Upstream drilling news

Jeff Forsyth Jan Frieling and Fraser Smith, StimStixx, Canada, explore working with in-situ acid generation for oil and gas with opportunities in carbon capture and geothermal well stimulation.

Vijay Desiraju, Celonis, explains why process intelligence can help capture value in the upstream industry.

Enteq Technologies, an energy services engineering and technology company, has launched SABER Vertical, a drilling solution designed to enhance efficiency and reduce operational complexity for vertical and top-hole drilling.

Equinor has started production at the Halten East development in the Norwegian Sea, two years following approval from Norwegian authorities.

The country has experienced fluctuating oil production due to internal strife since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Salunda has announced it has launched the Latch Hawk 2 fingerboard latch monitoring device, with the aim of preventing dropped objects and improving safety during pipe handling on offshore drilling rigs.

Murphy Oil Corporation has announced that a subsidiary has signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire an FPSO vessel from BW Offshore.

The three-year contract will see AI solutions rolled out across ADNOC’s upstream operations.

Valeura Energy Inc. has announced the successful completion of an infill drilling campaign at the Manora field in Licence G1/48 (70% operated working interest), offshore Gulf of Thailand.

J. Andres Chavarria, Luna Innovations – OptaSense, USA, and Veronique Mahue, Silixa – a Luna company, UK, present an outline of available analysis tools to assess conditions in producing wells.