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ExxonMobil looks to reap 700 million-plus bbls from Hebron project
Posted on 09 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
ExxonMobil will develop the Hebron oilfield offshore Canada using a gravity-based structure that will recover recover more than 700…
KCA DEUTAG expands in Southeast Asia with Myanmar contract
Posted on 09 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
KCA DEUTAG has been awarded a strategic new contract from PTTEPI, the national oil company of Thailand, for the provision of…
Statoil completes appraisal well in Johan Sverdrup
Posted on 08 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Statoil has completed another appraisal well in PL265 in the Johan Sverdrup discovery with partners Petoro, Det Norske Oljeselskap and Lundin Petroleum…
Petrobras well data shows large oil potential in Santos Basin pre-salt block
Posted on 03 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Petrobras has completed drilling well 4-SPS-86B, known as Carcará, in block BM-S-8…
IPTC 2013 to feature CEO talks, address global energy demand
Posted on 02 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
The 6th annual International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), a multidisciplinary technical event hosted by China National Petroleum Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp…
BP begins production from Skarv field, Norway
Posted on 02 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
BP and partners started production from the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea on 31 December 2012. The Skarv field is approximately 210 km west of the Norwegian coast…
Glenda Wylie, Halliburton: Passion for solving challenges driven by love of science
Posted on 20 December 2012 in 2012, Exclusive Video, Innovating While Drilling, November/December, Recent Drilling News, Videos
At the age of four, Glenda Wylie, now director of global technical marketing for Halliburton, was given three acres of land by her family on their farm in Missouri to do with as she pleased…
Hess makes Pecan-1 discovery offshore Ghana
Posted on 19 December 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Hess Corp has made a discovery in the Pecan-1 exploration well. Located in the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points license offshore Ghana…
ExxonMobil inks deal to begin exploration offshore South Africa
Posted on 18 December 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa will soon begin exploration activities offshore South Africa…
Statoil looks to permanent reservoir monitoring tools to increase oil recovery
Posted on 17 December 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
Statoil and partners have determined that using permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) seismic tools…
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