Expandable liner hanger designs are advancing to meet the ever-increasing demands of deepwater well construction.A new expandable liner hanger design provides an effective liner top seal for high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) well conditions while another provides double expansion capability as an option to submudline hanger systems installed in large diameter surface casing.Expandable liner hangers…
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris said Tuesday that it had secured work for one of its jack-up drilling rigs off the coast of Qatar.The company said it was awarded a contract with North Oil Company, which will see the VALARIS JU-110 deployed…
Offshore drilling company Dolphin Drilling has secured a Letter of Intent with Wellesley Petroleum for the drilling of an HPHT exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf using the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig.Bjørnar Iversen…
UK's oil and gas regulator the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has appointed Andy Brooks as Area Manager - Central North Sea, starting the role in September 2020.Brooks graduated from Leeds University in 2002 with a Masters in Chemical Engineering…
Trendsetter Engineering has been awarded a contract for the design, qualification and delivery of a 20,000 psi (20K) hydraulic intervention connector by HWCG, the Houston-based oil and gas service company announced.HWCG is a consortium of deepwater…
TechnipFMC announced on Monday it has been awarded 'significant' subsea contracts from India's Reliance Industries to build and install flexible risers, rigid and flexible flowlines and umbilicals for the the MJ1 field located offshore India in the deepwater Krishna Godavari basin…
Norway's offshore safety watchdog said it has launched a probe into a fire that broke out on the West Phoenix mobile drilling unit on Monday.The fire reportedly broke out the West Phoenix mud laboratory while the rig was drilling for Equinor in the Norwegian Sea…
International drilling, well service and engineering company Odfjell Drilling said it has signed a Letter of Intent for Deepsea Bergen with MOL Norge for one exploration well in direct continuation of the contract with OMV Norge, estimated to expire in Q3/Q4 2019…
Interventek Subsea Engineering has secured recent orders in excess of £1 million ($1.3 million) for itsRevolution in-riser shear and seal safety valve.The orders represent repeat business, from Louisiana based Professional Rental Tools LLC (PRT…
Plexus Holdings has been awarded a contract with new customer Rosneft’s Vietnam subsidiary to supply its POS-GRIP high pressure high temperature (HPHT) adjustable rental exploration wellhead equipment for an exploration well offshore Vietnam…
EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH has developed a mechanical seal for high pressure high temperature (HPHT) applications. The seal has been specifically optimized for subsea pumps designed for an absolute pressure of up to 1000 bar and ambient temperatures of up to 180 °C…
Cox Oil Offshore has purchased a majority stake in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Outer Continental Shelf from Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas (FM O&G), a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan. The deal includes FCX’s interests in the Flatrock and Hurricane areas of the OCS-310 Tiger Shoal lease…
Odfjell Drilling signed a letter of award (LoA) today (31 May) with Statoil to secure the Deepsea Bergen for drilling activities in 2018-2019. The LoA includes one firm well plus four options for three additional wells, which totals out to 14 months in all…
Quietly, but surely, high-pressure, high-temperature expertise is being developed on the UK Continental Shelf. Elaine Maslin sets out the detail. Action on Alder. Photos from Airborne. The North Sea’s latest high-pressure…
Jerry Lee examines how Schlumberger’s PowerDrive ICE ultraHT RSS enabled Pemex to drill a high temperature well in Mexico’s shallow Sureste Basin. The proprietary electronics in the PowerDrive…
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