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OE17: North Sea first for BiSN

Sep 05, 2017

Downhole sealing solutions firm BiSN has successfully completed its first North Sea project. The plugging and abandonment work in the Valhall field, offshore Norway, for Aker BP, used BiSN’s metal-to-metal downhole sealing solutions, BiSN (stand 6A21) told the SPE Offshore Europe Show Daily…

Altus bags Osprey, Merlin P&A work

Apr 24, 2017

Altus Intervention has been awarded a contract for the provision of wireline and coiled tubing services with Fairfield Betula Ltd. for 16 well plugging and abandonment (P&A) campaigns on the UK Continental Shelf. The P&A campaigns are…

Installing ceramic sand screens

Apr 01, 2017

In an industry first, achieved last year, 3M ceramic sand screens were deployed from a light well intervention vessel, Helix’s Well Enhancer. Deploying the screens offshore last year. Photos from 3M…

Wireline wonders

Apr 01, 2017

Oceaneering International’s acquisition of Blue Ocean Technologies is set to reap returns in terms of new technology. Elaine Maslin reports. IRIS and BORIS. Images from Oceaneering. When…

Halliburton offers SPECTRUM FUSION

Mar 21, 2017

Halliburton (HAL) has developed a new offering in the SPECTRUM family of real-time coiled tubing services, the SPECTRUM FUSION service. The FUSION service includes the first real-time system in the market using hybrid cable technology that…

Latest SNE well reaches total depth

Feb 23, 2017

Cairn Energy's latest well on the SNE (Shelf North Edge) field offshore Sengal has reached total depth, at 2852m, says partner FAR Ltd.  Wireline logging operations have been completed on the SNE-5 appraisal well, in Senegal's Sangomar Deep block…

300 MMbbl Lancaster estimate was "conservative"

Feb 07, 2017

Fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy says its previous 300 MMbbl estimate for the Lancaster field, west of Shetland is conservative.  The firm has completed technical analysis of the Lancaster, Lincoln and Warwick assets…

Qinterra award GOM services contract

Jan 13, 2017

Qinterra Technologies has been awarded a three-year wireline tractor and instrumented intervention services contract with a deepwater oil and gas operator in the US Gulf of Mexico, effective immediately. The scope of the contract includes tractor conveyance…

Cellula trials seafloor drill

Dec 19, 2016

Canada's Cellula Robotics has completed factory acceptance testing of its third CRD100 seafloor drill for Fukada Salvage & Marine Works and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)…

Maersk inks Altus for intervention

Nov 14, 2016

North Sea intervention firm Altus Intervention has won a fixed term, five-year contract to provide well intervention services for Maersk Oil UK. Altus Intervention was awarded the contract for the provision of slickline services, coiled tubing services…

Aker BP signs up Altus Intervention

Nov 10, 2016

Aker BP (formerly Det norske and BP Norway) has awarded Altus Intervention an up to nine-year frame agreement contract for well intervention services. Services, starting mid-December, included consist of casedhole wireline, slickline…

Quadrant in Roc-2 appraisal discovery

Sep 23, 2016

Quadrant Energy confirmed a gas condensate discovery at the Roc-2 appraisal well offshore Western Australia, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum. Roc-2 is in WA-437-P exploration permit in the North West Shelf of Australia, where…

Quadrant to formation test Roc-2

Sep 19, 2016

Quadrant Energy is planning formation testing on the Roc-2 well over the next 7-10 days, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum. Carnarvon announced a discovery on the well, in the North West Shelf, offshore Western Australia, earlier this month…

Quadrant hits at Roc-2

Sep 09, 2016

Quadrant Energy has hit hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir within the Caley section in the Roc-2 well in the North West Shelf, offshore Western Australia, partner Carnarvon Petroleum confirmed. The results were confirmed during logging while…

HAL provides Azimuthal Lithodensity service

Aug 15, 2016

Sperry Drilling, a Halliburton (HAL) business, released the 9.5in Azimuthal Lithodensity (ALD) service, providing real-time density measurements and images in boreholes up to 17.5in.  ALD is designed to provide downhole density measurements…

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