McDermott International announced Friday it has secured a contract from Qatargas for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) for expansion of the North Field offshore facilities in the State of Qatar.The contract is worth between $50 million and $250 million…
McDermott International announced Thursday it has secured a contract from an unidentified Middle East customer for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for new facilities and brownfield works project in the Arabian Gulf…
Independent global completions service company Tendeka has appointed Nizami Musayev as a new Area Manager in Russia as the company aims to grow its presence in the region.He will be responsible for introducing Tendeka’s existing portfolio and new technology such as Cascade3…
While the offshore industry has focused on cutting costs, Weatherford – known primarily as a land-based completions company – has invested heavily in building an offshore completions line.Mark Hopmann, Weatherford’s Completions president, says…
Independent global completions service company Tendeka said it has launched a new technology that increases oil recovery by improving injected water conformance in fractured reservoirs or by ensuring effective placement of matrix stimulation acids…
Texas's energy regulator issued a third more oil and gas drilling permits in April than a year ago, according to data released on Thursday, as higher prices continue to spur an increase in activity.The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the state's oil and gas industry…
Byron Energy is preparing to spud next week the F3 development well at South Marsh Island Block 71 in the US Gulf of Mexico, Otto Energy reported Tuesday (2 January). The company and its joint venture partner Otto will use the F3 well as a D5 development well…
AGR is set to deliver drilling, completions, well site and well engineering services to Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy, as a result of signing a four-year Outline Agreement with the opportunity to perform services. Andy Perchard…
Oilfield services firm Expro has launched a new extreme high-pressure tubing conveyed perforating (TCP) gun system, delivering the largest perforation hole area available for frac and gravel pack completions. Designed specifically for challenging deepwater environments in the Gulf of Mexico…
Emerson Automation Solutions has launched the latest product within its polymer completions solutions range, the PolyOil JAR Handling Clamp, for increased safety and well integrity. PolyOil JAR Handling Clamp…
Global energy services and technology company AGR, has signed a SaaS (software as a service) contract with Dana Gas PJSC to supply the latest version of its P1 software for deepwater exploration efforts offshore Egypt. Petter Mathisen…
Amec Foster Wheeler’s completions and commissioning company, qedi, has signed an extension of its global Master Service Agreement with BP, which it has successfully delivered since 2012. The new contract with BP will run for two years through till December 2019…
Schlumberger (SLB) has released their new SpectraSphere fluid mapping-while-drilling service at the 2017 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. The service delivers downhole fluid composition during drilling with real-time pressure measurements-while-drilling…
Maana’s Jeff Dalgliesh discusses a recent project with Chevron aimed at training a machine to understand how drillers describe problems encountered during operations. Image from iStock. Typically…
AGR has been awarded a frame agreement to deliver well and drilling engineering advice to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to support evaluation of drilling programs, well design and testing, completions and plugging and abandoning…