April 2012
News & Resources
Industry at a glance
Industry at a glance
Vol. 233 No. 4
Crude oil prices continued their general upward trend in February, as unforeseen production problems in some non-OPEC countries put a squeeze on supply, along with continued political uncertainties related to Iraq. Brisk worldwide drilling activity kept rig counts rising internationally, while rig counts in the U.S. took a breather, falling below 2,000. However, North Dakota’s Bakken shale play saw drilling continue to accelerate. This month, we have discontinued reporting seismic activity. Regrettably, useful data have become too difficult to obtain. In its place, we have begun a new chart, tracking worldwide crude supply and demand.
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- Applying ultra-deep LWD resistivity technology successfully in a SAGD operation (May 2019)
- Adoption of wireless intelligent completions advances (May 2019)
- Majors double down as takeaway crunch eases (April 2019)
- What’s new in well logging and formation evaluation (April 2019)
- Qualification of a 20,000-psi subsea BOP: A collaborative approach (February 2019)
- ConocoPhillips’ Greg Leveille sees rapid trajectory of technical advancement continuing (February 2019)
