Drilling
News
March 26, 2025
Baker Hughes announced Wednesday a multi-year contract with Dubai Petroleum Establishment (DPE), for and on behalf of Dubai Supply Authority (DUSUP), to provide integrated coiled-tubing drilling services for the company’s Margham Gas storage project.
News
March 26, 2025
Executives at U.S. shale companies expect President Donald Trump’s 25% steel import tariffs to lead to lower activity in the shale patch, according to the latest energy survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Article
March 2025
This article presents a unique experience where logging-while-drilling data could be streamed with high quality in real time, in a record-length extended-reach well drilled through complex carbonate reservoirs with deployment of an advanced new solution.
Article
March 2025
The last five columns have looked backward to measured how far drilling has advanced, and outlined some of the issues the industry still has and outlined the ways we could get even better and prevent performance issues.
News
March 25, 2025
Tullow Oil will pump as much as it can from mature assets in West Africa this year as part of plans to bring debt below $1 billion. "In the year ahead, our priorities are to progress our refinancing plan and optimize our production activities," Tullow said in a statement.
News
March 25, 2025
Enteq Technologies has successfully completed its latest round of trials for The SABER Tool, its next-generation Rotary Steerable System (RSS) technology, at the Catoosa Test Facility. The testing phase reinforces the tool’s potential as a more reliable, lower-cost RSS for downhole environments.
News
March 21, 2025
ReconAfrica has moved up drilling plans for its Prospect I exploration well in the Damara Ford Belt region of Namibia as a result of successful progress to date. Prospect I contains significant hydrocarbon and natural gas potential, the company announced.
News
March 04, 2025
SLB today launched EWC™ electric well control technologies, which reduce capex and opex, while making mission-critical drilling operations safer. EWC technologies replace hydraulics with a simplified electric power system, SLB stated.
News
February 27, 2025
TWMA* has officially broken ground on its latest facility in Habshan, Abu Dhabi. The milestone marks the beginning of construction for the world’s most advanced, self-sustainable drilling waste management site.
News
February 26, 2025
Halliburton and Sekal AS deployed the world’s first automated on-bottom drilling system with the integration of Halliburton’s LOGIX™ automation and remote operations, Sekal’s Drilltronics®, and the rig automation control system.
News
February 24, 2025
Black Gold Exploration Corp. (BGX) has commenced drilling on the Fritz 2-30 oil and gas well in Clay County, Ind. BGX recently acquired a 10% working interest in the well and an option to participate in any offset developmental wells in a 210-acre area of mutual interest from the operator, Adler Energy.
News
February 21, 2025
Bowman Consulting Group has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire UP Engineering, a San Antonio, Texas-based firm specializing in civil engineering and surveying services. UP serves clients throughout Texas with a focus on oil and gas, industrial, commercial and residential projects.
News
February 20, 2025
Caterpillar Oil & Gas has launched its new Cat® Dynamic Gas Blending™(DGB) Gen 2 Kit. The solution enables drilling companies to utilize existing 3512C Tier 2 power solutions to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduce total cost of ownership.
News
February 13, 2025
Mozambique has committed to “drill, baby, drill,” and expand exploration and production activity in a key message delivered by Florival Mucave, Chairman of the Mozambique Energy Chamber, during a roundtable event in Maputo on Thursday.
Article
January 2025
A holistic solution combines fit-for-purpose hardware and sophisticated rig controls data to deliver safer, faster, more efficient operations.
News
February 07, 2025
Falcon Oil & Gas announced the completion the Shenandoah S2-2H ST1 stimulation in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia with joint venture partner, Tamboran.
Article
January 2025
Continuing with the story from prior columns, we are looking at U.S. drilling activity to see how drilling performance has changed over the last few years and what it might say about how we can advance drilling even further.
News
February 03, 2025
Ecopetrol S.A. announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Ecopetrol Permian, has reached an agreement with Occidental Petroleum (OXY) to extend its development plan of Rodeo Midland Basin LLC under the joint-venture first established in July 2019.
News
January 29, 2025
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) has announced a strategic collaboration with SLB to drive the development of Canada's first next-generation geothermal project, located in southeast Saskatchewan.
News
January 22, 2025
(Bloomberg) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to unlock more of that country’s vast stores of energy will likely lower Kenya’s consumer price growth, according to the chief of the African nation’s central bank.
Webcast
Oil & Gas Forecast 2025
February 12, 2025
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Now in its 99th year, the World Oil Forecast is one of the upstream oil and gas industry's most trusted sources of projections and data relating to global E&P activity. Utilizing data collected from proprietary surveys of governments and operators in the U.S. and worldwide, this definitive industry report includes projections for spending and activity, worldwide drilling and production, and an analysis of political factors impacting the U.S. and international oil and gas industry. Now, more than ever this information will help market leaders make decisions relating to their businesses.
