Petroleum News
BHP Billiton Successful Winner In Gulf Of Mexico Lease Sale
3 October 2007
On 3 October, BHP Billiton Petroleum was the successful high bidder on 14 blocks in the Outer Continental Shelf that were auctioned in the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205 by the Minerals Management Service (MMS).
BHP Billiton Acquires Exploration And Production Rights Offshore The Falkland Islands
2 October 2007
BHP Billiton announced today that it has acquired an interest in 14 exploration and production licenses offshore the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
BHP Billiton Announces Gas Discovery At Thebe-1 Offshore Australia
13 August 2007
BHP Billiton announced today a discovery at the Thebe-1 exploration well that was recently drilled offshore Western Australia.
BHP Billiton Sets Drilling Records in the Gulf of Mexico
24 July 2007
BHP Billiton Petroleum announced today that two Company-operated drilling vessels have set new benchmarks for subsalt, deepwater drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
BHP Billiton Approves Pyrenees Project Offshore Western Australia
3 July 2007
BHP Billiton today announced approval of the Pyrenees project located in licence block number WA-12-R in the Exmouth Sub-basin, off the North West Australian coast. First production is expected during the first half of calendar year 2010.
