Drilling & production

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has spud its SAH-2 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco.

TAG Oil Ltd. has provided the following update with respect to TAG Oil’s operated Pukatea-1 exploration well located in the Puka permit (PEP 51135, 70% TAG Oil) in the Taranaki Basin of New Zealand.

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, is has announced that the Saipem 12000, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drillship, has commenced its mobilisation to drill the RD-1 well on the Rabat Deep Permits in Morocco.

NETZSCH’s Multiple Screw Pumps are designed to handle difficult media, including low to high lubricant fluids, and low to high viscosity, shear sensitive, or chemically aggressive media.

The Aberdeen-based company has launched Well-SENSE Inc. as part of global expansion plans and to meet growing demand for its technology in the US.

Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has enhanced its cased hole services offering, signing a global agreement with downhole video and camera technology specialist Vision iO.

INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) has been awarded a 10% participating interest in the Lower Zakum concession offshore Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the Supreme Petroleum Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (SPC).

FAR Ltd has signed a Farm-out Agreement (FOA) with a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) to assign a 40% interest in each of the highly prospective offshore petroleum licences, Blocks A2 and A5 in The Gambia. FAR is to retain a 40% interest in each of the licences.

Drilling is performed by the brand new Cat J rig Askepott, purchased by the licence. This is the first job performed by this rig.

Comet Ridge Limited has provided an operational update on the progress of the Mira pilot scheme, establishing it as the best performing gas well in Central Queensland’s Mahalo Block. 

Vryhof Business Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) to provide mooring equipment and design sevices; quality of personnel a key factor in Maersk drilling decision.

Borr Drilling announced its intention to acquire Paragon Offshore after inking a binding tender agreement to purchase all outstanding shares for US$232.5 million.

Production start-up for the F1 well on South Marsh Island Block 71 in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to begin in March 2018.

President Energy the upstream oil and gas company focused primarily in Argentina, reports recorded record results in January with each concession making good returns and contributing profits.

Dril-Quip, Inc. have announced that Dril-Quip Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, its wholly-owned subsidiary based in Singapore, has been awarded a contract to supply top tensioned riser (TTR) systems and related services for the development of  the Ca Rong Do Project located offshore Vietnam operated by Repsolwith the participation of Mubadala, PVEP and PetroVietnam.