Maersk Drilling’s fourth ultra-deepwater drillship was named in a ceremony at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si...

While drilling extension well 3-BRSA-1022-SES (3-SES-181), Petrobras discovered gas. Poço Verde 1 well, 58 km off the coast of Aracaju, is in the Poço Verde Discovery Evaluation Plan area...

The development of 20,000-psi drilling equipment and systems has been on industry’s agenda to meet operational needs in challenging frontiers. Although the BOP is a major focus in this effort...

Petronas Carigali has extended the contract for the jackup rig Maersk Convincer by one year. Consequently, the rig will be on contract with Petronas until mid-November 2015…

Last year offshore Malaysia, Hess deployed its SmartDrill drilling optimization process for the company’s first extended-reach drilling (ERD) campaign…

Offshore the Malaysian peninsula, PETRONAS Carigali recently deployed a fit-for-purpose, synthetic-based mud to drill an ultra-HPHT, deep gas exploration well…

By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion, and energy demand is expected to double. Industry leaders agree that, in order to safely deliver...

Production is now underway from the Cardamom development, the second major deepwater facility Shell has brought online in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) this year…

Statoil has signed farm-in agreements with Repsol, acquiring a 10% equity share in the Tayrona license and a 20% equity share in the Guajira Offshore 1 license, both offshore Colombia...

“Is the automation really making us safer?” If no one knows or can precisely describe what the automation is supposed to do…