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Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 10 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, Global and Regional Markets, November/December
Anadarko Petroleum has announced another successful appraisal well in the West Cape Three Points Block offshore Ghana. The Mahogany-4 well, the eastern-most…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Huisman rig completes 1st well in 6 weeks; drills surface hole using drilling with casing Huisman’s newly developed containerised drilling rig, the LOC 400, operated by the Northern Dutch Drilling Company (NDDC) for Northern Petroleum Netherlands (NPN), successfully completed its first well in Werkendam, The Netherlands. The unit drilled the well to a TD of [...]
D&C News
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, July/August, News
Jackup delivered to China Oilfield Services Keppel FELS delivered the new jackup COSLSTRIKE to China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) ahead of schedule and with a clean safety record. It is the third of three KFELS B Class jackup rigs commissioned by Awilco Offshore ASA prior to COSL’s acquisition. The first two rigs were delivered in [...]
Pushing for innovations in a risk-averse industry
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, September/October
For many petroleum engineers who end up building their careers on the drilling side of the business, one common theme often appears: Production is boring.
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, September/October
Transocean announced that Steven L Newman has been chosen to succeed Robert L Long as the company’s chief executive officer upon Mr Long’s…
Pride underscores training, safety commitment with new facility in France featuring rig, test well
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, Drilling It Safely, September/October
Pride International’s commitment to training runs deep, a company culture in a land where learning runs back through the centuries. In the land…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, Innovating While Drilling, September/October, The Efficient Rig
Weatherford International and ENI have entered an agreement to develop a subsea drilling-with-casing system. It will enable a 20-in. casing string…
D&C News
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, September/October
Anadarko Petroleum announced in late July a discovery at the Vito exploration well in Mississippi Canyon block 984. The well encountered more than…
Requiem for a Recession: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, September/October
Signs are increasingly positive for the overall economy, but the energy outlook is a case of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Departments, September/October
First injection of water achieved in Shell’s Ursa/Princess Waterflood project in GOM Shell announced it has achieved another milestone in the Ursa/Princess Waterflood project. First injection of water occurred on 3 July 2008 and is planned to continue for the next 30 years. With a listed volume enhancement capacity of 30,000 bbl/day of oil equivalent, [...]
Recent Drilling News
15 May 2013
BP commits to renewed focus on upstream oil and gas over next decade
Over the next decade, as much as 75% to 80% of BP's majority group capital expenditure will be spent in upstream...
15 May 2013
Statoil sanctions Julia development in GOM with ExxonMobil, pushes ahead with Logan
Pursuing further growth in its US offshore portfolio, Statoil has sanctioned its fourth field development in the Gulf of Mexico...
15 May 2013
Exclusive video: New composite wireline cable contains seven-conductor electrical core
Serko Sarian, telemetry and conveyance portfolio manager for Schlumberger, talks with Drilling Contractor...
15 May 2013
PETRONAS: NOCs expand globally with increasing autonomy, financial strength
National oil companies (NOCs) continue to assume an increasingly meaningful role in the oil and gas industry...
15 May 2013
Different dual-gradient methods enable drilling in deepwater, depleted reservoirs
Dual-gradient technology continues to gain attention as an important solution to deepwater drilling and...