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‘Industry Day’ seeks improvements to HSEQ, efficiency
Posted on 28 January 2010 in News
An “Industry Day” held in Noorwijk, the Netherlands, on 27 November by the Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration Production Association (NOGEPA)…
People & Company News
Posted on 28 January 2010 in News
On 17 December, CROSCO Integrated Drilling & Well Services’ joint venture company Midwesco achieved 10 years of slickline services in Oman without a lost-time incident (LTI)…
ExxonMobil/XTO deal augurs strong promise for natural gas
Posted on 14 December 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News, Onshore Advances
ExxonMobil Corp and XTO Energy Inc announced on 14 December, 2009, an all-stock transaction valued at $41 billion. The acquisition agreement, which…
Rob Saltiel to succeed John Irwin as Atwood Oceanics Pres/CEO
Posted on 14 December 2009 in News
Atwood Oceanics Inc announced that Robert J Saltiel will succeed as President and CEO John R Irwin, who retired on 14 December…
Reliable expandable connections: Exclusive video
Posted on 08 December 2009 in Completing the Well, Innovating While Drilling, News
Expandables represent one of the most talked-about and hailed technologies in the drilling and completion arsenal, ever since their introduction by Shell…
Chukchi Sea drilling plan gets conditional OK
Posted on 08 December 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
The US Minerals Management Service (MMS) has conditionally approved Shell Gulf of Mexico’s plan to drill three exploratory, information-gathering wells…
ADCO’s Al Kindy is chairman for 2010 ADIPEC
Posted on 08 December 2009 in News
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operators (ADCO) general manager Abdul Munim Saif Al Kindy, a former member of the IADC Executive…
IADC names new Europe VP
Posted on 08 December 2009 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
Jens Hoffmark will join IADC effective 1 January as its new regional vice president – Europe. He will be responsible for overseeing IADC operations and activities across Europe, including…
ENSCO 8502 on target for on-time, on-budget delivery
Posted on 08 December 2009 in News, The Offshore Frontier
Keppel FELS Ltd is on track to deliver ENSCO 8502, the third of seven ENSCO 8500 Series semisubmersible drilling rigs it will build for Ensco…
ConocoPhillips 2010 capital budget down from ’09 spending
Posted on 08 December 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News
ConocoPhillips has approved a 2010 capital program of $11.2 billion, including about $9.7 billion for E&P. This represents a 10% decrease from estimated…
Recent Drilling News
22 April 2014
Noble names Steven Manz as Senior VP And CFO of Paragon Offshore
Steven A. Manz will serve as Senior VP and CFO of Noble Corp’s spinoff company Paragon Offshore, a standard specification offshore drilling company, Noble announced today...
17 April 2014
Shell makes deepwater gas discovery offshore Malaysia
Shell has made an exploration discovery offshore Malaysia in the Rosmari-1 well located 135 km offshore Malaysia in Block SK318. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,123...
16 April 2014
Maersk Drilling takes delivery of ultra-deepwater drillship
Maersk Drilling has taken the delivery of its second drillship, Maersk Valiant from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South-Korea. Maersk Valiant has begun its voyage toward the...
16 April 2014
Ensco orders new jackups from Lamprell
Ensco has ordered two high-specification jackups, ENSCO 140 and ENSCO 141, for delivery in mid-2016 from Lamprell’s shipyard in the United Arab Emirates. The rigs will also...
16 April 2014
MPD/UBD successfully drills sidetrack after 6 failed conventional drilling attempts
In the Brookeland Field in East Texas, conventional drilling methods failed in six attempts to drill a “straightforward” horizontal wellbore. The original well had surface casing installed...