The Next Step - part two
In part two of this two-part article, Nathan Klammer and Jason Ross, Entro Industries, USA, explain how new automatic features can optimise rig walking in the oilfield.
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Chisholm Oil and Gas and Gastar Exploration to merge
The combined company, which will operate under the name Chisholm Oil and Gas and be headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, will have net production of approximately 20 000 boe/d.
The Next Step - part one
Nathan Klammer and Jason Ross, Entro Industries, USA, explain how new automatic features can optimise rig walking in the oilfield.
SM Energy raises production guidance
The company has raised guidance for 2Q19 and full year production volumes by 0.4 million boe.
Hurricane Energy achieves first lifting from Lancaster field
The company's first cargo from the Lancaster field, offshore Shetland, UK, was sold on 18 June and marketed by BP Oil International Ltd.
Aker BP granted drilling permit for well 25/2-20
The drilling programme for well 25/2-20 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 442. Aker BP ASA is the operator with an ownership interest of 90.26%.
African Energy Chamber calls for greater protection for energy infrastructure
Oil and gas infrastructure is quickly becoming a principal target for terrorists, hostile state and non-state actors, and criminal enterprises, according to the organisation.
CNOOC extends UKCS jack-up rig contract with Maersk Drilling
The Mærsk Innovator is now firmly contracted to continue drilling infill wells at the Buzzard field on the UK Continental Shelf until February 2020.
Callon Petroleum closes southern Midland Basin divestiture
The non-core assets have been divested to Sequitur Permian for net cash proceeds of US$245 million.
TPG Sixth Street Partners and Glendale Energy Ventures form partnership to fund acquisitions of non-operated oil and gas properties
The new partnership will use its flexible capital mandate to directly invest in the development and acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets across the US.
Qualifying real time bit wear through innovative monitoring of alkenes - part two
In the second part of this article, Matt Regan, GEOLOG International, UAE, explains the importance of alkene detection as a tool for diagnosing the occurrence, character and severity of bit wear in real time.
Qualifying real time bit wear through innovative monitoring of alkenes - part one
Matt Regan, GEOLOG International, UAE, explores how the innovative monitoring of alkenes can be used to qualify real time bit wear.
Tommeliten Alpha Project passes important decision gate towards production in 2024
PGNiG Upstream Norway and its partners decided to move to the select phase of the project, during which key technical decisions regarding the field development will be made.
Israel will emerge as gas exporter in Eastern Mediterranean region by mid-2020s, says GlobalData
Currently, Israel’s remaining recoverable gas reserves are estimated to be around 26.2 trillion ft3.
Amerisur Resources receives approval for Occidental farm-out agreement
The deal relates to four exploration blocks: Putumayo-9, Terecay, Tacacho and Mecaya in the Putumayo region, southern Colombia.