Drilling
News
September 30, 2024
The JV will allow the three companies to leverage leading innovations in AI, smart drilling design, completions engineering and production solutions.
Article
September 2024
Operators are under great pressure to increase operational efficiencies, and drilling faster is key. However, pushing drilling equipment harder can be risky, as expensive components can be damaged by vibrations. Mitigating drilling dysfunctions caused by near-bit vibrations is crucial to increasing weight on bit (WOB), which leads to gains in ROP without compromising the drill bit or damaging the BHA.
Article
September 2024
New equipment automation advancements remove personnel from the red zone, improving safety, consistency, and efficiency.
Article
September 2024
Electrification has proven to be effective in lowering costs and the carbon footprint of drilling operations. This article provides technical analysis of highline (grid) power utilization on rigs through the lens of an innovative technology that connects a rig to a power grid, reducing Scope One emissions to nearly zero.
News
September 18, 2024
LOGIX assists with autonomous drilling, streamlines well delivery, can shorten production timelines, and reduces rig time through intelligent automation.
News
September 15, 2024
This collaboration enhances geocentric data interpretation, improves cross-discipline communication, and sharpens subsurface insights, driving faster, more precise decision-making. The result is increased drilling efficiency, innovation, and collaboration for superior well performance.
News
August 28, 2024
Output rose to a record 362.6 MMboe, as Beijing pushed for increased production from its state-owned drillers to enhance energy security amid rising geopolitical tensions.
News
August 27, 2024
China’s largest oil and gas driller said production rose to 905.5 MMboe in the period. Beijing has pushed its state-owned oil giants to invest heavily in production to help the nation meet energy security goals.
News
August 21, 2024
Salunda’s Crew Hawk wearable technology and HaloGuard cameras can be integrated with Intellilift’s drilling software, resulting in improved safety conditions, enhanced well planning and reductions in tripping time.
News
August 14, 2024
U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris faces a problem in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where gas drilling rigs and well pads dot the rolling green farmland.
News
August 05, 2024
ADNOC Drilling’s second quarter and first half 2024 revenue increased to $935 million and more than $1.8 billion, up year-on-year by 29% and 26%, respectively. This growth has been driven by the expansion of operations across all business segments.
Article
July 2024
When it comes to performance regressing as activity increases, one way to advance drilling is to find better and more reliable ways to ensure that we transfer the know-how and skills we already have to new workers and new teams.
News
July 21, 2024
Major oil field service companies are pivoting to more work in international and offshore fields amid a slowdown in U.S. shale activity brought on by industry consolidation, low natural gas prices and pressure to keep spending muted and return profits to shareholders.
News
May 27, 2024
The software is a fully adaptive, self-learning, and continuously improving system that addresses the unique challenges and requirements of drilling. The AI agent finds the most efficient and safe way to TD, predicts incidents, hazards, and optimizes parameters.
News
May 24, 2024
Colombia is targeting oil productiton of 1 MMbpd by pressuring drillers to step up activity in underused exploration blocs, according to the nation’s top energy official.
Article
March 2024
The digital transformation continues to impact various drilling and production functions in many positive ways, and thus its usage and spending for it will expand further, says a veteran upstream executive.
Article
April 2024
Increasing safety and reducing injuries during drilling is gaining momentum. Automation achieves these goals in the red zone by automating risk-prone, manual tasks. Automated installation of control line clamps has increased rig floor safety. Semi- and fully automated systems will become available commercially later this year.
News
May 14, 2024
The company is looking at other drilling companies for potential acquisitions as it seeks to expand regionally in countries such as Kuwait and Oman, ADNOC's CFO said in an interview.
News
May 13, 2024
Patterson-UTI expects to hold a minority equity interest in Turnwell Industries LLC OPC, a company recently formed by ADNOC Drilling. Patterson-UTI expects that Schlumberger Middle East SA, a subsidiary of SLB, will also hold a minority equity interest in Turnwell.
News
May 13, 2024
Spearheading unconventional energy drilling development within the Middle East region and securing the UAE’s unconventional energy needs and resources, ADNOC Drilling will leverage innovations in AI smart drilling design, completions engineering, and production solutions.
