Drilling
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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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October 24, 2019
The U.S. has forfeited some $18 billion tied to oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico since 2000 because of a decades-old law that gave energy companies a break on paying royalties when drilling in deep waters, federal investigators concluded Thursday.
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October 21, 2019
Weatherford announced a milestone of 113 consecutive cased hole whipstock jobs completed in a single trip in California. The installation success began with the first run in February 2018 and reached number 113 in October 2019.
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October 21, 2019
The retreat from the fields in the Kashagan area reflects an industry-wide push to cut break-even costs as megaprojects give way to smaller endeavors with quicker returns.
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October 18, 2019
The contract is expected to commence in the end of 2019, with an estimated duration of 154 days.
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October 18, 2019
OPITO, the global, not-for-profit skills organization for the energy industry, has collaborated with drilling employers to develop an online assessment to reinforce the competency of roustabouts.
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October 17, 2019
The system was interfaced with a traditional land rig and performed automated well control, i.e. influx detection, spacing out, stopping of the mud pumps, stopping of the top drive and then shutting-in of the blowout preventer.
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October 09, 2019
Weatherford International has been awarded two fully integrated rig contracts and one well services (through-tubing intervention) contract with a multinational operator in one of the world's largest proven oil fields located in Iraq.
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October 03, 2019
Global contractor Dolphin Drilling has secured further work for its Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig to start in early 2020.
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October 02, 2019
Bentec has signed a multi-million euro contract with the drilling division of INK-Service Group for the manufacture of seven latest-generation 320t cluster slider rigs. INK is the oilfield service unit of Russia’s Irkutsk Oil Company.
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October 01, 2019
Developed as a fit-for-basin solution, NeoSteer ABSSs leverage digital technologies by combining the latest trajectory control algorithms, and machine-learning and data analytics to provide our customers improved planning and execution performance.
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October 01, 2019
The auction of drilling rights off the coast of Brazil planned for November, potentially offering more oil than all the proven reserves in Mexico, has attracted interest from some of the world’s largest producers.
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October 01, 2019
PTTEP selected Halliburton Landmark for joint development of new well design workflow to automate drilling and completion engineering processes across the well lifecycle.
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September 30, 2019
Developed to operate in hostile environments up to 325°C (617°F), the UHT Dimension tool provides two continuous independent perpendicular measurements (X and Y) of the internal diameter of the casing.
