Completions
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December 18, 2014
HAMRIYAH, United Arab Emirates -- Lamprell has completed construction of a further jackup rig, the Shuwehat, and delivered it to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC).
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December 18, 2014
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- U.S. shale producers may begin producing less as crude prices drop to five-year lows -- with some North Dakota Bakken operators already treading water -- as rig counts nationwide are poised to decrease by nearly 600 in the next six months, according to Genscape.
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December 18, 2014
LONDON -- Rose Petroleum has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Rose Petroleum (Utah), has been granted the drilling permit from the State of Utah to enable operations to commence at its State 1-34 Mancos well in the Uinta basin.
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December 18, 2014
PERTH, Australia -- Woodside it has finalized an agreement with BP to farm in to offshore blocks in the Scotian Basin, located off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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December 17, 2014
HOUSTON -- Blackhawk Specialty Tools has developed the Hawkeye, a wireless top drive cement head that enhances speed, efficiency and safety in cementing operations.
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December 17, 2014
LUXEMBOURG -- Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Hess Corporation for installation work in support of the Stampede Project in deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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December 17, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR -- 2H Offshore will deliver a lightweight conductor-supported platform for EQ Petroleum Developments Malaysia, a subsidiary of EnQuest, for installation in the Tanjong Baram field, offshore Malaysia.
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December 16, 2014
HOUSTON -- Drilling Risk Management, Inc. (DRMI) set records for interval, ROP, and drilling footage using National Oilwell Varco (NOV) drill bits during three recent runs in Louisiana and Texas.
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December 16, 2014
CALGARY, Alberta -- Encana has announced a highly focused 2015 capital program of between $2.7 billion and $2.9 billion, with approximately 80% directed to four of its highest margin growth plays; the Montney, Duvernay, Eagle Ford and Permian.
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December 16, 2014
HOUSTON -- Hoover Container Solutions has announced the installation of Thermo Oxidizer units at its Scott, Louisiana, and Houston service facilities.
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December 15, 2014
AUSTIN – The Texas Railroad Commission's Information Technology Modernization Program is streamlining the Commission’s permitting process for drilling permits. Expedited permit processing was reduced from a peak of 30 days experienced with a surge in industry activity in the spring of this year to a one-day processing rate in November.
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December 12, 2014
HOUSTON (Bloomberg) -- U.S. oil drillers, facing the lowest crude prices in five years and escalating competition from suppliers abroad, idled the most rigs in almost two years this week. Rigs targeting oil dropped by 29 to 1,546, the lowest level since June and the biggest decline since December 2012, Baker Hughes Inc. said. Those drilling for natural gas increased by two to 346, the Houston-based field services company said. The total count fell 27 to 1,893, the fewest since August.
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December 12, 2014
SINGAPORE -- InterOil Corporation has made a discovery at the Bobcat-1 exploration well in PPL476.
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December 11, 2014
HOUSTON -- VAALCO Energy announced the completion of the Etame 8-H, the first development well drilled from the newly installed Etame platform, offshore Gabon.
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December 10, 2014
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Bloomberg) -- YPF SA and Petroliam Nasional Bhd., state-controlled companies from Argentina and Malaysia, signed a $550 million deal to drill fields at the world’s fourth-largest shale oil deposit in Patagonia’s Vaca Muerta.
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December 10, 2014
HONG KONG -- CNOOC has signed three production sharing contracts (PSCs) with KUFPEC for Blocks 52/22, 52/26 and 63/13 located in the Yinggehai basin of the South China Sea.
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December 09, 2014
ADELAIDE, Australia -- Origin Energy has confirmed its Speculant-1 exploration well discovered potentially commercial quantities of gas in Waarre Formation reservoirs in the Otway basin, offshore Victoria, within the Origin operated VIC/L1(v) permit.
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December 09, 2014
HOUSTON – TAM International, an independent oilfield services company providing inflatable and swellable packers, unveiled its new 22-in. Casing Annulus Packer, or LongCAP, developed for a major international oil company.
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December 09, 2014
BRIDGEND, Wales -- Guardian Global Technologies has chosen GEODynamics to be the sole U.S. distributor of the Guardian Select Fire Switch.
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December 08, 2014
CALGARY, Alberta – Precision Drilling Corp., Canada's largest oilfield services company, is to slash its capital spending by more than 40% next year, the company said.
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December 08, 2014
DALLAS -- Well completion provider FTS International has acquired J-W Energy's subsidiary, J-W Wireline Company, the two companies have announced.
