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Oil & Gas UK appoints new board members

May 12, 2015

Oil & Gas UK announced a number of appointments of member company representatives to its board.

 In addition to the new members joining the board, existing board member Neil McCulloch, president North Sea, of Enquest, is named as the new vice chair representative for the operator community…

BP uses Schlumberger software platform

Apr 10, 2015

Schlumberger’s new Petrel E&P software platform will support BP’s new digital technology roll out. The first deployment of the two-year global implementation has been completed for staff at the company’s business unit in Aberdeen, Scotland…

Spectrum, Schlumberger take on Brazil

Apr 24, 2015

Norwegian geoscience firm Spectrum entered into a cooperation agreement with US oilfield services giant Schlumberger to acquire 50% ownership in Spectrum's Pelotas multiclient program. The cooperation agreement includes more than 30,000km…

M-I SWACO releases new fluid and cuttings separator

May 05, 2015

M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company, released SCREEN PULSE fluid and cuttings separator. Easily installed onto new or existing shale shakers, the fully pneumatic system delivers drilling fluid recovery of up to 30 b/d and an average drill cuttings waste reduction of 20%…

North American job cuts mount

Apr 24, 2015

International oilfield services firm Weatherford will cut another 2000 jobs from its workforce, taking the total number of planned job cuts to 10,000. Weatherford’s move follows Schlumberger announcing last week a further 11,000 job cuts…

Subsea Services Alliance in 15,000-psi intervention riser system

Apr 30, 2015

Subsea Services Alliance announces the first joint technology project between OneSubsea and Helix to engineer and manufacture a 15,000-psi intervention riser system. This jointly developed technology advances the alliance’s objectives…

OTC Spotlight Awards reward technological advances

Apr 29, 2015

This year’s OTC Spotlight Awards showcases innovation in offshore seismic, drilling, subsea operations, inspection, performance maintenance and monitoring, and more. Congratulations to the recipients!   MultiNode…

Chevron, Schlumberger sign software agreement

Mar 27, 2015

Schlumberger signed a long-term software contract with Chevron Energy Technology Company. The new contract provides universal access to the Petrel E&P software platform across Chevron’s entire earth sciences organization. 'We have…

Schlumberger debuts ACTive Straddle

Mar 26, 2015

Schlumberger released the ACTive Straddle coiled tubing real-time multiset inflatable packer, which provides all functions needed to isolate and treat multiple zones on a single run without coming out of the well, which reduces intervention time and optimizes production…

Halliburton to sell divisions pre-merger

Apr 08, 2015

Houston-based Halliburton announced it will separately market for sale the company’s fixed cutter and roller cone drill bits, directional drilling and logging-while-drilling (LWD), measurement-while-drilling (MWD) businesses. The announcement…

Schlumberger completes GOM shoot

Mar 23, 2015

Schlumberger has completed the acquisition of about 2750sq km of two new full-azimuth multiclient seismic surveys over the Garden Banks and Green Canyon areas in the Gulf of Mexico. Both shoots are the initial phase of the Revolution X and Revolution XI surveys and will provide full-azimuth…

RWLI makes its mark

Apr 01, 2015

Ask about subsea well intervention and most assume it’s riserless light well intervention you want to talk about – for good reason. Elaine Maslin reports. Subsea light well intervention visualized by FMC Technologies…

Resetting the industry

Apr 01, 2015

Exploration and production executives are facing a bleak year with tough budgets – but the mood wasn’t all doom and gloom at IP Week. Solutions are being suggested – as Meg Chesshyre reports. Yves-Louis Darricarrère…

Schlumberger releases new ultrahigh-temperature drilling technologies

Mar 18, 2015

Schlumberger launched TeleScope ICE ultrahigh-temperature measurements-while-drilling service and PowerDrive ICE ultrahigh-temperature rotary steerable system (RSS). The ultraHT-rated electronics in the…

FMC/Technip launch Forsys Subsea

Mar 23, 2015

Subsea firms FMC Technologies and Technip are forming an exclusive alliance and launching Forsys Subsea, a new 50/50 joint venture. The firms say the alliance will 'redefine the way subsea fields are designed, delivered and maintained'…

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