Drilling & production

US Oil Sands welcomed ministers Diana McQueen and Wayne Drysdale to tour its bitumen extraction pilot facility in Alberta.

A look at what the International Energy Agency has said about energy supply security in Australia.

MacGregor has secured multiple orders from a Malaysia-based international oilfield services provider.

Baker Hughes has announced that the US onshore well count for Q2 2014 was 9394 wells, up 428 wells compared to Q1 2014.

Transocean announced that the company will convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in September.

A recent Bank of America report suggests that oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is declining.

ABB has been chosen by Shell as the global supplier for low-voltage switchgear and motor control centres.

Despite growing demand for semisub units, the sector is plagued by constrained global supply and limited availability.

Aker Solutions board of directors has proposed to the company’s shareholders that Aker Solutions be split into two companies.

US Water Services has announced the merger with Texas-based ChemCal Inc.

Kongsberg has teamed up with OMV to deliver global real-time drilling operations support.

Roxi has announced news of a licence extension and of operational progress at its Galaz asset.

SLR Consulting has acquired CCA Environmental, a South African specialist consultancy firm with clients across the oil and gas sectors.

A selection of the best upstream articles from this week.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its oil market report for June.