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Petrobras: Starting Production at Chinook Field in U.S. Gulf

Dow Jones Newswires --
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR3.BR, PETR4.BR) started production at the Chinook oil and gas field in the ultra-deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico last week, the company said Thursday.

Petrobras, as the company is known, drilled and completed the Chinook well in a resevoir in the Lower Tertiary, a geographic layer nearly five miles deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil and gas companies are using advances in drilling technology to explore for oil in increasingly extreme environments.

The Pioneer production platform is moored 155 miles off the coast of Louisiana and in waters 8,200 above the sea floor, a world-record depth for oil productoin, according to Petrobras.

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Submitted Sep 14, 2012 By: RENEGADEGAS

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TustinDad Champion Author Orange County Posts:4,307 Points:908,765 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Sep 15, 2012 7:20:24 AM Ignore TustinDad Report Abuse C.Carpets wrote: "Worth Repeating... O'Bummer stops USA companies drilling in Gulf, and then welcomes his South American friends to do that which he denies USA companies." I don't think it is worth repeating. There are several new rigs in the Gulf. If US companies want to drill there, just apply, which they have done. Maybe the US companies should start using the permits they already have?
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:33,073 Points:2,347,460 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Sep 15, 2012 6:55:56 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse Is Petrobras any better then BP when drilling in ultra-deep water and extreme environments? Have an SOP, blow out protection, emergency evacuation procedure, tested and certified equipment and the KNOWLEDGE to operate the drilling rig correctly and safely. It would be disastrous if there was another massive oil spill that happened like BP. Oil companies keep finding oil deposits all over this earth, we were supposed to run out of crude oil years ago. Chuck and TD (<comment police – TD *stay away from the Kool-Aid!) gave money to Brazil and this is what we get in return? We are running out of oil so let's raise prices at the pump! It's TD's fault! It's open ocean, have at it but don't pollute our shores! Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, has a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! 12/22/2012!
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