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Vol. 10, No. 18 Week of May 01, 2005
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Pogo delays $280M in development drilling

Independent says rig, oilfield service costs too high, rig crews inadequately trained, steel costs double, fuel up 75%

Ray Tyson

Petroleum News Houston Correspondent

Exploration and production independent Pogo Producing has temporarily ditched its so-called “discretionary development drilling” program for 2005 because of escalating rig and oilfield service costs and “inefficiencies” that Pogo chief executive Paul Van Wagenen said included inadequately trained ri....

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