Drilling
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February 02, 2017
Nabors Industries Ltd. and Weatherford International plc have announced that they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form an alliance focused on delivering enhanced drilling solutions to the oil and gas land market in the lower 48 states of the U.S.
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February 01, 2017
Chairman Christi Craddick met with leadership at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas Fed) this week to discuss this year's outlook for the state's oil and gas industry. According to economists with the Dallas Fed, Texas oil and gas drilling activity will increase throughout this year.
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January 30, 2017
Drillinginfo announced a new suite of oilfield services (OFS) solutions tailored to give clients an edge over other companies. The new OFS suite delivers cutting-edge technology that is simple to use and easy to implement for any size organization. Drillinginfo took what was familiar, such as rig and permit reports, and transformed it to become interactive, flexible and customized across print, web, mobile, and email – making static reports obsolete. With Drillinginfo, data filters now present only the most relevant and actionable activity allowing OFS professionals to focus on closing deals and deliver value to their customers. This easy-to-use communication tool breaks down barriers between the field and corporate offices, creating an unprecedented level of alignment across any organization.
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January 30, 2017
HOUSTON -- The North American upstream industry is set to stage a comeback, according to new data presented by World Oil, the premier trade publication for the international upstream industry.
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January 30, 2017
Oil traded near $53/bbl after drilling in the U.S. climbed to the highest in more than a year, countering OPEC’s efforts to clear a supply glut.
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January 25, 2017
ABS, the leading provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, has published the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Drilling Tender Barges. This new Guide outlines services and standards for the global drilling tender sector.
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January 24, 2017
In the snowy prairies of Western Canada, not even temperatures below -40 degrees have stopped Stampede Drilling Ltd.’s 60 recently rehired workers from manning the oil-service provider’s rigs after a nine-month dry spell for the business.
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January 23, 2017
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a new contract with Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. for the Maersk Resolute jackup. The firm contract covers the drilling of two wells, A8 and A9, in Block A12 on the Dutch Continental Shelf.
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January 23, 2017
Halliburton reported fourth-quarter adjusted profit that beat analysts’ estimates after oil explorers kicked off a year-end recovery in North America where the service provider generates most of its sales.
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January 20, 2017
Isolation Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of zonal isolation equipment, has developed the IsoTech Combo Tool to improve slurry placement with a single tool.
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January 20, 2017
Schlumberger reported a fourth-quarter loss as oil’s slump continued to weigh on demand for drilling services.
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January 20, 2017
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd has been awarded a firm one-well extension plus one optional well from Statoil Petroleum for the West Elara jackup .
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January 18, 2017
Baker Hughes and Schlumberger will be awarded contracts for integrated drilling and well services on the Cat J rigs Askepott and Askeladden. The rigs will perform work at Oseberg and Gullfaks.
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January 17, 2017
Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery, which is believed to hold between 20 MMboe and 80 MMboe of recoverable reserves, close to Norne field.
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January 17, 2017
North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract for the West Phoenix semisubmersible for work in the United Kingdom West of Shetland.
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January 12, 2017
Recognizing that fracturing operations often influence the production of parent wells, STEP Energy Services (STEP) recently collaborated with a Montney producer to reduce offset well communication by using its far-field diverter technology, STEP-PLEX.
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January 12, 2017
Driven by the success of Eni’s major Zohr field gas discovery offshore Egypt in 2015, companies are rethinking the Eastern Mediterranean region’s gas potential, according to new analysis from IHS Markit.
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January 12, 2017
Faroe Petroleum has announced the commencement of the Eni-operated Boné exploration well, 7318/12-1, in the Barents Sea.
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January 06, 2017
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its fourth XLE jackup rig, the Maersk Invincible, from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.
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January 06, 2017
Hyperdynamics Corporation has accepted a proposal from its drilling contractor, Pacific Drilling, to deploy the Pacific Scirocco drillship in place of the Pacific Bora for Hyperdynamics' upcoming deepwater exploration well offshore the Republic of Guinea.
