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API publishes standard for community engagement
Posted on 10 July 2014 in News, Onshore Advances
API has published an industry standard for community engagement in areas of the country where horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have opened new energy…
Claxton completes rigless removal of a stuck BHA during slot recovery
Posted on 09 July 2014 in Completing the Well, Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
Claxton Engineering Services, an Acteon company, has completed the first rigless removal of a stuck bottomhole assembly (BHA). The work was completed during a slot recovery…
Diamond Offshore appoints Woll as Senior VP, Chief Commercial Officer
Posted on 08 July 2014 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Diamond Offshore has appointed Ronald Woll as Senior VP and Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. Based in Houston, Mr Woll will have oversight of the company’s…
Maintaining pressure key to casing integrity
Posted on 08 July 2014 in Completing the Well, Drilling It Safely, News
For drilling contractors, asset integrity is most strongly linked to the reliability and performance of drilling rigs and the equipment onboard those rigs. However, many…
Hardbanding alloys, application methods evolve to meet demands of intensive pad drilling campaigns
Posted on 08 July 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, News
Back when hydrocarbon recovery meant drilling a vertical, straight, open-hole well, hardbanding was simply a matter of applying tungsten carbides to protect and extend the…
First Dopeless technology well drilled in Alaska’s North Slope
Posted on 07 July 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, News
A European oil and gas company has successfully drilled the first Dopeless technology well in Alaska’s North Slope, on the northern part of the Brooks Range on the…
Octane Energy’s Jared Blong addresses US Congressional subcommittee
Posted on 07 July 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
Jared Blong, CEO and President of Midland, Texas-based Octane Energy and past Chairman of the IADC Permian Basin Chapter, recently addressed the…
Stone Energy to sell non-core GOM properties to Talos Energy Offshore
Posted on 04 July 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Stone Energy Corp announced a definitive agreement to sell its non-core Gulf of Mexico (GOM) conventional shelf properties to Talos Energy Offshore for $200 million in cash and…
Johan Castberg project delayed to 2015 to evaluate costs, final concept
Posted on 04 July 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
The partners in the Johan Castberg license, comprising Statoil, Eni and Petoro, have decided to spend more time on making the final concept selection for the Johan Castberg…
Wärtsilä to deliver generating sets for two well-intervention vessels for Siem Offshore
Posted on 04 July 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Wärtsilä has received an order to deliver generating sets for two new well-intervention vessels for Siem Offshore from Norway. The vessels are under construction…
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23 July 2014
Halliburton promotes Jeff Miller to President
Halliburton has promoted Jeff Miller to President and has appointed him to the Halliburton Board of Directors effective 1 August 2014. Mr Miller is currently the...
23 July 2014
Statoil resumes production on Njord A platform
Statoil has resumed oil and gas production on the Njord A platform in the Norwegian Sea, after a major reinforcement of the platform structure. Production had been shut down...
22 July 2014
Petrobras’ domestic oil production tops 2 million bbl/day in June
Petrobras’ June oil production in Brazil averaged 2 million bbl/day (bpd), a 1.7% increase from May’s production of 1.9 million bpd. In addition, the production operated...
22 July 2014
Precision, Schlumberger partner to boost industrialization of North American unconventional drilling
Precision Drilling has entered into a strategic technology and service agreement and marketing alliance with Schlumberger. Utilizing Precision’s Tier 1 drilling rigs and...
22 July 2014
Easternwell to manage delivery of onshore servicing rig for Brunei
Australia’s Easternwell, a subsidiary of Transfield Services, has expanded internationally through an agreement with Flux O.S. SDN BHD (Flux), a Bruneian oil and gas company...