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SKF, Vantage improve drillship reliability

Dec 16, 2014

SKF USA and Vantage Drilling combined resources to improve the reliability of the Vantage Titanium Explorer and Platinum Explorer drill ship fleet. Titanium Explorer. From Vantage.   These…

Maersk spuds Xana off Denmark

Dec 09, 2014

Maersk Oil spudded the Xana (Gita South) exploration well in license 9/95 on the Danish continental shelf, according to partner Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco). The well is being drilled by the Noble Sam Turner jackup. The main target is upper Jurassic sandstones…

Service during sanctions

Dec 09, 2014

For Western-based service companies whose products or personnel were at work in the waters off the Russia, projects that were already complex by virtue of the location became substantially more so with the recent Western sanctions against the Russian Federation…

Centrica in minor gas find

Dec 08, 2014

Centrica Resources Norge’s wildcat well 6707/10-3S is being permanently plugged and abandoned after making a minor gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Dictorate (NPD). Map of PL 528 B…

West Alpha to drill at Balder for ExxonMobil

Dec 08, 2014

ExxonMobil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig on the Balder field, in the central North Sea. The West Alpha. From North Atlantic Drilling…

Kosmos eyes Irish prizes

Dec 08, 2014

Kosmos Energy and partner Europa Oil & Gas are eyeing exploration drilling on new prospects offshore Ireland following new 3D seismic data on frontier exploration licenses (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 licenses in the South Porcupine Basin. Kosmos Energy acquired the new 3D seismic in 2013…

Small gas discovery for Centrica

Dec 08, 2014

Centrica Resources Norge has made a small gas discovery about 20km from Statoil's Aasta Hansteen development in the Norwegian North Sea, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).  The 6707/10-3 S well, in production license 528 B…

BHI international rig count for November 2014

Dec 05, 2014

Baker Hughes Inc. issued the November 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1324 rigs operating worldwide in November 2014, outside of the US & Canada. International activity in November was up 16 rigs from the 1308 rigs drilling in October 2014…

Ensco names new EVP

Dec 05, 2014

Ensco has promoted Carey Lowe to executive vice president, reporting directly to CEO and President Carl Trowell. He will be responsible for overseeing investor relations, public relations, employee communications and branding, led by vice president Sean O’Neill…

Halliburton announces Baker integration plan

Dec 05, 2014

After one of the biggest merger deals of the year, Halliburton is moving forward with the announcement of its new board of directors, beginning with the appointment of Mark McCollum as executive vice president and chief integration officer…

Freeport-McMoRan hits Holstein Deep, Dorado pay

Dec 04, 2014

Phoenix, Arizona-headquartered Freeport-McMoRan boosted its production estimates on both its Holstein Deep and Dorado developments in the Gulf of Mexico, the company announced on 4 December. Freeport-McMorRan said it expects to achieve 30…

Stone brings deepwater Cardona online

Dec 04, 2014

Stone Energy’s Cardona deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico came online in November ahead of its sanctioned schedule and under budget. Image from Stone Energy. Cardona is located…

Masirah orders 3D seismic off Oman

Dec 03, 2014

Masirah Oil commissioned a new 3D seismic survey of Block 50 offshore Oman to be conducted by Dolphin Geophysical. The Artemis Arctic. From Dolphin Geophysical.   Block 50 is located on the southeast coast of the Sultanate of Oman…

Camac gets additional rig offshore Nigeria

Dec 03, 2014

Camac Energy signed a contract with a subsidiary of Transocean for the provision of the semisubmersible drilling unit Sedco Express for drilling and completion activities offshore Nigeria. The Sedco Express…

Petrobras in Colombian discovery

Dec 03, 2014

Petrobras encountered hydrocarbons in the Orca-1 exploration well in the Tayrona block offshore Colombia, according to partner Ecopetrol S.A. The drill reached a depth of 4243m.  Image from Ecopetrol…

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