Drilling & production

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reflects on the challenges 2015 the Norwegian Continental Shelf overcame in 2015.

Redhawk has announced it has acquired 3800 prime acres in one of the most productive oil fields in North America, the Permian Basin, for US$3 500 000.

Tullow Oil delivered on its key operational goals during 2015.

Lower fossil fuel prices, and in some cases, lower production, have led to lower severance tax receipts than were expected when revenue estimates were developed.

API President Jack Gerard called on the president to put consumers first and not disrupt America’s energy renaissance with unnecessary, costly regulations.

Roxi Petroleum reports significant improvement in flow rates.

The System 21 e-learning Drilling course is a level 2 basic well control course.

EICE has been awarded Phase II implementation of the Marathon Oil Eagle Ford Digital Oil Field Programme in South Texas.

API has announced the appointment of new Executive Directors at the Virginia Petroleum Council (VPC) and the South Carolina Petroleum Council (SCPC).

Approximately 100 entries were received this year, a record since the awards were re-launched in 2011.

Faroe Petroleum has reported the commencement of the Kvalross exploration well 7224/2-1 (Faroe 40%).

The 'SaaS' solution will standardise engineering information for the largest oilfield project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian basin.

Hannon Westwood reports on 2015 drilling activity, results and M&A transactions in NW Europe.

The gas leak occurring at the Kårstø processing plant Thursday night has now been stopped.

The LEAP adaptive production system was installed on 12 December.