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DeepOcean goes geotechnical

Feb 12, 2014

Norway headquartered DeepOcean Group has moved into the offshore geotechnical services market by acquiring ageotechnical drilling rig and agreeing a strategic alliance with Swiss firm Geoquip Marine. The strategic alliance will see the…

BlueFire revamps drill bits

Jan 08, 2014

BlueFire Equipment Corp rolled out its new premium steel bit line. The product will be available alongside the matrix PDC bits, and offers the opportunity of more cost savings for its customers. “During the process of developing our first made-to-order product for the international sector…

Badger gets funding boost

Jan 08, 2014

Norwegian technology development firm Badger Explorer ASA has been awarded a NOK13.2 million funding to develop high pressure high pressure technology in its drilling units. Stavanger-based Badger is development rigless drilling technology…

Archer announces restructuring

Nov 28, 2013

Oilfield services company Archer is to cut staff and close some bases as part of a restructuring plan.  The firm, which provides drilling and well services, said to accelerate margin improvements and adapt to the “highly competitive North American land market”…

Prospector I arrives in Cromarty

Nov 27, 2013

Prospector Offshore Drilling's new jack-up drilling rig, Prospector 1, arrived in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland today, after a two-month journey from its construction shipyard in Dalian, China. The jack-up features an advanced, fully-automated…

NOV 60th Annual Rig Census

Nov 20, 2013

60th Annual Census: North American rig fleet gains while activity level drops. In the U.S. and Canada, additions to fleets increased availability, while activity decreased. The global offshore mobile fleet posted another modest gain, with 42 newbuilds entering service in the last year…

Esbjerg move for Welltec

Nov 08, 2013

Intervention and completions firm Welltec is to set up factory in Esbjerg, Denmark, as an offshore supply base for its operations in the Danish, German and Dutch sectors of the North Sea and onshore central Europe.  The new facility, which will initially employ 25-35 people…

Contract Briefs: November 2013

Nov 07, 2013

FMC wins TEN order FMC Technologies Inc. received an order from Tullow Ghana Ltd. to supply subsea systems for its Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme Development (TEN) offshore Ghana. The order's estimated value is US$340 million. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes subsea trees…

Transocean orders new UDW drillship

Oct 16, 2013

Transocean Ltd. announced it has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Shipyard delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2016. After customer acceptance…

Baker Hughes introduces StayCool cutters

Oct 01, 2013

Baker Hughes Inc. announced the availability of its StayCool™ multidimensional cutter, which helps operators drill to total depth faster and more cost effectively by extending cutter life and footage per run. Used exclusively on the Hughes…

OE13: Hardide Coatings unveils new technology

Sep 04, 2013

Hardide Coatings (stand 4D148) has developed an innovative coating to extend the life and improve the performance of drilling tools operating in extremely abrasive environments. This is the first successful high performance coating for TSP…

Speedy, accurate assessment of deepwater reservoirs

Sep 01, 2013

Standard coring methods often yield incomplete reservoir fluid information. Doug Kinsella, managing director of Corpro, describes a new coring system that provides better information while saving rig time. Deepwater finds are now playing a crucial role in replacing global reserves…

Drilling expected to begin in Black Sea

Aug 12, 2013

Beach Energy announced that drilling is expected to begin on the 01RX Cobalcescu South exploration well in Block EX-28 offshore Romania. According to the company, the well will be spudded during Beach Energy’s August reporting period…

RDS wins DSME and Ensco contracts

Aug 06, 2013

Rig design engineering firm RDS has been awarded two contracts valued at US $42,000,000 for engineering and design services in the North Sea and a global master services agreement (MSA).   The first contract is for detailed design and…

Swellable packers introduced

Jul 31, 2013

TAM International Inc. established a new line of TAM FastSwell™ elastomers, adding to their extensive FREECAP® swellable packer product offering. TAM FastSwell™ provides a fast, controlled swell time at lower temperatures and high salinities…

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