Drilling

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December 12, 2019
The 20,000-psi field development plan is based on eight subsea wells and two subsea drilling bases connected via two production loops to a newbuild, lightweight floating production unit.
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December 11, 2019
Maersk Drilling has signed agreements with Halliburton and Petrofac to collaborate on a shallow and deepwater exploration program to be delivered under Maersk Drilling’s master alliance agreement with Seapulse.
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December 11, 2019
Springfield Exploration and Production Limited and its partners have made a significant oil discovery following its maiden Afina-1 well drilling campaign in the West Cape Three Points Block 2, offshore Ghana.
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December 09, 2019
Both contracts were awarded by Baker Hughes, under a primary term of two years firm and an option to extend for another six months.
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November 28, 2019
For the first time, an exploration well is being drilled in the North Sea where the objective is not to find oil or gas.
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November 26, 2019
Springfield E&P announced the completion of its maiden deepwater drilling campaign on the West Cape Three Points Block 2, offshore Ghana.
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November 26, 2019
Specialist well construction and intervention company Coretrax has acquired Churchill Drilling Tools as part of an ongoing growth and expansion strategy.
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November 22, 2019
The tests, verified by Lloyds Register, exceed conventional API 6A temperature class ranges of ‘K’ (-75 to +180°F) and ‘X’ (0 to 350°F), and Plexus engineers believe no other wellhead sealing system can perform under the same conditions in a single test run.
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November 20, 2019
California intensified its battle against fossil fuels by seeking independent reviews of all pending hydraulic fracturing permits and halting approvals of a key production technique in an area that has pumped crude for more than a century.
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November 13, 2019
Rockies LNG Partners, a group of Canadian natural gas drillers seeking new markets for their production, is considering building an export project on barges floating off the coast of British Columbia.
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November 13, 2019
The contract, which contains five additional one-well options, has an estimated duration of 171 days and is expected to commence in Q1 2020.
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November 11, 2019
Built for every production environment from heavy oil to wet gas, ForeSite Flow provides precise flow measurements for any fluid mixture without separation.
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November 08, 2019
Sparrows Group’s Singapore operation has achieved the world’s most advanced quality assurance certification for drilling service providers - the American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification Q2.
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November 08, 2019
Northern Drilling's West Mira is an ultra-deepwater semisubmersible designed by Moss Maritime, operating a hybrid power plant using Lithium-ion batteries as spinning reserve in dynamic positioning (DP) operations and to supply power during peak load times.
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November 07, 2019
The new facilities will provide purpose-built space to support Gator’s bottom hole assembly tool rental, repair and manufacturing capabilities.
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November 06, 2019
Variable Bore Rams Inc., the largest original equipment manufacturer ram and blowout preventer component provider in the world, has added Cameron’s new dual-string interlocking (DSI) shear rams to its inventory.
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November 04, 2019
Paradigm Drilling Services has recently expanded their teams in the Middle East and Mexico to service increasing drilling equipment demand.
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October 30, 2019
Churchill Drilling Tools announced four successful drill-string severs using its HyPR HoleSaver, following stuck pipe events across the Middle East, including two in the UAE.
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October 30, 2019
Dolphin Drilling has announced a two-month contract extension with i3 Energy for use of the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig and agreed to enter into a four-year strategic operations agreement between both companies.
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October 29, 2019
The facility addresses full-service safety and environmental solutions for the oil and gas industry and equipment installed in potentially explosive atmospheres with an expanded footprint marking UL's 99-year presence in Canada.
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October 27, 2019
Nalcor Energy – Bull Arm Fabrication has signed an agreement with DF Barnes that will have the Site play host to the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drill rig, Transocean Barents, as it readies for further exploration work offshore Newfoundland in 2020.
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