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October 12th, 2011:

Shell Nigeria hopes to resume normal production by November

12 October 2011

LAGOS — Oil giant Shell said Tuesday it hopes to resume normal production levels in Nigeria by early November a day after announcing that it may not meet contractual obligations on certain oil exports due to a pipeline attack.

Following the attack on the 50-kilometre (30 miles) Trans Forcados pipeline, the Shell Nigeria joint venture declared ‘force majeure’, freeing it of contractual obligations on certain exports from Nigeria through December.

But Shell said in a statement that repair on the pipeline had begun and that production may resume earlier than previously thought. read more

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Shell executives see industry benefitting from oil-spill cleanup contest

OIL&GAS JOURNAL

HOUSTON, Oct. 11
By Paula Dittrick
OGJ Senior Staff Writer

The X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit organization, along with philanthropist Wendy Schmidt, presented a $1 million first-place award to Elastec/American Marine Oct. 11 during a ceremony in New York.

Elastec/American Marine of Carmi, Ill., and Cocoa, Fla., achieved more than three times the industry’s previous best oil recovery rate tested in controlled conditions.

The second-place winner, NOFI from Tromso, Norway, won $300,000. Despite schedule delays caused by Hurricane Irene, NOFI reached more than two times the industry’s previous best oil recovery rate. read more

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