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The extension is in direct continuation of Shelf Drilling's current contract in the Arabian Gulf. The contract dayrate allows for annual rate adjustments based on the previous 12-month average Brent crude oil price.

As part of the agreement, Shell will deliver a full suite of safety, pool survival, well control, and process training. Maersk Training will offer new IADC and IWCF well control training, with planning for large-scale immersive simulator capabilities underway.

Industry looking at how to better structure language around tasks and commands to provide more clarity, assist with future automation efforts By Stephen Whitfield, Associate Editor Much of the communication that goes on at a rig site – whether it’s between the wellsite supervisor and the driller, or if it’s a service company communicating instructions to a rig crew, or analysis coming in from a remote operating center – is unstructured. It is delivered in an ad-hoc manner and laden with shorthand.  While people are often adept at understanding unstructured communication, there is a level of ambiguity that can sometimes lead to mistakes in executing a task. In addition, as companies rely more on remote operations centers and wireless devices to ...

The extension is in direct continuation of Shelf Drilling's current contract in the Arabian Gulf. The contract dayrate allows for annual rate adjustments based on the previous 12-month average Brent crude oil price.

Halliburton has introduced the Ovidius isolation system, a new packer that transforms from an engineered metal alloy into a rock-like material when it reacts with downhole fluids, creating a long-lasting seal for improved well integrity.Operators can deploy the system in wellbore