Drilling & production - 30 July 2014

Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts in Indonesia, Nigeria, the Arabian Gulf and Latin America.

Oil prices play an important role in determining whether the additional production resulting from applying EOR to old fields is sufficient to make it feasible.

CNOOC Limited announced that the Lishui 36-1 gas field has commenced production.

FX Energy, Inc. has announced that drilling is underway at the Karmin-1 well in the company's Fences license in western Poland.

High Arctic Energy Services has completed the acquisition of two heli-portable drilling rigs and associated ancillary equipment.

The global market for oilfield process chemicals is set to reach US$ 9.7 billion in 2019, according to BCC Research.

Technip has announced financial results for the second quarter 2014.

Bosque Systems looks at how companies can make use of brackish water as a sustainable water source for oil and gas operations.

The US has ordered the seizure of US$ 100 million of Kurdish oil declared illegal by the Iraqi government in Baghdad.

The engines are each rated at 2500 hp at 1900 rpm and were delivered in a Separate Circuit After Cooled (SCAC) configuration.

Total has reported an adjusted net income for Q2 2014 of US$ 3.2 billion, down 12% from the corresponding period last year.

The programme is due to begin in early September 2014.

In his column for the Journal of the International Energy Agency, Energy Secretary Edward Davey explains how the UK must act to ensure future energy security.

The company has also begun a five well heavy oil drilling programme in Saskatchewan.

A look at Iran’s oil and gas sector with the US Energy Information Administration.

A judge has ordered protestors to remove a wooden tower currently blocking the entrance to a prospective fracking site.

Australian oil and gas services group Valmec Ltd has secured AUS$ 10.5 million in service contracts.