Drilling & production

Weatherford will provide multiple services on up to 50 wells, executed by an integrated project team.

Tower Resources plc has provided an update on the status of the Thali block in Cameroon.

The API has announced that estimated wells completed in 3Q17 increased 63% compared to 3Q16.

Tendeka has been awarded a project to supply the Kuwait Oil Co. (KOC) with its Inflow Control Device (ICD) technology, which will enhance production through more effective reservoir management.

MicroSeismic Inc. has announced the release of real-time completions evaluation.

Add Energy has recently secured work with three operators in the North Sea for the provision of Environmental Management and Reporting Software (NEMS Accounter).

Ensco plc has announced the completion of its acquisition of Atwood Oceanics, Inc.

Statoil and partners have made an oil discovery in the Verbier sidetrack well in the outer Moray Firth on the UK Continental Shelf.

Turbot is ExxonMobil’s latest discovery to date in the country, adding to previous discoveries at Liza, Payara, Snoek and Liza Deep. Following completion of the Turbot-1 well, the Stena Carron drillship will move to the Ranger prospect.

Churchill Drilling Tools, a global oilfield service company specialising in drilling innovation, and its Norwegian distributor, ToolServ, are celebrating a five year partnership which has helped oil and gas operators in the Norwegian sector improve their drill programmes.

The lightweight aluminium alloy pipe FuchRohr AluDrill significantly improves oil and gas drilling performance compared to standard steel pipes.

The market for global oil well cement, a specialty niche cement product used in oil, gas and geothermal well-bore drilling, is projected to exceed 5 million t by the end of 2017. The figure represents a 26% decline versus the 2013 peak.

The launch introduces SPACE Vernier, a service designed to maximise well life by measuring the internal and external dimensions of the entire wellbore to generate statistical analysis of localised damage and systemic corrosion.

FairfieldNodal will launch its inaugural ZXPLR survey in the Gulf of Mexico, October 2017, ushering in a new era of operational excellence for the company.

“Old offshore fields are now declining faster, and as a consequence, 1 million bbls of oil have been removed from production balances,” said Per Magnus Nysveen, Head of Analysis at Rystad Energy.