ExxonMobil Enters Black Sea with Exploration Agreement in Turkey

November 19, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakl??? (TPAO), to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil’s entry into Black Sea exploration. ExxonMobil will become operator during the initial exploration phase and earn... 

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT, OCTOBER 8

October 8, 2006 Filed Under: Mining Services  

DEVELOPMENTAL Panola County # In a lease 11.1 miles west of Carthage, in a wildcat field, the R.D. Browning GU Well No. 6 will be drilled by AC Exploration. The well will be drilled to 10,200 feet in the Morgan, E Survey, A-469. The well may also be drilled in the Beckville (Travis Peak) Field, the J.G.S. (Rodessa Gloyd) Field, the Fairplay, Northeast (Travis Peak) Field, the Carthage (Pettit, Lower)... 

The Brilliantly Profitable Timing of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown

August 10, 2006 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

Is the Alaska Pipeline corroded? You bet it is. Has been for more than a decade. Did British Petroleum shut the pipe yesterday to turn a quick buck on its negligence, to profit off the disaster it created? Just ask the “smart pig.” Years ago, I had the unhappy job of leading an investigation of British Petroleum’s management of the Alaska pipeline system. I was working for the Chugach...