Drilling
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April 20, 2017
Statoil is the operator for production license 532 in the Barents Sea and has received consent to drill exploration well 7219/9-2 in a prospect named Kayak.
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April 18, 2017
Huisman, a lifting, drilling and subsea solutions company, celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Chinese production facility, Huisman China, on April 17.
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April 17, 2017
Oil eased losses as growth in U.S. drilling was partially offset by a weaker dollar.
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April 14, 2017
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, minister of foreign affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, took place in Moscow. The parties expressed their appreciation for the Company’s efforts in Bangladesh.
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April 13, 2017
GEODynamics, Inc.’s Engineered Perforating Solutions Division has begun field testing of the latest addition to the family of multi-stage-plug-and-perf products.
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April 13, 2017
Aker BP ASA is the operator of production licence 442 in the North Sea. Aker BP has made a discovery in a prospect named Frigg Gamma Delta, around 20 km east of the Frigg field.
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April 11, 2017
Every great drilling engineer, at one time, most likely had a great mentor, who provided him or her with help and support when it was needed most.
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April 11, 2017
EM&I has received a master services agreement from Seadrill, which will form the basis of its long-term relationship with Seadrill, one of the largest drilling contractors in the world.
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April 11, 2017
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has completed the Edvard Grieg Southwest appraisal well 16/1-27.
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April 07, 2017
Baker Hughes announced today that the average U.S. rig count for March 2017 was 789, up 45 from the 744 rigs counted in February 2017, and up 311 from the 478 rigs counted in March 2016.
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April 07, 2017
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7121/8-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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April 07, 2017
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 24/9-11 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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April 07, 2017
President Donald Trump is preparing to issue an executive order with the goal of giving oil companies more opportunities to drill offshore, reversing Obama-era policies that restricted the activity.
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April 06, 2017
Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, is pleased to announce the completion of the Shelf Drilling Krathong jackup drilling rig and its delivery to Shelf Drilling Ltd., on schedule and within budget.
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April 06, 2017
Cairn has announced the results of the VR-1 well offshore Senegal. Rig performance continues to be excellent and operations have been safely and successfully completed ahead of schedule and under budget following the drilling and logging operations.
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April 05, 2017
Rosneft started drilling of the Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1 well at the Khatangsky license area. The well is the northernmost at the Russian Arctic shelf. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched exploration drilling via video link-up with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin who was on the shore of the Khatanga bay.
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April 05, 2017
Seadrill Ltd., once the crown jewel of billionaire John Fredriksen’s business empire, is now at the mercy of short-term speculators as the biggest funds avoid the offshore driller amid a struggle to avoid bankruptcy.
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April 05, 2017
Patterson-UTI Energy reported today the company had an average of 88 drilling rigs operating in the U.S. and two rigs in Canada for the month of March 2017.
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April 03, 2017
Qatar Petroleum plans to start a new development in the offshore North field, ending a 12-year ban on new projects that allowed the company to assess how its current rate of extraction affects the giant reservoir it shares with Iran.
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March 31, 2017
Oil production in West Texas is about to outgrow pipeline capacity, a combination that knocked down crude prices in the region three years ago.
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March 30, 2017
Paradigm released Paradigm 17 software suite, running on an expanded high-definition platform. This release aims at ensuring that investments in data acquisition result in added value to drilling, completion and production.
