Upstream drilling news
Maersk Drilling secures one-well contract extension for Maersk Viking
Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. has exercised the option to add exploration drilling of one deepwater well to the work scope of the Maersk Viking.
Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes awarded Bacalhau drilling and well services contracts
The total value of the three contracts for drilling and well services on the Bacalhau field in Brazil is estimated at US$455 million.
Independent Oil and Gas awards Noble Corp. rig contract
Independent Oil and Gas has awarded the rig contract for its Core Project Phase 1 to a subsidiary of Noble Corp.
Dolphin Drilling expands presence in Norwegian Continental Shelf
Dolphin Drilling has secured a new combined contract with Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO Norge AS.
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.