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Atwood’s Holloway receives Exemplary Service Award
Posted on 24 November 2009 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
Larry Holloway, operations manager for Atwood Offshore Drilling in Bangkok, Thailand, was the recipient of an IADC Exemplary Service Award presented…
Scorpion’s Offshore Courageous named Shell’s Jackup Rig of the Year
Posted on 24 November 2009 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Scorpion Offshore announced that its Offshore Courageous rig has been named Shell International E&P’s Jackup…
Transocean’s Discoverer Americas commences GOM operations
Posted on 24 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Transocean announced this week that its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Americas has commenced operations in the US Gulf of Mexico…
Tupi area well tests show record productivity
Posted on 24 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Petrobras and its partners have completed two drill stem tests (DSTs) on the Iracema well (4-RJS-647 or 4-BRSA-711-RJS) in the BM-S-11 appraisal area in the…
BP confirms western extension of Kaskida field
Posted on 24 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
BP announced that an appraisal well to test a western extension of the Kaskida field has confirmed oil in Lower Tertiary reservoirs five miles west of the Kaskida…
Devon to divest all GOM, international assets, focus on onshore North America
Posted on 24 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Devon Energy Corp recently unveiled its plan to strategically reposition itself as a high-growth North American…
Atwood’s VICKSBURG contract extended
Posted on 24 November 2009 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Atwood Oceanics announced that the VICKSBURG has been awarded a three-month contract extension by NuCoastal (Thailand) to continue…
Prevention technology can help drilling, service rigs to minimize environmental footprint at the source
Posted on 15 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, November/December
The oil and gas industry of today requires a social license to operate. As positive public perception diminishes, the industry must adapt to a higher…
Case studies: High-density elastic cements applied to solve HPHT challenges in South Texas
Posted on 15 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, Innovating While Drilling, November/December
Well cementing operations in South Texas tend to present a number of challenges to those responsible for constructing oil and gas wells. For instance, the temperatures…
Wellbore re-entries and repairs: practical guidelines for cementing new casing inside existing casing
Posted on 13 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, November/December
Whether a well is being re-entered after having been abandoned for some time or it simply needs to be repaired to be functional, many operators choose to cement…
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