Upstream drilling news

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.

Add Energy and Trendsetter Engineering have developed the Relief Well Injection Spool (RWIS) Lite.

Gardner Denver Petroleum & Industrial Pumps has announced it has officially launched its Parts on Demand programme in the Middle East.

The well will be drilled from the Songa Enabler drilling facility, at position 61°25’20.34? N and 3°49’39.73? E after completing the drilling of wildcat well 7317/9-1 for Statoil Petroleum AS in production licence 718.

The company's subsidiary, Lundin Norway AS, completed drilling of exploration well 7220/6-3 on the Børselv prospect in PL609 on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea. The well was dry.

Lloyd’s Register’s well management expertise is being used by Ecopetrol Costa Afuera S.A.S. (ECAS) of Ecopetrol, for offshore exploration drilling operations in Colombia.

Norwest Energy to lodge Discovery Notice with Minister of Mines Minister of Mines, Industry, Regulation and Safety on behalf of joint venture partners Triangle Energy (Global) Ltd, Whitebark Energy Ltd and 3C Group IC Ltd.

At its Megiddo-Jezreel #1 well in Israel, near the eastern border with Jordan, Zion has reached a depth of approximately 9200 ft (~2800 m) toward a possible total depth of up to ~15 000 ft.

CK-7 is located in the central area of the Atrush Block approximately 3 km east of the Atrush 2 producing well and 3.5 km west of the Atrush 3 appraisal well.

Halliburton has announced the GeoTech HE™, a robust drill bit that incorporates new features and materials to deliver enhanced performance and increased reliability in today’s high energy drilling systems.