Petrobras announced that on 11 April, oil production in the fields it operates in the pre-salt province of the Santos and Campos basins reached the milestone of 800,000 bbl/day (bpd), constituting a new daily production record...

Newpark Drilling Fluids is moving forward with the $30 million expansion of its Port Fourchon, La., facility, which will allow the company to better meet the needs of operators in the Gulf of Mexico. In this video from the OTC show floor on 4 May...

Maersk Oil has discovered hydrocarbons from the exploration well Xana-1X, which was drilled in license 9/95 in the northern part of the Danish sector of the North Sea. “The drilling of the high-pressure high-temperature exploration well...

On the spectrum of scientific research, some types of R&D have high levels of applicability – think of Thomas Edison inventions – while others are geared toward humans’ quest for fundamental understanding – think of the work of Nobel Prize-winning physicist...

Centek launched its inter casing centralizer sub (ICCS) at the 2015 OTC. Developed in collaboration with Halliburton, the ICCS is designed to be run as part of a tight tolerance casing string in deepwater, ultra-narrow annulus applications.

Declining returns due to increasing costs in deepwater projects were a thorn in the eye of operators long before $50/bbl oil. But now, more than ever, trimming CAPEX requirements has become essential to make certain projects economic. To help address this challenge, oilfield service companies FMC Technologies and Technip are teaming up to streamline subsea design, delivery and maintenance through a new joint venture called Forsys Subsea.

Baker Hughes introduced its Hammerhead system— a fully integrated wellhead-to-reservoir ultra-deepwater completion and production system – at the 2015 OTC on 4 May. Developed to withstand extreme environments, such as the Gulf of Mexico’s Lower Tertiary trend…

Ensco has entered into a three-year contract with NDC for a new premium jackup, ENSCO 110. The newbuild rig is scheduled to commence operations later this month offshore the United Arab Emirates at a rate of approximately $114,000/day. NDC has also contracted ENSCO 104 for a three-year term at a dayrate of $114,000.

(Editor's Note: The following op-ed was provided to DrillingContractor.org by BSEE on May 5, 2015.) By Brian Salerno, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Esso Exploration Angola, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, has started oil production ahead of schedule at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 project offshore Angola. Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 is a Block 15 subsea infrastructure development of the Kakocha, Bavuca and Mondo South fields...