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3 steps to bridging the competency gap for HSE risk management professionals
Posted on 29 November 2011 in News
The drilling industry is placing increasing demands on HSE risk management professionals, yet training and education are not keeping pace…
Deloitte: Despite low prices, shale gas stands as game-changer for US energy producers
Posted on 29 November 2011 in News
Favorable pricing and American ingenuity triggered the shale gas revolution, and those forces will drive a resurgence in the future…
Baker Hughes launches portable water treatment, waste recycling facilities
Posted on 29 November 2011 in News
Baker Hughes has introduced two new mobile services to provide convenient water treatment and drilling waste…
Anadarko’s well offshore Mozambique increases estimated recoverable resource to 15-30 tcf
Posted on 29 November 2011 in News
Anadarko Petroleum announced the successful Barquentine-3 appraisal well encountered more than…
Eni awarded two exploration contracts in Indonesia
Posted on 29 November 2011 in News
Eni, through its subsidiary Eni Indonesia, has been awarded two new production-sharing contracts in the West Papua Province in East Indonesia and in the…
Statoil to expand presence offshore Indonesia
Posted on 29 November 2011 in News
Statoil has been awarded the operatorship and a substantial working interest in the Halmahera II block offshore eastern Indonesia. Statoil will operate the…
McMoRan: Ultra-deep gas discovery may open new gold mine for Gulf of Mexico shallow water
Posted on 28 November 2011 in News
In light of the completion and flow test of one of McMoRan Exploration’s wells in the Gulf of Mexico, James R “Jim Bob” Moffett, co-chairman, president and CEO…
Portable rock analyzer delivers success in Wolfcamp Shale
Posted on 23 November 2011 in News
A new high-resolution, real-time system for analyzing wellsite mineralogy has been used successfully in field tests in the lucrative Wolfcamp Shale formation…
On-the-fly system treats, recycles frac water
Posted on 21 November 2011 in News
An enhanced, on-site treatment and recycling process that eliminates bacteria and inhibits scale in water used for hydraulic fracturing is delivering economic…
New directional drilling system combines improved mud motor, MWD technologies
Posted on 18 November 2011 in News
Weatherford has launched a directional drilling system aimed at providing an economic alternative to conventional rotary-steerable systems (RSS)…
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