Completions

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July 02, 2015
Drillers put rigs in U.S. oil fields back to work for the first time since December, driving down crude futures on speculation that an unprecedented retreat from the country’s prolific shale formations is ending.
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July 02, 2015
The Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies group has acquired the business of Canada's BlueSky Process Solutions Ltd., effective Jun. 30.
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July 01, 2015
Statoil has decided to suspend Scarabeo 5 due to overcapacity in its rig portfolio, the company announced Wednesday.
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July 01, 2015
Applus+ has been awarded a trio of contracts worth $17.35 million (AUS$22.5 million) for work on the Ichthys LNG Project’s onshore LNG facilities.
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July 01, 2015
Cenovus Energy has reached an agreement to sell Heritage Royalty Limited Partnership (HRP) for gross cash proceeds of approximately $3.3 billion.
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July 01, 2015
Sonomatic has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Tube Inspection Division of Archipax. The acquisition is expected to broaden the range of capabilities and services available to Sonomatic’s current and future clients.
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June 30, 2015
Logan Industries, based in Hempstead Texas, has recently been awarded with an order for a Compensated Coiled Tubing Lift Frame (CCTLF) for Maersk Drilling. The CCTLF system will be designed and built in-house and is expected to be delivered to Maersk in Q2 2016.
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June 25, 2015
TAM International, an independent oilfield services company providing inflatable and swellable packers, has introduced a new V0-rated cementing port collar to complement their extensive cement integrity product line.
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June 25, 2015
Reducing expenditure while continuing to improve safety and reduce risk is a key driver for the oil and gas industry, especially in today’s cost constrained environment.
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June 25, 2015
WPX Energy plans to increase its activity in the Williston basin during the second half of 2015 by resuming completions and increasing its rig count from one to three before year-end.
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June 24, 2015
The main theme of ONS 2016 has been decided. Transition will set the scene for the conference when the world’s energy industry gets together for ONS 2016.
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June 23, 2015
Coretrax has strengthened its position in the Middle East by opening an office in Abu Dhabi, its fourth base in the region.
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June 22, 2015
Tendeka has secured a contract with an international oil and gas company for the installation of sand face completion technology in Austria.
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June 19, 2015
Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes have agreed to cooperate on early-phase studies to help customers improve the overall economics and value of oil and gas field developments.
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June 19, 2015
The debt that fueled the U.S. shale boom now threatens to be its undoing.
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June 17, 2015
Weatherford International has announced the commercial release of the IntegraLine liner system with swage technology at the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) World Drilling 2015 Conference and Exhibition.
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June 15, 2015
HOUSTON -- Halliburton’s Completion Tools business line, a long-standing industry leader in total composite plug technology, has introduced the Illusion frac plug, the only fully dissolvable frac plug on the market.
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June 15, 2015
Cuadrilla Resources Ltd., the driller whose fracing ambitions have sparked protests in the UK, took a step closer to sinking a shale-gas well in northwest England as council planners backed the project.
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June 15, 2015
Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup license, has awarded two contracts, at a total value of more than NOK 4.35 billion, to Odfjell Drilling for drilling wells on Johan Sverdrup field.
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June 12, 2015
Use of flow-control devices (FCDs) is the latest trend in SAGD oil recovery practices, according to a paper presentation during the SPE Heavy Oil Conference in Calgary this week.
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June 12, 2015
Lundin Petroleum's wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway has successfully completed the drilling of appraisal well 7220/11-2 and sidetrack 7220/11-2 A in the western part of the Alta discovery in PL609, in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.
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