After a decade of R&D spanning the globe, a new class of marine seismic technology has now been commercially deployed. Nina Rach spoke with Chris Cunnell of Schlumberger. In an ideal world, a seismic survey would have a grid of sensors across the full area of interest…
Schlumberger announced today the release of the MicroScope high-definition (HD) imaging-while-drilling service. The MicroScope HD service provides logging-while-drilling (LWD) imaging for reservoir description to enable detailed fracture…
OneSubsea, the newly formed subsea partnership between Cameron and Schlumberger, is making its first major show debut this week. The company, which started trading on June 30, has already announced a US$500 million contract with Chevron on the North Sea Rosebank development…
Oil & Gas UK, the representative organisation for the oil and gas industry, today announces new appointments to its board. The appointments are: Eric D’Argentre, UK General Manager, Perenco UK Luke Farajallah, Managing Director…
Representatives from Brazil’s government and oil and gas industry advocated strongly for British investment at UKTI’s panel discussion on Brazil Tuesday morning. “Several companies are going to Brazil, and now is the time to go,” said Carlos Camerini…
Schlumberger acquired Gushor Inc., a Canadian-based petroleum geochemistry and fluid analysis company that provides production and exploration solutions in the heavy oil and oil sand (HOOS) industry. Formed in 2006, Gushor specializes in the integration of geology…
Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, released the ONYX 360° rolling polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutter. This technology enables a PDC cutter to rotate 360° while drilling, improving drillbit durability in abrasive formations and extending drillbit life and footage drilled per run…
2013 SPE Offshore Europe–held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center from September 3-6–will demonstrate that the industry’s engineering, manufacturing and technology excellence is set to assure a long-term sustainable future. Anthony Onukwu…
Colorado School of Mines and the Universitas Indonesia named top award recipients Schlumberger announced today its contribution of five scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ (AAPG) Outstanding Student Chapter Awards…
Large areas in the Kara Sea have been licensed to a consortium of Rosneft and ExxonMobil. Extensive seismic exploration was carried out last year and will continue this summer. Contractors are Schlumberger and Western Geco using Kirkenes and GAC and Henriksen Shipping…
Engineering capacity and a lack of standardization are serious challenges to the subsea industry, says a keynote speaker at this week's UTC in Bergen. Werner Menz, president subsea controls in newly formed joint venture OneSubsea, says…
Rigless abandonment of wells and use of downhole communications will be future trends, according to an OTC paper on well plugging and abandonment. Praful Desai, presenting for Schlumberger, outlined the large number of ageing and non producing wells globally…
Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, introduced the Stinger conical diamond technology last month. The bit features an ultrathick polycrystalline diamond layer that is thicker than conventional PDC cutters. The Stinger element enables high-point loading to fracture rock more efficiently…
A 278km-long highvoltage power cable was recently installed between Ireland and Wales. Gary Parker of Sensa, a Schlumberger company, describes how a distributed temperature sensor (DTS) system is monitoring the performance and safety of critical parts of the cable in real-time…
Gazprom Geologorazvedka and Schlumberger Russia and Central Asia (RCA) today signed a technology cooperation framework agreement under the chairmanship of Vsevolod Cherepanov, member of the management committee, head of the Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Production Department…
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