Drilling & production

Deal aimed at increasing DSS’s ability to fulfill aggressive growth plans.

A new IHS report has looked at minority and female employment in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

Norway’s NORSOK-D010 standard on well integrity was respected before the 2010 Macondo blowout, but the disaster prompted a wide-ranging review.

The Dutch government has chosen the Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus as the best ROV for wreck removal, security and waterway maintenance.

Andrew Reid, Douglas-Westwood, takes a look at the implications of the Capex compression scenario being played out across the E&P industry.

Last year, ABB filed more patent applications in Europe than any other Swiss based company.

McDermott International has been awarded a large EPCI project by a company operating in the Arabian Gulf.

AFPM has commented on the US Department of Transport decision to Amend the Emergency Order on the transportation of crude oil by rail.

Baker Hughes’ rotary steerable system has drilled 10 million feet in just two years.

The latest system from GE improves drilling performance through real-time shock and vibration measurement.

ExxonMobil has said that it is to start production at a record number of new oil and gas projects in 2014.

API has said that Obama’s budget for FY 2015 adds to the deficit of new ideas, repeats calls for US$ 92 billion oil and gas tax hike.

President Obama’s 2015 budget proposal makes critical investments in all of the above energy strategy and national security.

US President Obama has requested US$ 711.0 million for fossil energy programs in the FY 2015 budget.

Fox Resources and International Coal will cooperate on the Bundaberg coking coal project in Queensland.