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Chevron To Face Criminal Charges Over Brazil Oil Spill

By Jeb Blount and Joshua Schneyer (Reuters)

Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:14pm EST CAMPOS, Brazil -

A Brazilian prosecutor plans to file criminal charges against Chevron Corp and some of its local managers within weeks, adding the threat of prison sentences to an $11 billion civil lawsuit as punishment for a November offshore oil spill. The filing in federal court in Campos, Brazil, will likely include a request for criminal indictment of George Buck, chief executive of Chevron

Transocean Ltd, whose rig was used in the operation, and some of its employees in Brazil are also expected to be charged, according to the officials.

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2012 East Texas Oilfield Expo

The 2012 East Texas Oilfield Expo will be held on Wednesday, March 7th and Thursday, March 8th, 2012 at the Maude Cobb Convention Center in Longview, Texas.

This event was a tremendous success in 2011, with great attendance and rave reviews.This year is shaping up to be even bigger and better than last year, with more exhibitors, more heavy equipment displays and of course, more attendees from the Ark-La-Tex oil and gas community!

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Chevron/KS Endeavor Platform On Fire Off Nigeria Coast-Possible Blowout

1/16/12 2:00pm

The KS Endeavor drilling platform has caught fire while drilling for Chevron off the coast of Nigeria, leaving at least 2 unaccounted for at this time.

The explosion occured between 4:30-5:00am Monday morning local time.Those missing include 1 Nigerian and an expatriate. An estimated 213 workers present at the facility during the explosion were reportedly evacuated from the scene. "We immediately flew out people to the nearby North Apoi platform, and have been helping those needing any medical assistance," Chevron spokesman Scott Walker said.

Chevron has not stated what caused the fire but a spokesman for the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation believes a "gas kick" was responsible. The KS Endeavor was drilling in the Pennington Field in Bayelsa state waters.

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Chesapeake/Nomac Rig #17 Hits Shallow Gas Pocket-Burns To The Ground

Jan. 5th 2012 10pm

Nomac Drilling Rig #17 drilled into a shallow gas pocket soon after spudding in at a drilling depth of 900' northwest of Sweetwater, Oklahoma this evening around 6pm and burned to the ground. No injuries were reported.
Workers stated that they encountered the abnormally pressurized zone at relief time around 6pm when the relief crew was in the change house.

It was first thought that they had encountered a shallow air pocket but after testing with a "sniffer" (a device to determine the presence of hydrocarbons) the well soon caught fire.

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