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Vantage-invested JV to build ultra-deepwater drillship at STX
Posted on 29 November 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Vantage Drilling has entered into a joint venture with an affiliate of Skeie Group to construct a high-specification drillship…
Tullow’s Twiga South-1 well finds oil onshore Kenya
Posted on 27 November 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Tullow Oil has encountered 30 meters of net oil pay in the Twiga South-1 exploration well in Block 13T onshore Kenya…
Baker Hughes converts hydraulic fracturing units to bifuel pumps
Posted on 26 November 2012 in News, The Efficient Rig
Baker Hughes has converted a fleet of its Rhino hydraulic fracturing units to bifuel pumps…
Rig count doubles in Utica Shale from year ago
Posted on 20 November 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, News
The number of active oil and natural gas rigs in the Appalachian Basin’s Utica Shale for the last week of October 2012 has doubled…
Hercules Offshore makes executive management changes
Posted on 19 November 2012 in News
Hercules Offshore has appointed James W. Noe to executive vice president, Beau M. Thompson to general counsel and secretary…
IADC president announces initiatives to raise global leadership, effectiveness
Posted on 15 November 2012 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News, Videos
Noting the dramatic changes in the industry over the last several years, Stephen Colville, president and CEO of IADC…
Assessment, training and leadership foster confidence in competencies at BP
Posted on 15 November 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News
In the mission to deliver safe, compliant and reliable wells, people are the life of the operation, and individual…
Analysis: Obama likely will look to ride on energy industry’s economic success
Posted on 15 November 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Although the reelection of President Obama last week means a Democrat will occupy the White House for at least four…
BSEE director explains INC policy, outlines strategic plan
Posted on 15 November 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Providing the regulator perspective in a keynote address at the 2012 IADC Annual General Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., last week, Rear Admiral James Watson…
Diamond Offshore shifting fleet to meet deepwater, ultra-deepwater demands
Posted on 15 November 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Efficient Rig, The Offshore Frontier
Supported by dayrates hovering around $600,000 and increasing rig demand from frontier areas…
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