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GE wins PEMEX surface wellhead, tree contract for GOM project
Posted on 25 June 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
GE Oil & Gas has signed a multi-year agreement with PEMEX to supply and install surface wellheads and trees for an offshore project in the Campeche Sound Ayatsil field in the…
Collaboration among operator, contractor, service company provides MPD functionality to drillship
Posted on 25 June 2014 in Exclusive Video, Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
As operators face increasingly challenging reservoirs, conventional technologies are becoming inefficient in safely achieving well objectives on time and on budget. To address…
IHS: Rising operating costs challenge outlook for offshore rig market
Posted on 25 June 2014 in News, The Offshore Frontier, Videos
The strength of dayrates for offshore rigs in recent years has attracted significant investment and a spate of orders for newbuilds – particularly premium jackups, Tom Kellock…
Maersk Drilling orders 20K BOP, risers for BP project
Posted on 24 June 2014 in Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
Maersk Drilling has ordered four BOPs and two risers from GE Oil and Gas that will be used in the Project 20K partnership with BP. The BOPs and risers will be delivered…
UK approves Premier Oil to develop Catcher area in North Sea
Posted on 12 June 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Premier Oil has received approval of its Catcher area field development plan from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. “The Catcher area development shows that…
Hercules, Maersk Oil sign 5-year deal for newbuild jackup
Posted on 22 May 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Hercules Offshore has signed a five-year drilling contract with Maersk Oil North Sea UK for a newbuild jackup to be owned and operated by Hercules Offshore. Total contract…
Schlumberger’s Seismic Guided Drilling predicts pore pressure ahead of bit
Posted on 13 May 2014 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances, OTC, The Offshore Frontier, Videos, Videos OTC
Using both surface seismic and logging-while-drilling data, Schlumberger’s Seismic Guided Drilling (SGD) provides a 3D look-ahead velocity model and reduces…
Baker Hughes launches constant-rheology NSURE oil-based drilling fluid
Posted on 13 May 2014 in Innovating While Drilling, News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier, Videos, Videos OTC
Baker Hughes recently launched the NSURE oil-based drilling fluid that can be used in high-risk environments such as Norway, the UK, the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa…
Riser pumping technology may help retrofitted rigs drill challenging deepwater wells
Posted on 12 May 2014 in Drilling Rigs & Automation, News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier
Utilizing the forces of nature, an electrically powered mid-level riser pumping technology can give existing sixth-generation rigs the capability to drill difficult…
Shell: Appraisal sets stage for overall development cycle for emerging deepwater projects
Posted on 12 May 2014 in News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier
Post-discovery, the appraisal phase is key in setting a solid foundation for the selection, design, execution and production phases of the development. “The appraisal…
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