Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Halliburton announced the companies have signed an integrated offshore drilling services contract for six high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) exploration wells on two jackup rigs in the Arabian Gulf. The contract includes a 3-year term with a 6-month extension option...

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions set a new Guinness World Records title for the “Largest O-Ring.” Manufactured at Trelleborg’s facility in Tewkesbury, England, using its FlexiMold process, the successful record attempt was the focus for a community-based project with Tewkesbury School...

Welltec announced the first deployment of a truly cementless completion in the Republic of Congo. Building on the experience gained through the continuous deployment of the Welltec Annular Barrier, Total E&P Congo has pushed the boundaries by deploying the world’s first cementless completion...

Al Dhafra Petroleum, a joint venture between ADNOC, the Korea National Oil Company and GS Energy, and one of ADNOC’s youngest operating companies, announced it has begun producing crude oil from Abu Dhabi’s Haliba field and discovered potential resources in three new fields in its concession area...

A major Middle East operator has recovered from stuck pipe by severing its drill string in just one hour. It’s the third time this year that Churchill’s HyPR HoleSaver technology has been successfully deployed in the Middle East. The HyPR HoleSaver enables operators to recover quickly and safely from stuck pipe incidents...

Kosmos Energy announced that the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim-1 well (GTA-1), drilled on the eastern anticline within the unit development area of Greater Tortue, has encountered approximately 30 m of net gas pay in high-quality Albian reservoir. The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project is on track to deliver first gas...

Ensco Rowan announced that it will change its name to Valaris effective 31 July 2019. Following its name change, the company’s ordinary shares will trade under the new ticker symbol VAL. The name Valaris was selected following a comprehensive process that included participation from the company’s employees around the world...

Equinor has, on behalf of the Oseberg partners, made a profitable oil discovery related to Oseberg Vestflanken. The well was drilled by the Askepott rig and the discovery will soon be put on stream via the new, unmanned and remote-operated H platform on the Oseberg field...

Doug Evasiuk, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing and Officer of the company, retired at the end of June, capping a successful 26-year career with Precision Drilling. Additionally, Precision Drilling is making additional executive changes to further enhance the company's high performance, high-value service offering...

PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) has announced that PTTEP HK Offshore Limited Maylasia (PTTEP HKO), a wholly owned subsidiary of PTTEP, has made a discovery of gas at the Lang Lebah-1RDR2, the first exploration well in Sarawak SK410B Project located in offshore Sarawak, Malaysia...