Drilling & production

Halle Aslaksen joins the Aberdeen-headquartered company from the Norwegian hydropower operator Småkraft.

CannSeal’s technology repaired an unconventional cement packer design, thereby facilitating development of an additional reservoir.

Rystad's analysis indicates a shortfall of 37 000 bpd when compared to Indonesia's official projections.

The contract, worth approximately US$40 million, is for a project in the United Arab Emirates.

The company is also scheduled to begin appraisal drilling at West Newton B-1.

Well 7221/4-1 will be drilled from the West Bollsta drilling facility.

The South East Etame 4P appraisal wellbore in the Etame Marin permit area has successfully encountered oilsands in the Gamba formation.

The company is presently preparing plans for drilling for the NJOM-3 well, offshore Cameroon, now that the site survey is complete.

The Yumna 1 well was spudded on 26 December 2019 and is located in Block 50, 30 km offshore east Oman.

Siemens will modernise a complete and integrated drilling-drives lineup, including auxiliaries and controls, that will be installed on an offshore jackup drilling rig for a customer in the Middle East.

In 2018, North Sea oilfields recorded 307 individual months of no production in the year to September; in the same period last year, that figure had reduced to just 248, according to the Glacier Production Index.

Octavio Romero, CEO of Pemex, has said he expects all the related contracting for this year’s projects to be finalised by the middle of this year.

The Sole gas project offshore Victoria, Australia, has passed a critical milestone with the entry of gas from the Eastern Gas pipeline into the Orbost gas processing plant.

IFR and SIMMONS EDECO will work together to pursue oil and gas opportunities in the Mexican market primarily focused on upstream oil and gas.

Global oilfield services firm RMEC has invested a six-figure sum in its onsite test bay facilities to maximise demand for its maintenance services as well as support the recertification of its extensive equipment rental fleet.