Petroliferous Provinces of U.S.S.R.--A Revision

F. Julius Fohs

AAPG Bulletin

... barrels, and add for offshore, principally inland sea areas 39.7 billion barrels; this compares with an earlier estimate of 150 billion barrels...

Lost Circulation and Control in Reefal Limestone Depositions

Rusjdi Iljas

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... offshore the lost circulation occurs in the Malacca Limestone formation. This formation is a reefal deposition which is commonly dolomitic limestone...

Overview of Exploration for Petroleum in Malaysia Under the Production-Sharing Contracts

Ahmad Said

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... moving into the virgin Malaysian offshore areas with their modern floating rigs, with the first of these, the semi-sub ‘Sedco Alpha’ arriving in Sarawak...

Developments in Louisiana Gulf Coast in 1976

James E. Sandt, David Woltz

AAPG Bulletin

... of drilling rigs active increased both onshore and offshore during 1976 but there was a decline in inland-water drilling (Fig. 4). The last 2 years...

Offshore Oil and Gas Fields in Azerbaijan: History and Description, Part I

Leonid A. Buryakovsky

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...Offshore Oil and Gas Fields in Azerbaijan: History and Description, Part I Leonid A. Buryakovsky 1993 12 47 Abstract The geological structure...

Petroleum Developments in Africa in 1953

Hollis D. Hedberg

AAPG Bulletin

... years, and 34 rigs were in operation at year's end. Ninety-four exploratory and 70 development wells were drilled in Africa during the year...

Petroleum Developments in Africa in 1955

Hollis D. Hedberg

AAPG Bulletin

... Equatorial Africa, Morocco, and Nigeria. A total of 790,781 feet of drilling was carried out during the year and 52 drilling rigs were in operation...

GOOSE CREEK OIL FIELD, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

Jeff Spencer

Petroleum History Institute

... Jeff Spencer 675 Piney Creek Road, Bellville, TX 77418 [email protected] ABSTRACT: As early as 1906, fishermen reported gas bubbling in the offshore...

Oil and Gas Developments in Central and Southern Africa in 1981

Harry J. McGrew

AAPG Bulletin

..., 25 exploratory wells were under way or testing, and 49 rigs were active in development drilling. Oil production for the year was 691,995,939 bbl...

Latin America After 1920: Chapter 17: PART XIII. BRAZIL

J. Herbert Sawyer

AAPG Special Volumes

... Vibroseis or Dinoseis. Five jack-up rigs were used in offshore exploration drilling in 1971, and by year-end, two drillships--Discoverer-1 and Cyclone...

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...

Operational Environmental Management in Maxus, Southeast Sumatra

Wiesje A. Rondonuwu, M. Rasjid Izin

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...; Review of discharges into the sea from the offshore production facilities and the drilling rigs; and Selecting environmentally safe materials...

Oil and Gas Developments in Eastern Canada in 1985

T. R. Carter , D. K. Parker , G. R. Campbell , R. A. Trevail

AAPG Bulletin

...) Exploration activity in Canadian east coast offshore regions was at a record level in 1985. Drilling was completed at 20 exploratory wells, 6 delineation...

Abstracts: Petroleum History Institute 2022 Oil History Symposium Santa Barbara, California, May 18, 2022

Petroleum History Institute

Petroleum History Institute

..., Fages, and Vancouver) referred to these seeps and their use by the Chumash Indians. After offshore oil platform production began in the 1960s...

Bypassed Oil from Infill Drilling

Richard H. Sams

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... Fields in Texas: Bureau of Econ. Geology, Univ. of Texas, Austin. The Houston Chronicle, April 16, 1992: Reporting on recent offshore lease bid sale...

The geoscience of decommissioning

Henk Kombrink

GEO ExPro Magazine

... have changed. Drilling, especially exploration drilling, is a rarity across the UK Continental Shelf. Instead, rigs are now increasingly being used...

Enfield, Vincent and Laverdaƒ a Journey of Discovery

PESA Staff

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... offshorE virtually EnsurEs that thE oil rigs will not dirEctly affEct tourism." As the WA-271 -P permit area is located 40 km from the Ningaloo Reef off...

Australian Taxation of Offshore Hubs: An Examination of the Law on the Ability of Australia to Tax Economic Activity in Offshore Hubs and the Position of the Australian Taxation Office

Martin Fry

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

...Australian Taxation of Offshore Hubs: An Examination of the Law on the Ability of Australia to Tax Economic Activity in Offshore Hubs...

Oil and Gas Developments in Australia in 1987

A. W. Lindner

AAPG Bulletin

..., and Otway basins; offshore drilling actually decreased. Despite the lower drilling effort offshore, the most significant discoveries and extension tests...

Offshore Positioning Systems: The Human Interface

D. F. Haines

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

...Offshore Positioning Systems: The Human Interface D. F. Haines 1980 24 30 During the last few years, computers have decreased in size and increased...

Deep Water Developments in the Gulf of Mexico

M. W. Bourque, J. E. Fore, J. H. Sheffield, W. R. Trojan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... profitability by reducing costs, risks, lead-time and uncertainties. Shell Offshore Inc. leads the industry with 35% of the leased acreage in the deep...

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...

AAPG Memoir 68: Regional and Petroleum Geology of the Black Sea and Surrounding Region. Chapter 2: Exploration History of the Black Sea Province

Jeremy Benton

AAPG Special Volumes

..., and onshore and offshore sector. There is then a discussion of the Black Sea environment, and finally the results of exploration are summarized. First...

Chicontepec Field--Mexico Tampico-Misantla Basin

Daniel A. Busch

AAPG Special Volumes

... plans being studied. Under this plan Pemex would increase the number of rigs used for Chicontepec development by 30 each year for four years, with a total...

Petroleum Industry Perspective: Mid-Year 2001; (Pete) Stark; Search and Discovery Article #10021 (2001)

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