Drilling
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March 20, 2017
Borr Drilling has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent with Transocean for the acquisition of 15 high-specification jackup rigs.
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March 17, 2017
The U.S. rig count increased by a total 21 rigs in the latest Baker Hughes rig count, from 768 rigs working on March 10 to 789 rigs on March 17.
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March 16, 2017
The Interior Department is weighing Eni SpA’s request to explore for oil in waters north of Alaska, giving the Trump administration a chance to reverse course from former President Barack Obama’s attempt to curtail Arctic drilling.
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March 16, 2017
The NG-5500X-LD is the latest design in GustoMSC’s successful series of self-propelled jackup designs, the NG series. Based on the proven and seasoned NG-2500X and NG-1800X designs, the NG-5500X-LD is a solution for light drilling and well intervention in a large number of mature fields in the Southern North Sea, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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March 16, 2017
Eni Norge AS, operator of production licence 716, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7318/12-2. The well, which was drilled about 80 km northwest of the 7220/8-1 Johan Castberg discovery in the Barents Sea, is dry.
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March 15, 2017
The Boné well has been drilled to a total depth of 3,501 m. The well encountered approximately 106 m of gross water bearing reservoir in the primary target, the Realgrunnen Group. Data acquisition and sampling has been undertaken including logging and water sampling.
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March 14, 2017
Baker Hughes announced today the commercial release of its TerrAdapt adaptive drill bit, which uses automation to mitigate downhole dysfunctions that cause inefficient drilling and tool failures.
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March 14, 2017
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year technical management and services agreement with Songa Offshore for four Cat-D type semi-submersible drilling rigs operating in the North Sea. Through the partnership with Wärtsilä, Songa Offshore ensures optimal performance and maximum availability of the Wärtsilä engines and thrusters on board the drilling rigs, which operate in extremely harsh conditions. This is possible with real-time knowledge of the actual condition of the equipment, provided by Wärtsilä's digital offering.
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March 14, 2017
DynaEnergetics has introduced two new product dimensions to its line of DynaStage factory-assembled well perforating systems, which are now available in 3 3/8-in. and 2 3/4-in. diameters, in addition to the original 3 1/8-in. model.
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March 14, 2017
The Trump administration’s plan to slash corporate tax rates could free up more than $10 billion a year for U.S. oil explorers.
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March 13, 2017
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 159 B, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6507/3-12 and appraisal well 6507/3-12 A. The wells proved gas.
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March 07, 2017
LUKOIL has completed drilling the fourth well at Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. The length of the horizontal section is 1,194 m for the main bore and 1,366 m for the lateral.
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March 07, 2017
Cairn is pleased to announce the results of the SNE-5 appraisal well offshore Senegal, where operations have been safely and successfully completed ahead of schedule and under budget, following drilling, logging, drill stem testing and the setting of pressure gauges.
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March 06, 2017
Designed and engineered to make its original downhole lubricant even more effective for operators, ProOne scientists introduced Diamond Dust two-in-one drill fluid additive as the company’s second major technological breakthrough, which began with XPL+ eight years ago.
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March 06, 2017
The appraisal well 16/1-27 in PL338 on the Edvard Grieg field is being drilled on the southwestern flank of the field by the semisubmersible drilling rig Island Innovator.
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March 03, 2017
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Aker BP consent to drill an exploration well with the designation 24/9-11S on the field. The consent also covers a potential sidetrack. The object of the drilling is to investigate the potential of a formation 7.5 km west of the subsea facility at Volund.
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March 03, 2017
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Repsol consent to drill exploration well 6705/7-1 in a prospect named Stordal.
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March 01, 2017
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6507/3-12 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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February 28, 2017
Superior Drilling Products, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of drilling tool technologies, announced today that it has been awarded a critical patent that addresses the unique characteristics and capabilities of its Strider technology that is a key component of the Company’s Coiled Tubing Strider (CTS) and Open Hole Strider tools for the oil & gas industry.
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February 27, 2017
Oil traded near $54/bbl after the U.S. boosted drilling rigs to the most since October 2015, keeping prices in a tight range amid speculation the country’s output may rise and counteract OPEC production cuts.
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February 27, 2017
Well Control School (WCS) is announcing an alliance with Drilbert Engineering to provide advanced technical drilling operational training for the oil and gas industry.
