Drilling
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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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June 27, 2019
Aker BP ASA, operator of production license 777, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 15/6-16 S. The well was drilled about 10 km north of Gina Krog field and 220 km west of Stavanger in the central part of the North Sea.
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June 26, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Capricorn Norge AS a drilling permit for well 6608/11-9 cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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June 24, 2019
ADES International Holding Plc, a leading oil & gas drilling and production services provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through its subsidiaries, has announced that it has been awarded a new two-year contract for its ADMARINE IV offshore jackup rig in Egypt.
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June 20, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Capricorn Norge AS a drilling permit for well 6508/1-3 cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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June 20, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 6608/6-1 cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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June 20, 2019
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 338, has completed the drilling of exploration wells 16/1-31 S and 16/1-31 A.
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June 19, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 6507/2-5 S cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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June 19, 2019
Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has announced the acquisition of Lowestoft-based Managed Pressure Resources (MPR), adding managed pressure drilling engineering and supervisory services to the Exceed portfolio.
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June 17, 2019
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has moved a record high 35 offshore drilling rigs to new locations ahead of the Indian monsoon season.
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June 17, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 25/2-20, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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June 17, 2019
Equinor Energy AS, operator of production license 859, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7335/3-1.
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June 14, 2019
Maersk Drilling has announced that CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, has exercised a one-well option for the Mærsk Innovator jackup rig to continue drilling infill wells at the Buzzard field on the UK Continental Shelf.
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June 12, 2019
Eliminating the need for costly equipment or hazardous manual handling, Coretrax has seen the deployment of its drillpipe cleaning tool, the CX-Ball, bypass more than 2,000 sales within five years, saving more than 11 days of rig-time cost and risk.
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June 09, 2019
U.S. crude explorers reduced drilling to a 15-month low as oil dipped into bear-market territory.
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June 04, 2019
Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 814, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 15/6-15.
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May 28, 2019
Matrrix Energy Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that it has sold all of the assets related to its directional drilling division for approximately $1.5 million cash to a private directional drilling provider.
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May 28, 2019
Petro Matad Limited, the AIM-quoted Mongolian oil explorer, is pleased to provide an update on preparations for the 2019 drilling campaign in Block XX and PSC extension applications for Blocks IV and V.
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May 24, 2019
The largest oil companies are playing an increasingly important role in high impact exploration but performance was down in 2018, limited by a lack of depth in the quality of global drilling opportunities, according to experts at research consultancy, Westwood Global Energy Group.
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May 24, 2019
MOL Norge AS, operator of production licence 539, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 3/7-11 S.
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May 21, 2019
Zennor Petroleum Limited, through its subsidiary Zennor Pathway Limited, is currently developing the 100% owned Finlaggan field in the UK Central North Sea (block 21/05c and 21/05d, Licence P2013).
