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November 29, 2013
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) -- France blocked the transfer to Hess Corporation of seven exploration permits in the Paris Basin on the grounds that the oil company remains interested in shale-energy development despite a ban.
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November 27, 2013
HOUSTON -- Enteq Upstream PLC, a provider of systems and components for Measurement While Drilling (MWD) and directional drilling, has formed the Enteq Drilling division to integrate the technology and services of Extended Exploration Technology (XXT) and KM Services (KMS). Both companies were acquired by Enteq in 2012.
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November 26, 2013
ABERDEEN -- With its continued expansion, Deep Casing Tools has appointed Jason Henry and Magnus Wardle as V.P.s of business development and technology, respectively.
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November 25, 2013
STAVANGER -- Aker Solutions has agreed to sell its well-intervention services business area to EQT, a Swedish private equity fund, for an enterprise value of NOK 4 billion.
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November 25, 2013
HOUSTON – Bureau Veritas has awarded certification to Statoil for meeting the Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) protocols developed by the Center for Offshore Safety (COS), an enhanced set of requirements in the offshore oil and gas industry.
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November 25, 2013
HOUSTON – Aker Solutions has developed the Casing Stabilizer Arm (CSA) which eliminates the need for a person to be elevated on a derrick for tubular makeup.
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November 25, 2013
LONDON -- Tullow Oil plc has announced that the Agete-1 exploration well in Block 13T, onshore Northern Kenya, has discovered and sampled moveable oil with an estimated 100 meters of net oil pay in good quality sandstone reservoirs.
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November 22, 2013
LEIDSCHENDAM, The Netherlands -- Fugro Voyager, a purpose built DP2 geotechnical drilling vessel, is entering service with Fugro’s Offshore Geotechnical Division to expand its operations in the frontier areas of the Asia-Pacific region.
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November 22, 2013
ABERDEEN, UK -- Dana Petroleum has made an oil discovery in the Moray Firth following the drilling of the Liberator exploration well.
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November 22, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- American Sands Energy Corp., an oil sands exploration and development company operating in Utah, has commenced its drilling program at its Sunnyside, Utah, oil sands site to define parameters for its mine.
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November 22, 2013
STAVANGER -- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 16/2-20 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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November 22, 2013
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Petrobras said that it has completed drilling one more well in Santos Basin pre-salt Franco area, one of the areas outlined in the Transfer of Rights Agreement.
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November 21, 2013
LONDON -- Ensco plc is extending its ENSCO 120 Series of ultra-premium harsh environment jackup rigs with the order of ENSCO 123 for delivery in second-quarter 2016.
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November 21, 2013
STOCKHOLM -- Lundin Petroleum through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed exploration well 16/2-20S, located north of the Johan Sverdrup discovery in PL501, in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. A sidetrack well will now be drilled.
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November 21, 2013
STAVANGER -- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Total E&P a drilling permit for well 25/5-8, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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November 21, 2013
ABERDEEN -- Dana Petroleum has made a gas discovery in the Southern North Sea following the drilling of the Pharos exploration well.
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November 20, 2013
PERTH -- Clough posted that Clough AMEC has been awarded a two year contract extension by ConocoPhillips to provide operations and maintenance services to the Bayu-Undan facilities, located in the Timor Sea. The contract extension has an estimated value of $141 million.
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November 19, 2013
HOUSTON -- McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement with Petrobras for a short-term charter to supply its subsea construction vessel North Ocean 102 (NO102).
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November 19, 2013
HOUSTON -- TESCO Corporation has acquired automated catwalk technology from Custom Pipe Handlers Canada. The acquired catwalk models offer customers the ability to service drilling rigs using state-of-the-art rig mechanization technology.
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November 19, 2013
HOUSTON -- BP has added two drilling rigs to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, bringing its fleet to a company record nine rigs.
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November 19, 2013
MINATO -- Inpex Corporation said that a shallow gas release occurred on development well on the Tunu field lying in offshore Mahakam Block located in East Kalimantan, Indonesia on 8th November 2013.
