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October 16, 2014
STAVANGER, Norway -- Maersk Oil North Sea UK, operator of the Culzean development in the North Sea, has awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the project's well head platform (WHP) jacket to Heerema Hartlepool.
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October 16, 2014
HOUSTON -- Marathon Oil has closed the transaction with Det norske for the sale of Marathon Oil Norge for a total transaction value of $2.7 billion.
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October 16, 2014
STAVANGER, Norway -- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1. The well will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility at position 72°09’ 48.72" north and 70° 14´ 18.14" east.
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October 15, 2014
KEITHVILLE, Louisiana -- Keithville Well Drilling Co. has purchased and accepted delivery of the Schramm T250XD, a new, land-based rig designed specifically for shale drilling. The company plans to immediately utilize the rig in the Haynesville shale of northwest Louisiana and East Texas.
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October 15, 2014
DALLAS, Texas -- Dow and Preferred Sands were recognized with the 2014 polyurethane innovation award at the annual Center for Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) conference in Dallas, Texas. Presented by CPI of the American Chemistry Council, this recognition represents the importance of collaboration to develop new technologies to help solve real-world challenges.
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October 14, 2014
ABERDEEN -- Wood Group Mustang has been awarded the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) contract by Statoil for the proposed Snorre C tension leg platform (TLP) to be located on the Norwegian continental shelf. Work is being conducted by Wood Group Mustang and Wood Group Kenny and follows their completion of the feasibility phase of the project in 2013.
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October 13, 2014
CHICAGO (Bloomberg) -- Bakken shale-oil producers are under pressure from tumbling prices to scale back their 2015 drilling plans in a region that accounts for one of every eight U.S. barrels of crude.
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October 12, 2014
MEXICO (Bloomberg) -- Pemex is optimistic of a crude discovery at the Vasto-1 ultra-deep water exploratory well by year-end, said Exploration and Production Director Gustavo Hernandez.
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October 10, 2014
HOUSTON -- Baker Hughes has announced that the U.S. onshore well count for the third quarter 2014 was 9,566 wells, up 110 wells or 1% compared to second-quarter 2014. Compared to third-quarter 2013, the well count was up 491 wells or 5%.
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October 10, 2014
HOUSTON -- Noble Energy plans to resume exploration drilling in the Falkland Islands in 2015 following the acquisition and evaluation of an extensive 3D seismic program over portions of the company's 10 million acre position. Noble Energy’s initial operated prospect has been named Humpback and is located in the Fitzroy sub-basin of the Southern Area License.
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October 09, 2014
HOUSTON -- Caterpillar Oil & Gas has reported the sale of the 700th Cat Dynamic Gas Blending (DGB) kit for 3500 engines, the company’s industry-leading dual fuel technology for land drilling, production and well stimulation applications. Originally introduced to the market in 2012, the CARB certified Cat DGB retrofit kits have become the industry’s chosen dual fuel system, operating in global oilfields ranging from the U.S. to China. The 700th kit will be installed on a Cat 3512C land electric drive drilling module rated at 1045 ekW (1467 bhp) @ 1200 rpm.
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October 09, 2014
MOSCOW – Lukoil has commissioned a new oil field in Western Siberia. Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Chairman of the Russian government, and Vagit Alekperov, Presidenty of Lukoil, participated in the official commissioning of Imilorskoye field Oct. 8.
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October 08, 2014
HOUSTON -- Halliburton has signed long-term contracts with Petroamazonas to provide field development and project management, as well as drilling and completions services, across nine mature fields, including the Palo Azul, Lago Agrio and Victor Hugo Ruales fields. The contracts terms are 15 years plus a potential five-year extension. Halliburton plans to invest approximately $1 billion during the first five years to enhance oil recovery from existing wells and discover new hydrocarbon reserves.
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October 08, 2014
HOUSTON -- Based on the experience of the HH Series rigs and their field results, Drillmec has developed a new generation of fully automated drilling rigs, named “AHEAD”(Advanced Hydraulic Electrical Automated Driller), designed to meet the highest HSE standards and to enhance drilling performance. The first rig of this kind is expected to complete construction in early 2015.
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October 08, 2014
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Petrobras has confirmed the extension of the hydrocarbon accumulation in the Espirito Santo basin post-salt ultra-deep waters, through the drilling of the extension well 3-ESS-219D, informally known as Pudim, at a water depth of 1,886 m.
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October 07, 2014
HOUSTON -- 2H Offshore has been appointed by Weatherford Secure Drilling services to manage the design and delivery of the riser equipment for its Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) system.
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October 07, 2014
EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Cairn Energy has reported that its FAN-1 exploration well, offshore Senegal, has discovered oil. The well, located in 1,427 m water depth and approximately 100 km offshore in the Sangomar Deep block, has reached a target depth of 4,927 m and was targeting multiple stacked deepwater fans.
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October 07, 2014
HOUSTON (Bloomberg) -- Occidental Petroleum is seeking to sell oil assets in North Dakota for as much as $3 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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October 03, 2014
HOUSTON (Bloomberg) -- Rigs targeting oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by nine to 1,922, according to Baker Hughes Inc. Oil rigs dropped by one to 1,591, data posted on the company’s website show. The gas count fell by eight to 330, the Houston-based field services company said.
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October 03, 2014
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana -- Doug Keller, president of Knight Oil Tools International, has announced that Joe Lee has been named executive V.P. of Knight Oil Tools International. As part of the international executive team, Lee will provide leadership to management and will work closely with operations, sales and administrative personnel to ensure company goals are met as the international operations continue to expand.
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October 03, 2014
HOUSTON -- Workstrings International, a Superior Energy Services company, has launched the Workstrings Drill Pipe Specifications App. Workstrings has developed the app to provide convenient access to specifications for the most commonly used sizes and connections of drill pipe, landing strings and tubing.
