Drilling & production

South Australian proppant tester delivers major wins for drillers.

Montana Exploration Corp. has announced that it has signed an agreement with a major regional Utility, to farm-in on approximately 315 000 acres in Blaine and Hill Counties in the State of Montana.

Det norske oljeselskap ASA has awarded an agreement to Transocean Offshore (North Sea) Ltd NUF for the lease of the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Arctic.

Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. has announced that drilling operations of the LS30-3-1 well have been completed without discovering hydrocarbons.

Eni has signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos of Mexico (CNH) for the development and exploitation of the Amoca, Miztón and Tecoalli oil fields.

OAO NOVATEK has announced the start of commercial production at the major Yarudeyskoye oil field.

September’s dry natural gas consumption level was the highest on record for the month, according to the EIA.

New subsea technology, which allows geophysical towfish to be tracked at greater distances has been successfully evaluated.

For the first nine months of 2015, the majority of crude oil produced in the Lower 48 states was light oil.

The equipment will be installed on the ‘Falcon’ jack-up.

The Alberta Securities Commission has ruled that Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. can stall the bid by Suncor Energy for a month.

Weatherford and Chevron push temperature barriers in the Gulf of Thailand.

Statoil has agreed to sell its 20% interest to Snam SpA for a total consideration of EUR 208 million.

Blue Whale has closed a transaction for assets comprising approximately 2500 boe/d and over 7100 net acres in Crosby County, Texas, on the northern edge of the Permian Basin.

Bibby Offshore details its subsea project management and execution capabilities on the Solan field development project.