Mr Lawler's departure is effective 30 April. Mike Wichterich, Chair of the company's Board of Directors, will serve as Interim CEO while the company conducts a search for a new CEO, which it expects to complete over the coming months.

Drillmar Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with energy recruitment specialist JAB Recruitment to create DRILLJAB, a joint project with a view to providing staffing solutions to drilling contractors across the Americas. Supported by JAB Recruitment’s Houston office, the newly formed joint venture will enable Drillmar to extend its global footprint to the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America, while JAB Recruitment will expand its service capability in the region with further drilling expertise. “Both organizations are market leaders in their own right with a wealth of experience in recruitment and in energy,” said Drillmar Managing Director Raymond Bruce. “More importantly our business ethics and values are aligned, which we view as critical to the success of ...

The 80-day contract extension is expected to commence in September 2021 in direct continuation of the rig’s current work scope for Equinor in the North Sea. The contract value of the extension is approximately $29.5 million.

The Noble Hans Deul jackup will drill five production wells in three shallow-water fields in the southern UK North Sea as part of the project. The contract also includes extension options for up to two further wells. Drilling is expected to begin in early 2021.

Equinor and partners Petoro, Vår Energi and ConocoPhillips Skandinavia have decided to develop the Breidablikk field in the North Sea. The expected production from the field is about 200 million bbl...

Wintershall Noordzee has successfully drilled the Sillimanite South field discovery well and directly converted it into a development sidetrack. It was the third well drilled in sequence...

By Stephen Whitfield, Associate Editor Screen-out usually occurs when proppants carried in fracturing fluid create a bridge across the perforations in a fracture or a similar restricted flow area, creating a sudden and significant restriction to fluid flow that causes a rapid rise in pump pressure. This condition can cause significant disruption to a hydraulic fracturing operation, delaying the placement of subsequent stages and wellbore cleanout operations, and ultimately leading to lost production days.  Because of that potential impact, advanced warning of screen-out is critical to improving operational safety and efficiency, according to Dr John Sun, Senior Data Scientist at Noble Energy. Speaking at the 2020 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in July, Dr Sun discussed how his company has ...

In early May, IADC launched WellSharp Live, a distance learning training delivery option for the association’s WellSharp Drilling and Well Servicing courses. In this interview with DC, Brooke Polk, Director – Program Development and Technology at IADC, talks about the progress the training solution has made in its first few months of operation, as well as what its future may hold.

No dayrate will be paid for the rig during the suspension period, which will start sometime in May and last for a period of up to 365 days. Noble will have the right to market the rig in pursuit of other work opportunities during this time...

The deal, which will last at least three years, sees Tendeka supply sand screens and autonomous inflow control devices to three Mubadala fields in the Gulf of Thailand: Jasmine, Manora and Nong Yao.