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Halliburton Awarded License for Gravel Pack Completions

Oct 08, 2019

Oilfield services company Halliburton said it has been awarded an international license for ExxonMobil’s patented Non-Aqueous Fluid Gravel Packing (NAFPac) technique for gravel pack completions.Hole stability and shale inhibition are keys to successful installation of openhole completions…

Northern Drilling Cancels Drillship Resale Contract

Oct 08, 2019

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Drilling announced it has cancelled a resale contract for the 7th generation ultra deepwater drillship West Cobalt, which had been scheduled for delivery from South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in 2021…

Borr Drilling Appoints Kibsgaard as Chairman

Oct 08, 2019

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling announced that Pål Kibsgaard has been formally appointed as the new Chairman of the Board.Kibsgaard will replace Tor Olav Trøim as Chairman, who will continue to serve as a Director and has been appointed as Deputy Chairman…

Shelf Drilling Wins Multiple Contract Extensions

Oct 07, 2019

Shelf Drilling, the international shallow water offshore drilling contractor, announced that it has secured contract extensions for four of its jack-up drilling rigs.The drilling contractor  with rig operations across Middle East, Southeast Asia…

Turkish Ship to Drill Off Cyprus by Tuesday

Oct 07, 2019

The Turkish drillship Yavuz will begin drilling for oil and gas southwest of Cyprus on Monday or Tuesday, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said, in a move which has intensified tensions between the two countries.Ankara said on Thursday it had sent…

Interra Resources Spuds First Well in Kuala Pambuang Block

Oct 07, 2019

Southeast Asian independent oil and gas exploration and production player Interra Resources said has started drilling its first onshore well in the onshore/offshore Kuala Pambuang block, in southern Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, where seismic…

Neodrill Saves Costs for Siccar Point at Cambo

Oct 07, 2019

Neodrill's CAN well foundation has been proven to cut well construction time, costs and environmental impact, while also reducing risks and improve safety during conduct or running operations.

Hibiscus Oil Find Bigger than Expected

Oct 04, 2019

Panoro Energy reported drilling results in the Hibiscus Updip well (DHIBM-1), located on Dussafu Marin Permit, offshore Gabon, “have significantly exceeded expectations” the company's CEO John Hamilton said.Panoro and operator BW Energy estimate…

More Drilling Lifts Cyprus, Turkey Tension

Oct 04, 2019

Tensions between Cyprus and Turkey over offshore drilling intensified on Friday, with Nicosia accusing Turkey of a 'severe escalation' of violations of its sovereign rights.Turkey announced on Thursday that it had sent an oil-and-gas drilling…

Dolphin Drilling Wins Shell Contract

Oct 03, 2019

Dolphin Drilling sad it has secured a contract with AS Norske Shell in Norway for its Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig to support the drilling and completion of a gas producer well on the Knarr field starting in early 2020.The…

Transocean Floater Deployed with Hybrid ESS

Oct 02, 2019

Transocean has deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit. The system is now operational on the Transocean Spitsbergen, engaged in drilling operations at the Snorre field in Norway, the drilling contractor said on Wednesday…

Isabella Drilling Planned

Oct 02, 2019

Partners in the UK North Sea Isabella prospect will begin drilling a first trial well in October, one of the project stakeholders Ithaca announced on Wednesday.Drilling of the Isabella-1 well (30/11a-7) is expected to continue for six months…

Norway Sovereign Fund to Divest E&P Firms

Oct 02, 2019

Norway's $1.1 trillion sovereign fund will divest companies solely dedicated to oil and gas exploration and production in a bid to shield itself from a long-term fall in oil prices, the finance ministry said late on Tuesday.The move will partly…

Rosneft Makes Discovery Offshore Sakhalin

Oct 02, 2019

Russian integrated energy company Rosneft said it has completed drilling the first prospecting and appraisal well at the Vostochno-Pribrezhny license block on the shelf of Sakhalin Island, offshore Russia.The well was drilled on-schedule by…

PTTEP, Halliburton Ink Automation Deal

Oct 01, 2019

PTTEP, a national petroleum exploration and production company in Thailand, selected Halliburton Landmark for joint development of new well design workflow to automate drilling and completion engineering processes across the well lifecycle, the US-based oilfield services company announced…

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