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Pacific Exploration & Production has reached an agreement to sell its 35% working interest in five concession agreements—S-M-1101, S-M-1102, S-M-1037, S-M-1165 and S-M 1166—in Brazil’s Santos basin to Karoon Gas Australia.
Add Energy and Trendsetter Engineering have combined their expertise in well control engineering and equipment design to develop the Relief Well Injection Spool (RWIS).
Last spring, Statoil announced it had used the same oil well design and components to drill three reservoirs for the price of one.
Chet Morrison Contractors’ (CMC) Deepwater Riser Services division recently completed work on a complex deepwater riser maintenance project for an offshore drilling rig that included complete disassembly, blast, paint and reassembly of 57 risers.
World Oil’s annual HPHT Drilling, Completions & Production Conference got underway this morning with keynote speaker Greg Kusinski, of Chevron ETC.
Shell Canada, operator of the Shelburne basin joint venture exploration project, has advised that the drilling of the first exploration well has been completed and is non-commercial.
In a far corner of the Caribbean Sea, one of those idyllic spots touched most days by little more than a fisherman chasing blue marlin, billions of dollars worth of the world’s finest oil equipment bobs quietly in the water.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. agreed to buy Gulf of Mexico oil assets from Freeport-McMoRan Inc. for $2 billion and said it will use revenue generated by the offshore wells to develop its U.S. oil fields on land.
The Turritella FPSO vessel, which is the host facility for the world’s deepest offshore oil and gas project, started producing from the Lower Tertiary.
Murphy Oil Corp., Petroliam Nasional Bhd. and Sierra Oil & Gas are in talks to form a group that would bid jointly for the first opportunity in more than seven decades to independently operate offshore fields in Mexico’s deep Gulf waters, a person with direct knowledge of the plan said.
Schlumberger is expecting the situation to get worse for its drilling business in the third quarter as further deterioration in deepwater work around the world overshadows an uptick in U.S. shale plays.
GustoMSC has launched a new harsh environment semisubmersible series—the OCEAN-HE.
Seadrill, the offshore drilling company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, beat earnings estimates after slashing costs while continuing talks with creditors.
Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Hess Corp. have agreed to bid together for rights to drill for crude in Mexico’s deepwater oil areas, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans.
A drilling contract has been awarded to the Frigstad Shekou, which is the first of two ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs, which were ordered by Frigstad Deepwater Ltd in December 2012.
Aleksandar Milankovic, Ricardo Senne, Pablo E. Coronado, Halliburton
A high recovery rate and world record helped Petrobras achieve objectives, while saving 24 hr of deepwater drillship time, as well as operational costs.
Technip and DOF Subsea’s 50/50 owned joint venture, TechDof Brasil AS, has taken final delivery of the pipe-lay support vessel (PLSV) Skandi Açu, the companies said Tuesday.
Mathieu Massines, Romain Branly, Alexandre Catry, Vallourec
A new forged completion landing string gives operators and drilling contractors the flexibility to use the same tubular string for both drilling and completion operations, without compromising performance or safety.
Roy Baker, Enventure Global Technology
The use of solid expandable liners is increasing; however, the perception remains that they are viable in limited applications. Yet, changes to the expandable connection and expansion assembly have enabled a liner to be rotated, to reduce the risk of stuck pipe when running tubulars in a directional wellbore.
Sperry Drilling, a Halliburton business, has announced the release of the 9 1/2-in. Azimuthal Lithodensity (ALD) service, providing real-time density measurements and images in boreholes up to 17 1/2 in.