Drilling
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August 28, 2019
RigNet has signed a multi-year agreement with Borr Drilling, a global offshore drilling contractor, to exclusively provide enhanced managed communication services on all of their new jack-up rigs.
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August 27, 2019
Halliburton released ten new DecisionSpace 365 E&P cloud-native applications that leverage advances in digital technology to help operators reduce exploration risk, improve reservoir characterization and boost drilling efficiency.
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August 23, 2019
Almost half the rigs operating in Venezuela will shut down by Oct. 25 if the Trump administration doesn’t extend a 90-day waiver from its sanctions, according to data compiled from consultancy Caracas Capital Markets.
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August 21, 2019
"The domestic motor market is exceedingly competitive and extremely transactional. This type of long-term commitment speaks to the value of the team we've built and the quality of our products and services," says Neil Fletcher, CEO, Rival.
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August 20, 2019
Equinor and partners OMV and Petoro have made an oil discovery in the Sputnik exploration well in the Barents Sea. Recoverable resources are preliminarily estimated at 20-65 MMboe.
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August 16, 2019
Seadrill and Gulf Drilling International have entered into a 50:50 joint venture, GulfDrill, which will initially manage and operate five premium jackups in Qatar with Qatar Petroleum commencing throughout 2020.
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August 14, 2019
Vantage Drilling reported net income of $590.7 million for the second quarter of 2019, thanks to payments of more than $700 million by Petrobras for terminating drilling vessel contracts.
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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.
