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November 03, 2014
TRONDHEIM, Norway -- Det norske, as partner in PL554, has announced that drilling and testing of appraisal well 34/6-3 S on the Garantiana discovery, and the wildcat sidetrack well 34/6-3 A have been completed. The updated resource range in PL 554 is estimated at 40-90 MMboe.
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November 03, 2014
HONG KONG -- CNOOC has announced that the Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD) in the UK North Sea has started production. The GEAD includes development of the Golden Eagle, Peregrine and Solitaire fields.
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November 03, 2014
SINGAPORE -- Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has secured a contract from BOT Lease Co. (BOTL) for a KFELS Super B Class jackup rig, worth about $240 million.
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October 31, 2014
HOUSTON -- Baker Hughes has announced the commercial release of its SeismicTrak seismic-while-drilling service, which provides precise measurements for reducing formation uncertainty and enables operators to hit their reservoir targets with greater accuracy.
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October 31, 2014
MEKJARVIK, Norway -- Maersk Drilling has named the world’s largest jackup rig in a ceremony in Mekjarvik, Norway. The Maersk Interceptor, an ultra harsh environment jackup, is destined for Ivar Aasen field. Maersk Interceptor is the second in a series of four ultra harsh environment jack-up rigs to enter Maersk Drilling’s fleet. The four jackup rigs represent a total investment of $2.6bn.
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October 31, 2014
PERTH, Western Australia -- Neon Energy has awarded a contract to CGG Services for licensing of 200 sq km of new broadband 3D seismic data over the WA-503-P offshore petroleum exploration permit.
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October 30, 2014
Egdon Resources has announced the completion of drilling operations at the Burton on the Wolds-1 conventional exploration well in UK Onshore License PEDL201 in Leicestershire. The well was dry. The Burton on the Wolds-1 well was spudded on Oct. 18 and reached a total depth of 1,086 m on Oct. 28.
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October 30, 2014
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS, has announced that drilling of exploration well 6405/12-1 in PL584 has commenced.
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October 30, 2014
SAN DONATO MILANESE -- ENI has made a new important oil discovery in the Minsala Marine exploration prospect, located in the Marine XII Block, offshore Congo, 35 km from the shoreline and 12 km from the recent Nené Marine discovery.
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October 30, 2014
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway, announced that drilling of exploration well 25/10-12S in PL625 has commenced.
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October 30, 2014
THE NETHERLANDS -- dGB Earth Sciences has announced the launch of OpendTect 5.0, the latest version of its open source seismic interpretation software, at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 84th annual meeting in Denver.
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October 29, 2014
Logan International Inc. has consolidated its tool rental operations, which were previously conducted in several of its operating units, into a single business: Logan Rentals.
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October 29, 2014
MEO Australia has reported that ENI Australia has elected not to drill an additional well on the Heron structure and will therefore withdraw from the Heron area of NT/P68, approximately 300 km, northwest of Darwin in the Timor Sea.
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October 29, 2014
LONDON -- Petrofac has been awarded a contract to work with the Government of Nova Scotia, to help it identify the best way forward to exploit its ultra-deepwater oil potential.
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October 29, 2014
SAN RAMON, California -- Chevron has announced that its subsidiary, Union Oil Company of California, has reached a final investment decision to proceed with the development of the Hess Corporation-operated Stampede project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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October 28, 2014
AMSTERDAM -- Tercel Oilfield Products has announced the release of its patented MicroCORE cutting system. The MicroCORE cutting system redistributes high-energy consumption from the center of the drill bit to the more efficient areas of the cutting structure and was developed in collaboration with Total.
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October 28, 2014
HB Rentals, a Superior Energy Services company specializing in onsite accommodation services, has announced the official opening of its new service location in Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico.
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October 28, 2014
AMSTERDAM—Schlumberger has released the Invizion Evaluation well integrity service, which helps operators evaluate zonal isolation by using integrated drilling, cementing and well logging data.
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October 28, 2014
AMSTERDAM – Weatherford International has announced the availability of its xQuartzPT gauge for extreme-service subsea and downhole applications.
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October 28, 2014
MILAN, Italy -- Saipem has been awarded a new engineering and construction contract in Saudi Arabia, and new drilling contracts in the Middle East and in Latin America, cumulatively valued at approximately $2 billion.
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October 28, 2014
MADRID, Spain -- Repsol has discovered high quality oil in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The uncovering was made in an ultra deepwater well named Leon, which is situated at 352 km from the Louisiana coast, located in the Keathley Canyon 642 block.
