production equipment repair, maintenance and refurbishment capabilities with the official opening of a new Global Services facility in Montrose, Scotland.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Schlumberger's subsea electronic control module has passed the historical milestone of more than a quarter million operational hours in the field with 100% reliability.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Two of Bibby Offshore's dive support vessels achieved significant milestones this month. The DSV Bibby Aquamarine and DSV Bibby Sapphire completed one million man hours and one & half million man hours respectively without a lost time injury.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - EnerMech has invested in specialist equipment to boost the company's hydraulics business line. The CNC machining facility allows the Aberdeen-based company to manufacture equipment parts which previously had to be sourced through suppliers.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Marine Technology Solutions providers Nautronix have joined key industry players by becoming the latest members of the National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI).

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Lukoil's Board of Directors has approved a strategic development plan for 2010-2019, which includes growing hydrocarbon production and the creation of a spin-off of assets from the E&P business segment into a specialized company.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Enventure Global Technology has enhanced its online technical library, a tool that shares the company's vast expandables knowledge.