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Enteq Upstream, an oilfield services technology and equipment supplier, has named Neil Bird as Rotary Steerable System (RSS) Product Director, ahead of the company’s launch of a new line of RSS tools. Based in Houston, Mr Bird will be responsible for the tool’s development and commercialization, with immediate priorities being static testing and field trials over the coming months. He brings more than 25 years’ operational experience in RSS and directional drilling, including tenures at Baker Hughes and Weatherford, and an international perspective from time spent in the US, UK and Middle East. Mr Bird will oversee an engineering team with combined experience of more than 150 years in RSS and directional drilling technology, which has re-engineered and optimized an ...

Halliburton Labs said in a statement that Enexor BioEnergy, Momentum Technologies and OCO will have access to its "deep business and technical expertise, facilities and network" to accelerate their respective offerings.

Ms Lefton, who previously served as First Assistant Secretary for Energy and the Environment for New York, said in a statement that she will work to help implement an "ambitious agenda to tackle climate change."

Sandvik, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials, will invest in a new hydraulic and instrumentation tubing factory at its Mehsana Mill in Gujarat, western India, to meet increasing customer demand. “The Mehsana Mill is an important facility in our journey towards increasing our footprint in Asia. As part of our strategy to invest capacity and capability in growth markets, the brand new hydraulic and instrumentation tubing factory, as well as the extensively revamped finishing facilities for the heat exchanger flow, will enable us to capture growth opportunities created by the change towards increased natural gas in the energy mix,” said Michael Andersson, President of Tube Division, Sandvik. The Mehsana manufacturing facility ...

The Maersk Viking is slated to drill an exploration well in Block 6-1 offshore South Korea for KNOC beginning in June 2021. The contract value is approximately $14.5 million and is expected to last 45 days. The drillship is currently mobilizing for a campaign in Brunei Darussalam after completing a job in the Bay of Bengal in 2020.

Recoverable resources from two wells drilled by Seadrill's West Hercules semisubmersible are estimated at around to 44-69 million BOE. The company said in a statement that it considers the discovery commercial and will explore development solutions in towards existing infrastructure.

The Maersk Integrator jackup, which is currently completing a series of upgrades to turn it into a hybrid, low-emission rig, will work a two-well campaign at Aker BP's Ivar Aasen field starting in Q3 2021.

Specialist drilling waste management company TWMA has secured new headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company is relocating its global headquarters to the Aberdeen International Business Park in Dyce. The office space has been designed to bring greater flexibility with teams together in one open-plan space. TWMA has taken an 8,050 sq ft–floor area, with approximately 60 people moving to the new office. “This move underpins our growth plans and reflects our commitment to delivering quality solutions to our customers. The relocation creates a first-class collaborative working environment, which will help us to continue building our in-house capability to deliver new technology and improve our services,” said Gareth Innes, Chief Engineering and Commercial Officer at TWMA. The company is leaving behind ...

As part of the agreement, the two companies will ‎cooperate in identifying and developing new low carbon solutions and programs that will support ‎their shared sustainability goals.

The four-year deal for the Maersk Venturer drillship will begin in Q2 2021. Its estimated value is $370 million. The drillship will be used for a development drilling campaign at the TEN and Jubilee fields offshore Ghana. It previously completed a campaign for Tullow in Ghana last year.