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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…
Past El Paso CEO Travis Hubert Petty, father of IADC’s Brian Petty, dies at 84
Posted on 31 December 2012 in News
Travis Hubert Petty, 84, father of IADC Executive Vice President-Government Affairs…
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…
Independence Drilling showcases dual-fuel rig with integrated walking system
Posted on 13 December 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances, The Efficient Rig, Videos
Independence Contract Drilling introduced its newest-design 1,500-hp ShaleDriller Rig 201 in Houston on 7 December…
H&P delivers reliability, safety with computerized rig maintenance systems
Posted on 13 December 2012 in News, The Efficient Rig
Increasingly complex drilling conditions and advanced well designs that are extending measured depths…
Workforce nationalization: Companies take pride in strong recruiting, retention practices
Posted on 13 December 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News
Nationalization of the work force, a practice the oil and gas industry has engaged in for decades…
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