Norway-based ExproSoft has developed WellMaster Simulator, a cloud-based well life simulator for new and mature fields. The solution is designed to help oil and gas operators predict well interventions, downtime, and operating expenses (OPEX)…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling facility for well intervention in well 34/7-A-10H on the Snorre field. The activity is scheduled to begin in September and to last 22 days…
Aberdeen-based well management firm Zenith Energy has successfully completed the plug and abandonment of a platform well on the Ombrina Mare field offshore Italy for Rockhopper Exploration. The project was the firm's first offshore well management project…
Drilling and well performance solutions firm eDrilling, and drilling optimization company SynepsisDart have announced a new partnership to help exploration and production companies drill wells safer, quicker and cheaper. SynepsisDART…
International oilfield services company, Expro, has been awarded new contracts from India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ONGC). Worth more than US$17 million over three years, the contracts will see Expro work on ONGC’s assets throughout western and eastern areas of India…
Petrofac has been appointed well operator by Hurricane Energy in a three-year contract to support wells located West of Shetland. Petrofac is the first outsourced well operator to manage a drilling campaign in the UK Continental Shelf…
Well intervention provider Altus Intervention, a subsidiary of Norway's Qinterra, has secured a long-term frame agreement with Statoil for the delivery of mechanical wireline services. The total duration of the agreement, including options…
Northeast Scotland surface preparation and protective coatings Davidsons Blast Services (DBS) has completed a five-figure project on a unique well intervention system. DBS, which provides blast cleaning and application of protective coatings to the oil and gas…
Completions systems and services provide Tendeka has won a four-year contract with Wintershall Norge with a further four-year extension option. The company has been selected to supply sand screens for wells in the Maria, Brage, Skarfjell…
Coretrax, leading engineered servicing company for wellbore clean and abandonment, has secured cost savings of nearly £10 million in rig time for UK operators. Focused on improving operational efficiencies and saving rig time in wellbore clean up and abandonment operations…
Norway's DNV GL has issued a new, globally applicable Recommended Practice (RP) forrisk-based plugging and abandonment of offshore wells. The certificaton and verification society says, in combination with optimized project execution and new technology…
Baker Hughes says it expects to make some US$500 million annual savings by the end of 2016, as part of measures it is taking following the collapse of its proposed $34.6 billion merger with Halliburton. The initial phase of the cost reduction…
Sandvik will offers weld-free coiled tubing in lengths exceeding 1000m. The first 1010m coiled tube reel is to be symbolically delivered on 10 October 2016 for a demanding offshore oil and gas customer. To meet a growing need for coiled tubing in very long lengths…
UK-based well examination services firm Chris Dykes International has been acquired by Danish well management company WellPerform. Established by Chris Dykes in 2002, following a career with oil majors and the UK's Health and Safety Executive…
Oil & Gas UK has published an update of its Well Life Cycle Integrity Guidelines. The publication reflects recent changes in the regulatory environment, such as the requirement for well-operators and drilling contractors to integrate…