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Case study: Planning enables remote-area drilling campaign
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
Operators share rig, services for exploratory, appraisal program offshore Falkland Islands By J.W. Jenner, A. Morrison, Rockhopper Exploration; R. Lyons, Desire Petroleum; L. Phillips, AGR Petroleum Services; I. McBean, Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Offshore the Falkland Islands, approximately 650 km southeast of the South American continent, two small UK operators with limited in-house operational resources conducted […]
Ship shape
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, Features, Global and Regional Markets, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
The world’s offshore rig fleet is getting a makeover. The recovering global economy, healthy commodity prices, a burgeoning ultra-deepwater market and plans to venture into more harsh-environment fields have converged in a perfect storm of newbuild activity…
Can’t keep the offshore industry down
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, Features, Global and Regional Markets, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
The global offshore industry is undeniably enjoying another renaissance. Both the deepwater and jackup segments are benefitting from high utilization and climbing dayrates in almost every market around the world, and few doubt this positive outlook will continue…
From recovery into growth
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, Features, Global and Regional Markets, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
The state of affairs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has shifted from recovery mode to a new growth phase, with deepwater activity surpassing pre-Macondo levels. It’s estimated that the moratorium set the GOM back one to two years, but industry has finally achieved a period of bustling activity…
FPSO boom calls for care with power supply equipment, hazards
Posted on 22 May 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
The global FPSO market has encountered tremendous growth over the past 20 years and is showing no sign of slowing…
BP commits to renewed focus on upstream oil and gas over next decade
Posted on 15 May 2013 in News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier
Over the next decade, as much as 75% to 80% of BP’s majority group capital expenditure will be spent in upstream…
Statoil sanctions Julia development in GOM with ExxonMobil, pushes ahead with Logan
Posted on 15 May 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier
Pursuing further growth in its US offshore portfolio, Statoil has sanctioned its fourth field development in the Gulf of Mexico…
50% of total production to be pre-salt by 2020, Petrobras says
Posted on 15 May 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier
Recounting Petrobras’ history in presalt activities so far, Carlos Tadeu da Costa Fraga, executive manager for Petrobras, shared the company’s..
Statoil awards Mariner drilling services contract to Noble Corp
Posted on 14 May 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Statoil has awarded a four-year contract for drilling services on the Mariner project to Noble Corp, with an option of up to two years…
GE unveils BOP surface control system, condition monitoring/sensing for subsea at OTC
Posted on 08 May 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, OTC, The Efficient Rig, The Offshore Frontier
A BOP surface control system and operator interface designed for deepwater drilling was among several technologies…
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