Drilling & production - 02 April 2014

Pluspetrol has successfully used Tenaris’ Dopeless technology for the first time in a horizontal well in Vaca Muerta, Argentina.

The February figure for Petrobras' total oil and natural gas production in Brazil was 2.327 million boed, up 0.7% on the January figure.

BMT is to provide metocean assessments for Tullow, including overviews of meteorological and oceanographic conditions in Africa and South America.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, five states and the Gulf of Mexico produce more than 80% of US crude oil.