Drilling
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April 17, 2019
Total plans four new wells in Lapa field, offshore Brazil.
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April 16, 2019
Premier notes the press release by Talos Energy, the operator of Block 7 offshore Mexico, announcing the successful drill stem test (DST) of the Zama-2 side track well (Zama-2ST1).
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April 11, 2019
A major UAE operator has recovered from stuck pipe by severing its drill string in just 2.5 hr, reports Churchill Drilling Tools, a global oilfield service company specializing in drilling innovation.
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April 08, 2019
Energean Oil and Gas plc, the oil and gas producer focused on the Mediterranean, is pleased to announce successful completion of drilling operations of the extended reach well, EA-H3.
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April 08, 2019
Aquaterra Energy, global offshore engineering solutions company, has been awarded a contract by Lundin Norway to deliver early well construction, via its Well Start solution, on three additional wells in the Edvard Grieg field.
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April 05, 2019
Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in Norway and Middle East totaling over $200 million.
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April 04, 2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) has opened a manufacturing and technology center in Oklahoma City dedicated to advancing the performance, quality and reliability of downhole drilling motors.
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April 02, 2019
Lukoil continues to develop infrastructure in its Caspian Sea fields.
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April 01, 2019
Saipem SpA is in discussions to sell its offshore and onshore drilling units in separate transactions that would slice off about a 10th of the company’s annual sales.
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March 28, 2019
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway has given Equinor Energy consent to drill exploration well 16/5-7 in production license 502 in the North Sea.
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March 28, 2019
Stress Engineering Services, Inc., (SES) the consulting engineering services company, has received an OTC Spotlight on New Technology (SONT) Award for its condition based maintenance (CBM) of drilling riser systems.
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March 27, 2019
After years in the shadow of the U.S. shale patch, deep-water explorers from Royal Dutch Shell Plc to Talos Energy Inc., along with contractors such as Ensco Plc and TechnipFMC Plc, told investors at the Scotia Howard Weil Energy Conference in New Orleans this week they see a revival coming.
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March 26, 2019
Total SA’s discovery of South Africa’s first oil in deep water could prove to be a bonanza for a country lacking crude reserves of its own and prompt a rush from other majors. That’s if they’re able to solve the engineering challenges of operating in one of the fastest ocean currents in the world.
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March 26, 2019
Leading controls technology company Proserv and C-Automation, a manufacturing and field services provider specializing in pressure control systems, have announced the sale of Proserv’s worldwide drilling services business, which was formerly known as TIC, to C-Automation Inc.
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March 21, 2019
A top Interior Department official told oil industry leaders the Trump administration is seeking to sign contracts leasing new coastal waters for oil drilling under favorable terms that will be difficult for future presidents to revoke or rewrite.
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March 19, 2019
Neptune Energy Norge AS has awarded a rig contract for six wells to CIMC Offshore AS.
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March 19, 2019
Siccar Point Energy has commenced its 2019 drilling campaign with the spudding of an exploration well at the Blackrock prospect.
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March 13, 2019
The U.S. government cut its oil production forecast for the first time in six months as drillers scale back in smaller shale plays and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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March 13, 2019
Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, continues to consolidate its West African presence, by announcing the company’s first contract to be undertaken offshore Guinea Bissau.
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March 08, 2019
Delmar Systems, Inc. successfully completed an eight-line disconnect of the mooring system on Seadrill’s West Phoenix semisubmersible drilling rig on the UK Continental Shelf.
