Completions
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August 20, 2017
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the world’s largest oil trader, is said to have loaded its first crude from Libya in five years over the weekend, adding to evidence of the OPEC nation’s comeback.
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August 18, 2017
Statoil has been given consent to use the West Elara mobile drilling facility to drill and complete production wells 34/11-B-6 and 34/11-B-16 at Valemon field. Planned drilling start-up is September or October 2017.
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August 15, 2017
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has announced recent developments with BP Oman Exploration (Epsilon) Ltd. Collaborations include development of a customized completion system, successful installation and subsequent stimulation of two high pressure/high temperature (HPHT) wells in Oman's Khazzan field.
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August 15, 2017
Emerson Automation Solutions has launched the latest product within its polymer completions solutions range – the PolyOil JAR Handling Clamp – for increased safety and well integrity.
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August 14, 2017
BNK Petroleum Inc. has announced the completion of the fracture stimulation of the Hartgraves 1-6H well (100% working interest), which is located in BNK’s Tishiminogo field, in the SCOOP region of Oklahoma.
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August 10, 2017
Baker Hughes, a GE company, announced today the introduction of its CIRCA coiled tubing simulation software, which enables coiled tubing service providers to maximize equipment performance and improve operational efficiency in well interventions.
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August 2017
Making hay in a temperamental market
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August 2017
Amid increasing political uncertainty and a stagnant unemployment rate, Canadian operators are still fighting to regain E&P stability and drive pipeline projects forward.
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August 2017
Conventional tubular technology has imposed performance limitations and financial strain on horizontal well interventions. Premature upset wear, extensive redress charges and moderate torsional ratings are of increasing concern.
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August 2017
Ultra-HPHT wells are challenging the limits of tubular performance, in terms of metallurgy and threaded connections. But higher pressures and temperatures are only part of the challenge. Carbon steel, hot-rolled chromium-based stainless steel, and cold-hardened materials are all options that must be considered to optimize economics in ultra-HPHT applications.
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August 2017
To continue our disquisition about replacing water in hydraulic fracturing operations, let’s look at a couple of long shots in that race.
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August 2017
Schlumberger has introduced the Pulsar multi-function spectroscopy service at the SPWLA 58th Annual Symposium.
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August 08, 2017
Baker Hughes announced an it has signed an agreement with Twinza Oil to provide support on the Pasca A gas condensate field, offshore Papua New Guinea in the Gulf of Papua.
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August 01, 2017
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has announced recent success with an operator in the Permian basin using TREX Cemented Completions Solutions, a suite of new, high-quality technologies designed to optimize cemented well completions for customers worldwide.
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July 28, 2017
RN-Yuganskneftegaz, Rosneft’s largest oil-producing enterprise, has set a new record for crude and condensate daily output since 1986 - 184,549 tons per day.
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July 25, 2017
CARBO Ceramics Inc. has announced that Kryptosphere HD has been utilized by all super major E&Ps operating in the Gulf of Mexico, for deep, high stress wells.
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July 24, 2017
Reveal Energy Services announced today the commercialization of IMAGE Frac 2.0 pressure-based fracture maps that validate completion designs on every well with minimum operational risk and cost.
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July 21, 2017
Wavefront Technology Solutions Inc., a global supplier of fluid injection technology for oil and gas well stimulation and Improved/Enhanced oil (IOR/EOR) recovery has announced that the Company, through its local distributor, has been issued a campaign of 15 well stimulations in Kuwait.
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July 13, 2017
Trendsetter Engineering has successfully completed live well operations with the new 15,000-psi subsea hydraulic intervention system (STIM). The STIM system, which had previously been utilized for subsea hydrate remediation work, has now completed seven subsea projects in the GOM since November 2016, in water depths ranging from 2,500 ft to 7,200 ft.
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July 12, 2017
Talos Energy announced that the Zama-1 exploration well, offshore Mexico, has discovered oil.
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July 2017
The answer is always changing. What works today probably won’t be the solution tomorrow. In addressing the current demands of the offshore industry, the biggest single challenge may be staying relevant.
