Drilling & production

Both contracts were awarded by Baker Hughes, under a primary term of two years firm and an option to extend for another six months.

The well management and performance improvement company posted its annual results (year end to 28 February 2019), reporting that pre-tax profit has increased from £365 000 to £2.3 million.

To overcome the challenge of low recovery factors in shale reservoirs, independent global completions service company Tendeka, has launched ShaleModifier.

Nexans has announced an award by OneSubsea® for the design, manufacture and supply of two 120 km power umbilicals for a subsea multiphase compression system.

Neodrill has announced that it will enter the South East Asian market following the addition of Tor Odegard to its team.

This is in comparison to the US$64.56/bbl the price stood at the previous Friday.

Coretrax, the specialist well construction and intervention company, has acquired Churchill Drilling Tools as part of an ongoing growth and expansion strategy.

The jack-up drilling rig HAKURYU-11 started the drilling operation based on the subcontract with PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services Corporation on 19 November at Vung Tau, offshore Vietnam.

Most of the supply growth next year in the Gulf of Mexico will come from deepwater projects, according to the energy research and consulting firm.

The drill stem test flowed dry gas from the intra-Muda sands at a rate of 11.4 million ft3/d on a 181/64-in. (2.8 in.) choke, maintaining a wellhead tubing pressure of 225 psi.

Over 200 dedicated engineering specialists are currently part of Lloyd’s Register's wells engineering and project management consultancy.

The order, for two 3 m vertical pumps from KPO, was the first Amarinth has won in partnership with ISG, a supplier of equipment for the oil and gas and associated industries based in Kazakhstan.

Part of the company's 10-year plan includes a free cash flow of approximately US$50 billion based on a real WTI price of US$50/bbl and annual capital expenditures averaging less than US$7 billion over the decade.

The new contracts in the Middle East, Africa and Europe are worth approximately US$460 million.

The contracts and contract extensions have a combined value of more than US$120 million.