Upstream news

Vulcan Industrial (Vulcan) has announced the expansion of their Permian Basin Service Centre for pressure pumping products. Based in Midland, Texas, the service centre will offer comprehensive service and support to their hydraulic fracturing pump fluid end and pump expendable parts product lines. 

CGG has completed acquisition of its Chickasha 3D survey in Grady and Caddo Counties, Oklahoma. CGG has also purchased the rights to the Ft. Reno 3D survey in Canadian County, adding to its continuously growing data library.

New office provides global reach with local service to the Petroleum Refining Industry.

The company has established the production of Rulon® 123 stamped fluoropolymer parts at their Bangalore, India, facility in order to supply local parts to a global industrial customer for use in gasoline metering pumps.

Umbilicals International (UI) has opened its doors to a new manufacturing facility in Rosyth, heralding the move as purposeful and optimistic during tough market recovery.

The contract includes the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of the Pluto Water Handling Module.

The company has also appointed a new COO, Gavin Lindsay, who joins from READ Cased Hole.

Well re-entry and completion operations for the Lancaster EPS have now commenced under the control of Petrofac Facilities Management Limited (Petrofac), who are the well operator.

Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill appraisal well 6608/10-18 in production licence 128 D in the Norwegian Sea.

Shell is the operator for production licence 373 S in the North Sea.