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Changing realities

Oct 02, 2014

Oil and gas companies are turning to new high-tech gadgets for workplace solutions. Audrey Leon spoke with Houston-based FuelFX to see how this new reality can be implemented. FuelFX’s Oliver Diaz demonstrates the Oculus Rift system…

Moving beyond the babble to ensure wellbore integrity in deepwater drilling and cementing operations

Oct 02, 2014

For all the technological advances that have been made in drilling and completing wells offshore, wellbore integrity remains the single, most important aspect of well construction. Without it, there is no guarantee of safety, productivity…

Despite setback, Noble returns to the Falklands

Oct 01, 2014

Noble Energy will resume exploratory drilling in the Falkland Islands next year after acquiring and reviewing extensive 3D seismic of its 10 million acre-position. In late February 2014, London-based joint venture partner Falkland Oil…

Dana Gas plans Egyptian drilling, wins two Nile Delta blocks

Oct 01, 2014

Dana Gas Egypt signed a gas production enhancement agreement (GPEA) with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS) and the Egyptian General Petroleum Co. (EGPC). According to the agreement, announced 30 September, Dana Gas will begin a 7-year program in the next few months…

Stone ahead on Cardona

Oct 01, 2014

Laffayete, Louisiana-based Stone Energy is ahead of schedule on the deepwater Cardona development project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Cardona South well (MC 29 #4), located in Mississippi Canyon 29, is expected to begin initial production by 1 December 2014…

BG Group inks Plexus for UK drilling

Oct 01, 2014

Oil and gas engineering services business Plexus has won an order from BG Group for surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea.   The contract is due to run for 150 days and will involve Plexus' 18-3/4” 15…

Alfa Laval wins pumping systems order

Sep 29, 2014

Alfa Laval won an order to supply Framowith water pumping systems to an oil drilling platform, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean east of Newfoundland. The order, booked in the marine and offshore pumping systems segment, has a valueof approximately US$16…

CAMAC increases recoverable resources off Nigeria

Sep 29, 2014

CAMAC Energy's four offshore Nigeria prospects have increased the company’s unrisked P50 recoverable resources to approximately 3 billion boe. Map of Nigerian prospects from CAMAC   The…

Modiin Energy's Israeli licenses expire

Sep 29, 2014

The Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water of the State of Israel's Petroleum Commissioner informed Modiin Energy that its Gabriella and Yam Hadera offshore licenses have expired due to the company's failure to achieve program milestones…

Rosneft hails Arctic oil find

Sep 29, 2014

Russian oil exploration giant Rosneft has said it and partner ExxonMobil have made an oil discovery on the Universitetskaya-1 well in the Arctic, despite US and European Union sanctions.   Rosneft said the well, in the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license in the Kara Sea…

Ex-Baker Hughes director joins Cubility

Sep 26, 2014

Norway's Cubility has appointed Jose Limia as the company’s regional manager for North America. Limia’s role will be to grow sales of the MudCube technology across the North American market, with specific emphasis on offshore drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico…

Maersk Drilling names fourth UDW drillship

Sep 25, 2014

Maersk Drilling named their fourth ultra deepwater drillship this morning in a ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Maersk Voyager Image…

Semco Maritime secures UK rig projects

Sep 24, 2014

Semco Martime received their first orders for their rig projects at Invergordon, UK, which include equipment, upgrading two Prospector Drilling jackup rigs and the Songa Offshore semisubmersible rig Songa Dee.  Songa…

Tangiers Petroleum to exit Morocco

Sep 24, 2014

Australia's Tangiers Petroleum says it intends to exit the Tarfaya Block off Morocco after the Tao-1 well showed dry and exceeded budget. The Tarfaya block is the company's only holding in Africa. The company is now faced with either…

Weatherford adds RokDoc software

Sep 24, 2014

Weatherford International licensed the Ikon Science RokDoc RT software system to support its global rig-based real-time pore pressure specialists team.  The RokDoc RT system provides critical modelling tools that allow the pore pressure specialists…

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