Oil rig news
The Next Step - part one
Nathan Klammer and Jason Ross, Entro Industries, USA, explain how new automatic features can optimise rig walking in the oilfield.
DeltaTek Global completes SeaCure cementing deployment for Total
DeltaTek’s SeaCure service provides stabbed-in, inner string cementing for subsea wells.
Well treatment solution increases production and water injectivity offshore Middle East
An ORCA for OBM breaker fluid, one of Cleansorb’s range of well treatment fluids, was used on behalf of an operator in the Middle East.
Valhall QP topside removed
The single-lift operation took 2 hours to complete from positioning the vessel Pioneering Spirit around the 3800 t platform to the moment of the lift.
CNOOC extends UKCS jack-up rig contract with Maersk Drilling
The Mærsk Innovator is now firmly contracted to continue drilling infill wells at the Buzzard field on the UK Continental Shelf until February 2020.
Well-Safe Solutions secures North Sea decommissioning contract
The decommissioning project in the Schooner and Ketch fields will start immediately with a plan to commence offshore operations at the end of 2019.
Equinor awards NOK 700 million Johan Sverdrup contract
Equinor awards a contract for services within insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment (ISO).
Westwood Global Energy: accelerating rig activity signals game-change as rig rates are on the up
Data shows that marketed utilisation for some rig types in some regions are nearing 85-90%.
Delivery of GustoMSC’s first Chela to Maersk Drilling
GustoMSC, the developer of Chela, has transferred the multifunctional arm to Maersk Drilling.
Shell appoints BMT offshore Malaysia
Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has signed an offshore master service agreement (MSA) with BMT.