Africa: Chapter 22: PART VI. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Edgar W. Owen

AAPG Special Volumes

... equipment came into use--offshore platforms, marine barges, swamp barges, and conventional land rigs--varying with difficulties of local conditions...

Developments in Alaska in 1958

H. Mann

AAPG Bulletin

... wells in Alaska. Alaska land filings now total about 40-million acres of which approximately 75% were subsequent to the discovery on the Kenai Peninsula...

Uranium

J. W. Gabelman , W. L. Chenoweth , E. Ingerson

AAPG Bulletin

...%) was devoted to land acquisition, $125.7 million (47%) to drilling, and $106.2 million (40%) to other costs. Of the $267 million, $60 million (22.5...

Developments in Uranium in 1982

W. L. Chenoweth

AAPG Bulletin

.... Expenditures in 1982 were $11.30 million (15%) for land acquisition, $28.10 million (38%) for drilling, and $34.47 million (47%) for other exploration...

Moving Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico: People, Technology, and the Organization of Work in the Early Years of Oilfield Diving

Diane E. Austin

Petroleum History Institute

... obvious; these include constructing drilling rigs and platforms that can withstand wave action, developing techniques for cutting and welding metals...

Geologic and Economic Notes on Venezuelan Oil Developments

Edwin B. Hopkins, H. J. Wasson

AAPG Bulletin

.... At present there are many millions of dollars tied up in concessions which in a broad sense can be considered as "possible oil land," but which do not lend...

Antarctica--Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential

Bill St. John

AAPG Special Volumes

... Victoria Land, in C. Craddock, et al, Geologic maps of Antarctica: Antarctica Map Folio Series, New York, American Geographical Society, Folio 12...

Exploration Drilling in the Mamberano Region of Irian Jaya: An Operations Review

M. C. Bearne

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... gradually to dry land in the south where steep rain forest clad hills reach up to 700 metres elevation. The climate is tropical with two seasons although...

Oil Fields of Greater Oficina Area Central Anzoategui, Venezuela

H. D. Hedberg , L. C. Sass , H. J. Funkhouser

AAPG Bulletin

... terrane allows skidding of rigs and derricks from one location to the next. Pressure-maintenance and secondary-recovery projects are in prospect...

Kristin „ A Tough Lady

Halfdan Carstens

GEO ExPro Magazine

... in the rough Norwegian Sea. Images and data from the drilling and logging operations are transferred directly – in real time – from rig to land using...

Reef-Type Oil Fields Scurry County, Texas

DeWitt C. Van Siclen

Abilene Geological Society

..., and from the Rio Grande into the Panhandle. The present Bend Arch was a hinge-line east of which was a great trough receiving abundant sediments from a land...

Australias gas markets: similar problemsƒsimilar solutions?

John Gibb, Angus Rodger, Lucy Cullen

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... (NT) – is creating similar issues. We tend to think of these as essentially separate, disconnected and divided by vast swathes of land. But the reality...

Exploration History and Status of Hydrocarbon Exploration of Cauvery Basin with Particular Reference to Occurrence of Oil & Gas and Their Relationship to Depositional System in Paleogene and Cretaceous

P. K. Chandra, S. Venkataraman

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... Presently six land and one offshore siesmic crew have been deployed. Four onland rigs and one offshore rig are operating in this basin. It is also...

The Qatar Oil Discoveries of 1940 and 1960

Rasoul Sorkhabi

GEO ExPro Magazine

... with Qatar, and on 17 May 1935, it was granted a 75-year oil concession covering all of Qatar’s land to explore and produce oil. In return, the Qatar...

Kutubu Oilfield, Papua New Guinea- A 350 MMbbl Fold Belt Classic

K. Bradey, K. Hill, D. Lund, N. Williams, T. Kivior, N. Wilson

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and drilling rigs, which quickly escalate the cost to a stage where US$40 million for a well seems relatively cheap. For the first 12 years of development...

The Discovery, Reservoir Attributes, and Significance of the Hawkville Field and Eagle Ford Shale Trend, Texas

Charles Cusack, Jana Beeson, Dick Stoneburner, Gregg Robertson

GCAGS Transactions

.... As of the submission of this paper, there are about 60 rigs drilling in the trend (Fig. 18). The full economic extents are still being delineated...

Emergency Preparedness

R. Porsiana

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... HOMSL has tied the operations together with an efficient combination of air, sea and land transportation. Crewboats and workboats pass regularly...

The Glenn Pool Oil Field, The discovery that made Oklahoma

Norman J. Hyne

Oklahoma City Geological Society

.... Bob was a farm boy from Ohio and had come to Oklahoma for the land run. He had run mail and cargo for Wells Fargo and had been a marshal and small...

Recycling of Australian Oil and Gas Assets, an Australian Basel-Compliant Solution

T. Soliman Hunter, P. Brenan, D. Shannon

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... to contemplate leaving infrastructure in situ (rigs-to-reef), which may well breach Australia’s international law obligations under the United Nations...

Block 25 Field, Chandeleur Sound, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

David Woltz

GCAGS Transactions

... operations are conducted from barge rigs and wells are serviced by boat. Production equipment is installed on elevated platforms of rather limited size...

Platform Removal, ARCO Indonesia Experience

Sulistiyono, Gatot Hendarjo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., Offshore Technology Conference, 295-304. Demecs, T.N., Rigs to Reefs: A Disposal Alternative, Integrated Waste Management, Summer 1993. Kiesler, J...

Osage Oil Field, Weston County, Wyoming

C. E. Dobbin, J. C. Miller

AAPG Special Volumes

... shows with respect to land lines resurveyed by the General Land Office in 1932, the locations and status of all wells that could be found in the field...

Developments in Alaska in 1951

George Gryc

AAPG Bulletin

... on this area were completed by the Geological Survey in 1951 and placed in files available to the public. Applications for land leases in this area have been...

Developments in West Coast Area in 1979

R. C. Blaisdell, T. W. Dignes

AAPG Bulletin

... Inc., is not releasing information. Currently, over 400,000 acres of state land are under lease for oil and gas in Kittitas, Yakima, Grant, Benton...

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