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US walrus protections hit Shell's Arctic drilling plan
2015-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration dealt a setback to Royal Dutch Shell's Arctic oil exploration plans on Tuesday, saying established walrus and polar bear protections prevent the company from drilling with two rigs simultaneously at close range, as it had planned. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued Shell a permit which emphasized that under 2013 federal wildlife protections, companies must maintain a 15-mile (24-km) buffer between two rigs drilling simultaneously. The rule is meant to protect populations...
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AWE commences drilling operations at Waitsia-2 appraisal well in Perth, Australia
2015-06-30 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Australian oil and gas exploration and production firm AWE has started drilling the Waitsia-2 appraisal well located at permits L1/L2 in the Perth Basin.
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Rig And Drilling Contract For Johan Sverdrup
2015-06-29 03:27:39| oilandgasonline Home Page
Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence, has awarded two contracts at a total value of more than NOK 4.35 billion to Odfjell Drilling for drilling wells on the Johan Sverdrup field.
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Aibel Haugesund secures yard stay contract with Odfjell Drilling
2015-06-29 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Norway's oil and gas services supplier Aibel Haugesund has secured a yard stay contract with Odfjell Drilling for the Deepsea Bergen rig.
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Exxon Mobil halts drilling after spill crippled pipeline
2015-06-24 03:46:05| Energy - Topix.net
The shutdown of a pipeline that spilled up to 101,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast forced Exxon Mobil Corp. to halt operations at three offshore platforms because it couldn't deliver oil to refineries, the company said Tuesday. The company temporarily ceased operations last week after Santa Barbara County rejected its emergency application to truck oil to refineries, spokesman Richard Keil said.
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