Oil & gas news
Aquaterra Sea Swift platform installed and operating in Egypt for PICO Petroleum Integrated Services
Aquaterra Energy has designed, fabricated and installed a new Sea Swift platform for PICO Petroleum Integrated Services, the lead contractor for Amal Petroleum Company’s (AMAPETCO) Amal field in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt.
NEL develops new flow measurement technique for viscous oil
NEL has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of differential pressure meters for high viscosity oil, which will help the oil and gas industry to reduce financial exposure and tackle the challenges involved in its measurement.
Bright Automation: fully wireless, integrated load cell/accelerometer for artificial lift
Designed for all artificial lift applications involving rod pumps, this unique device accurately measures both load and position in a single wireless unit.
Fugro Venturer to commence offshore survey campaign
With a maiden voyage that takes her to the deep waters of Ireland’s Atlantic margin and the far North of the Barents Sea, Fugro Venturer is the newest of Fugro’s purpose-designed, standardised survey vessels, originally formulated in 2013.
Westwood Insight: is history repeating in the US pressure pumping market?
The percent of horizontal rigs in the Permian grew from 14% in January 2013 to 27% in January 2015. Now, the Permian accounts for over 42% of the active horizontal rigs in the US land market.
New hardbanding reapplication procedure protects internal plastic coating
Postle Industries has developed a cost-saving procedure for re-application of hardbanding that promises cool tool joint internal diameters and protects the Internal Plastic Coating (IPC).
McDermott awarded Angelin EPCIC contract from BP Trinidad & Tobago
McDermott International, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract from BP Trinidad & Tobago, LLC (bpTT) for the Angelin gas field, located 25 miles (40 km) off the east coast of Trinidad and Tobago.
Stress Engineering Services joins with DeepMar Consulting to expand services
The integrated team will work alongside clients to increase assurance of successful projects in regards to health, safety and environment (HSE), reliability and efficiency.
DAV MX™ CircSub cuts time and costs on deepwater cementing jobs in GoM and North Sea
The DAV MX™ circulating sub from Churchill Drilling Tools, an oilfield service company specialising in drilling innovation, has been used to significantly cut process time and costs for two challenging deepwater cementing operations, without compromising string functionality.
Typhoon System successfully installed on Troll C
Mokveld’s low shear Typhoon System has been installed on the Statoil-operated Troll C platform controlling well fluids from the Fram Vest field.