ADNOC Drilling, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced a major rig fleet expansion program to support ADNOC’s upstream growth plans and enable the delivery of its 2030 Smart Growth Strategy...

Petrobras reports that it has started up oil and natural gas production at platform P-68 in the Berbigão field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Following P-67, in the Lula field, and P-76 and P-77, in the Buzios field, P-68 is the fourth unit to start up in 2019, in line with the Petrobras Business and Management Plan...

New, deepwater production has come online from the Brazilian pre-salt Santos Basin. Shell Brasil Petróleo (Shell Brasil) and its consortium partners have announced the start of oil and natural gas production at the P-68 floating production, storage, and offloading unit (FPSO), located in BM-S-11-A Concession in Berbigão, Sururu and West Atapu...

KCA Deutag has announced that its land drilling operation has won new contracts worth approximately $460 million in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. In Oman, KCA Deutag has won a three-year contract extension, which commences in 2021...

In this video with DC, Subodh Saxena, Senior Vice President at Nabors Drilling Solutions, explained how services integration is the next efficiency frontier...

Maersk Drilling has entered a contract with BG International, a subsidiary of Shell, for work offshore Trinidad and Tobago on a two-well development project for the semisubmersible rig Mærsk Developer. The contract has an estimated duration of 171 days and is expected to commence in Q1 2020...

At the 2019 IADC Annual General Meeting in Austin, Texas, on 9 November, Magellan Strategies’ CEO and Founder David Flaherty described the US political landscape heading into the 2020 presidential elections. DC spoke with him afterwards about what the most important issues are to American voters and more...

The US economy is strong, but warning signs are popping up, said John Murphy, Senior VP for International Policy at the US Chamber of Commerce, at the 2019 IADC Annual General Meeting in Austin, Texas. In this video with DC from the conference, Mr Murphy explains potential impacts from tariffs, issues of contention under the USMCA and more. Watch the video for more information.

Safety systems should be kept simple, and the same tools that grant personal safety can also provide process safety, said Kris Callen, The Callen Group. In this video with DC, Mr Callen discusses the findings from a study of safe and efficient operations...

Steve Brady, Valaris, has been named the 2019 IADC Contractor of the Year. Mr Brady served as IADC Chairman in 2018, dedicating his term to outreach, competency and advocacy...