Upstream drilling news
Schlumberger introduces new concave diamond element bit
Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, has introduced the StrataBlade* concave diamond element bit.
The November/December issue of Oilfield Technology is online
The November/December issue of Oilfield Technology begins by reviewing the state of the North Sea. The issue then moves on to cover Drilling Technologies, Deepwater Operations, Flow Control, and more.
Wintershall begins drilling in Nova field
Wintershall Dea has begun drilling the first of six wells on the operated Nova field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Total makes 'significant' gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa
Drilling at the Luiperd well has encountered 73 m of net gas condensate pay in well-developed good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.
Neptune Energy makes discovery near Fenja field
The estimate for the new oil discovery is between 0.5 and 3.2 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent.
Equinor given drilling permit in production licence 960
Well 7018/5-1 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.
Maersk Drilling awarded three-well contract offshore Angola
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a three-well contract from Total E&P Angola.
PDC Energy installs voestalpine connection in Denver-Julesburg Basin
PDC Energy successfully installed 22 248 ft of 5.5-in. x 20.00 ppf VA-EP-P110 VAtitan-TC in the Ferguson 23G-202 well located in the Wattenberg Field in the Denver-Julesburg Basin.
Northern Offshore jack-up begins drilling in Qatar's North Field
The Energy Enticer had a safe and successful mobilisation to Qatar Petroleum’s North Field in early September 2020.
CNX Resources install VAtitan-TC connection in the Utica
CNX Resources have successfully installed 27 361 ft of 5.5” 23# VA-EP-P110-NY VAtitan-TC on the Maj-12 pad in the Pennsylvania Utica Shale.