Noble Energy to drill Katmai appraisal well

Noble Energy Inc., Houston, is mobilizing a rig to Green Canyon Block 39 in the Gulf of Mexico for appraisal drilling at the Katmai oil discovery after drilling a dry hole with its Silvergate exploration well on Mississippi Canyon Block 339. Source: News


Clarke named EXCO VP, general counsel, secretary

W. Justin Clarke has been named vice-president, general counsel, and secretary of EXCO Resources Inc., Dallas. He replaces William L. Boeing, who resigned. Source: News


Chinese petrochemical firm commissions second PTA unit

China Prosperity (Jiangyin) Petrochemical Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Jiangyin Chengxing Industrial Group Co. Ltd., has commissioned a second purified terephthalic acid (PTA) unit at its petrochemical production plant in Shizhuang Petrochemical Industrial Zone in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China. Source: News