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…
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…
OneSubsea the new 60:40 joint venture announced last month by Cameron and Schlumberger, will manufacture and develop products, systems and services for the subsea oil & gas industry and offer ‘a step change in reservoir recovery’ through integration…
Cameron SubseaCameron and Schlumberger have united under the banner OneSubsea, a new 60/40 joint venture to manufacture and develop products, systems and services for the subsea oil and gas industry, the duo announced on 15 November 2012…
The need to help small companies in a French offshore industry that has always punched above its weight was a key factor behind the recent amalgamation of the country’s leading oil & gas trade bodies. Meg Chesshyre reviews this and other talking points at the latest Subsea Europe gathering in Paris…
Schlumberger’s Saturn 3D radial probe is the newest module for its MDT modular formation dynamics tester. The Saturn probe provides pressure measurements and fluid samples where they were not previously possible due to reservoir conditions.The…
To meet drilling challenges, such as hole sections with long steep inclinations and severe doglegs, the keystone of a new drilling campaign offshore Thailand includes use of rotary steerable systems instead of the downhole motors traditionally used there…
Hock Goh has been appointed to the board of directors of Australian independent Santos. During a 25-year career with Schlumberger, Goh held senior positions in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, including president of network & infrastructure solutions, president Asia, and VP and GM, China.
The new Rhadiant ultra-high temperature non-aqueous drilling fluid system released by M-I Swaco is said to eliminate drilling fluid product degradation, prevent wellbore control issues such as barite sag, and provide a thin filter cake for enhanced logging conditions…
Chris Peeters has been appointed EMEA region director of Schlumberger Business Consulting, based in Paris. Previously with McKinsey, he will manage SBC’s utilities practice.
The Rhino XC on-demand reamer, released at ONS by Schlumberger, is a next-generation reaming tool that provides unlimited activation of the flow actuation system to reliably enlarge boreholes.Building on Rhino XS hydraulically expandable reamer technology…
‘An exciting future for the subsea business' was predicted by Ross Kinnear, head of subsea operations in BP's North Sea SPU, when he addressed Subsea UK's annual flagship conference in Aberdeen last month. David Morgan reviews some of the Subsea 2011 highlights…