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August 12, 2019
Woodside Energy Senegal awarded Halliburton nine conditional contracts for drilling and completion services for SNE Field Development Phase 1 offshore Senegal.
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August 12, 2019
Wintershall Dea has begun drilling four production wells on the Dvalin gas field in the Norwegian Sea, getting ready for the start of production in 2020.
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August 08, 2019
Talos Energy reported successful drilling operations in its Bulleit and Orlov prospects in the Green Canyon deepwater Gulf of Mexico block as part of its second quarter 2019 earnings results.
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August 06, 2019
Borr Drilling has secured an integrated services contract to provide three jackup rigs to PEMEX under its “Cluster 2” agreement.
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August 06, 2019
Energy logistics company Peterson has been awarded a major contract with Repsol Exploracion Guyana, S.A., selected as the main logistics contractor for the Carapa 1 exploration and drilling project, providing Repsol with integrated supply base operations management, logistics and pipe yard operations.
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August 05, 2019
Capricorn Norge AS completed drilling the first exploration well in Norway’s production license 842, about 13 kilometers northeast of the Norne field.
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August 01, 2019
Weatherford has launched a single-trip openhole cementing sidetrack system capable of initiating sidetrack operations without the need of a cement plug.
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July 31, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS a wildcat drilling permit for well 25/7-7, to be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility.
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July 30, 2019
A man who stole deepwater trade secrets on behalf of China was convicted in federal court following the FBI's dismantling of his "prolific network".
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July 23, 2019
Aker BP ASA, operator of production license 442, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/2-21 (Liatårnet).
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July 19, 2019
Greece’s foreign minister said his country could work together with Turkey to exploit natural resources, while urging Ankara to settle its Mediterranean drilling disputes.
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July 17, 2019
BHP completes phase three of its deepwater drilling campaign offshore Trinidad, discovering gas in three new wells.
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July 17, 2019
Halliburton launched 3D reservoir mapping, providing detailed representation of subsurface structures to improve well placement in complex reservoirs.
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July 16, 2019
Turkey rebuffed measures by the EU and vowed to go ahead with its exploration in a growing dispute with EU member Cyprus.
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July 16, 2019
Equinor Energy AS, operator of production licence 502, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 16/5-7.
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July 15, 2019
Global drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag (KCAD) is delighted to announce that its land drilling operation has won three new contracts in Russia worth approximately $168 million.
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July 10, 2019
Capricorn Norge AS, operator of PL 758, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6508/1-3.
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July 05, 2019
Well-SENSE has launched a miniature optical pressure-temperature gauge, as part of its FiberLine Intervention (FLI) system.
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July 03, 2019
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Halliburton have announced the companies have signed an integrated offshore drilling services contract for six high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) exploration wells on two jackup rigs in the Arabian Gulf.
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July 01, 2019
Varel Oil and Gas is staking it’s claim on the curve bit market by utilizing decades of bit design experience with accurate, predictive simulation software to target what directional companies and operators need most: consistent, controllable bits in the curve.
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June 28, 2019
Maersk Drilling has secured contracts for a two-well project for the drillship Maersk Valiant with Repsol Exploración Mexico, S.A. de C.V. for work in Block 10 and 29 offshore Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico.
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