The Ward Leonard WL29BC200 AC induction motor is the oil and gas industry’s only 2,000 horsepower motor designed to fit into a 1,500 horsepower motor package, according to its manufacturer.At up to 19 inches smaller and 10% lighter than competing 2…
Maersk Drilling said Edison E&P has signed on its deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig Maersk Discoverer to drill an exploration well in the North Thekah gas field offshore Egypt.The contract is expected to commence in the fourth quarter this year and includes an additional one-well option…
Cyprus has initiated legal proceedings against three companies involved in gas drilling by Turkey to the west of the island for encroaching on the island's continental shelf, a senior foreign ministry official said on Tuesday.Officials declined to name the companies…
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has signed a KD-181-million ($597 million) contract for offshore drilling with US field services major Halliburton.The integrated offshore drilling services contract is for six high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) exploration wells on two jack-up rigs in the Arabian Gulf…
Aker BP ASA, operator of production license 340, has finalized the results after drilling wildcat well 24/9-15 S (Froskelår Nordøst) and appraisal well 24/9-15 A.According to a press note from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the wells…
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…
Romania's largest energy company OMV Petrom said it has started a new offshore drilling campaign in the shallow waters of the Istria block in the Black Sea.The two new wells will be drilled more than 2,000 meters below the seabed, in approximately 50 meters water depth…
A new well in the BP-operated Greater Tortue development area has encountered approximately 30 meters of net gas pay in high-quality Albian reservoir offshore Mauritania and Senegal, project partner Kosmos Energy announced on Monday.The Greater…
Singaporean builder Keppel FELS has awarded Norway's TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver an energy-saving marine compressed air system to the first mid-water semi-submersible drilling rig the yard is building for Awilco Drilling…
Malaysia’s oilfield services player Sapura Energy said it has has clinched contracts worth a total of MYR 1 billion ($242 million) for several new oil patch deals and one – the company’s first – offshore wind contract.The 10 new contracts are…
UK focused Siccar Point said it has completed an exploration well 208/02-1 on the Lyon Prospect in Licence P1854 in the West of Shetland, but the results fell short of expectations.Operator Siccar Point, which holds 33.34% interest in the license alongside partner Ineos (66…
PTTEP announced it has made its largest gas discovery ever, at the Lang Lebah-1RDR2, the first exploration well in Sarawak SK410B Project located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.Drilling of Lang Lebah-1RDR2 commenced in March targeting non-associated…
Norwegian labor unions and oil rig owners agreed a wage deal on Friday, averting the outbreak of a strike that would have halted some of the Nordic country's crude production and paralyzed exploration activity for new resources, unions and companies said…
Neodrill's CAN-ductor technology is capable of reducing a well's environmental impact by as much as 44% compared to a conventionally drilled well, a recent report found.The CAN (Conductor Anchor Node) is a combination of suction anchor and guide pipe…
Talos Energy and its partners have increased the resource estimate of the Zama field in the offshore portion of Mexico's Sureste Basin, following evaluation of the data acquired from the Talos-operated Block 7 Zama appraisal campaign.'Based on the preliminary results of our appraisal program…
