Drilling

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August 03, 2021
“One of the negatives of this quarter has been some horrible hedging; guys locked in at $42 a barrel,” Paul Sankey, the veteran oil-industry analyst and founder of Sankey Research LLC.
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July 28, 2021
Six weeks after a federal judge ordered the Biden administration to resume selling oil and gas leases on federal land, there’s no sign it has, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland struggled Tuesday to explain why.
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July 27, 2021
Proserv Controls has secured a significant contract to manufacture and deliver 22 wellhead control panels to the Basra Oil Company for use on the Majnoon Oil Field in southern Iraq.
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July 21, 2021
Shale drilling in North America is going to slow down in the second half of the year from its breakneck pace as explorers cling to promises of austerity, according to Baker Hughes.
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July 20, 2021
Halliburton and Nabors Drilling are working to connect digital well planning from Well Construction 4.0 with onsite execution using the Nabors’ SmartRig system, helping customers increase efficiencies, access well elements and real-time information.
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July 20, 2021
“The positive activity momentum we see in North America and international markets today, combined with our expectations for future customer demand, gives us conviction for an unfolding multi-year upcycle,” CEO Jeff Miller said.
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July 13, 2021
The American-made pump, built with quality and efficiency in mind, features a flow rate of more than 1000 gpm, making it suitable for demanding HDD projects.
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July 12, 2021
The Biden administration is preparing to release a blueprint for limiting sales of U.S. drilling rights as rising oil and gasoline prices highlight the risks of curtailing domestic crude production.
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July 07, 2021
Favorable hedge positions represent the biggest test yet of shale’s newfound resolve to act with discipline and focus on investor returns, and avoid a return to the relentless pursuit of growth.
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July 06, 2021
Reveal Energy Services has entered into a technology licensing and development agreement to commercialize ConocoPhillips’ patented poroelastic response measurement [PRM] technology, and the companies will perform joint research and development in the PRM technology space.
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July 06, 2021
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Pioneer Energy Services Corp. for approximately $295 million, which includes the retirement of all Pioneer Energy Services’ debt.
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June 29, 2021
Highwood Equipment Technologies Inc. is transporting two of the world’s most advanced automated well service rigs to the Sultanate of Oman.
Webcast

Drilling Innovations & Technology Forum: Summer 2021

July 21, 2021
Schlumberger, Moblize
During this 60-minute live webcast, we will discuss the following topics: 1)“Well Construction Autonomous Systems”, with presenter, Gilles Vié, Well Construction Product champion RSS, Schlumberger. 2)“Reduce Well Construction Risks via Accurate Peer Based Performance Tracking”, with presenter, Amitt Mehta, CEO, Moblize.
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June 23, 2021
The South Sudan Oil Licensing Round aims to attract interest from a diverse group of foreign investors to a region that is already home to oil and gas majors from China and Malaysia.
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June 22, 2021
Schlumberger’s decarbonization plan leverages technology to address operational emissions, customer emissions, and carbon-negative actions.
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June 17, 2021
After years of booms and busts that produced astronomical losses along with a whole lot of oil, the shale industry seems to have found a sweet spot, poised to hit a record of more than $30 billion of free cash generated in 2021.
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June 16, 2021
"Now is the time for the administration to put an end to this ‘import more oil’ policy that threatens American jobs and deprives state and local communities of much-needed revenue, all while likely increasing emissions and the risks of climate change," the American Petroleum Institute said in a statement.
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June 08, 2021
KKR and Contango are doubling down on investing in exploration and production companies as many in the sector seek to recover from years of poor returns amid the shale boom and bust. The combination is said to allow the merged company to reach greater scale, boost access to capital and drive down the cost of production.
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June 08, 2021
Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. and Extraction Oil & Gas Inc. -- which announced a merger last month and a plan to rename the combined entity Civitas Resources Inc. -- said Monday they’re buying closely held Crestone Peak Resources LLC. Crestone investors will get 22.5 million shares of Bonanza, according to a statement. All three companies operate in the Denver-Julesburg Basin.
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June 04, 2021
Costs for everything from labor to diesel to steel have climbed in the oil field this year as explorers return to work following last year’s pandemic-driven crash in crude prices. Steel prices for the drill pipe used in new wells could rise about 50% in 2021, Citigroup said.
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June 02, 2021
Under an Interior Department order issued Tuesday, the agency is temporarily halting action on nine leases spanning more than 400,000 acres (161,870 hectares) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while it conducts a fresh environmental analysis of the program.
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