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Archer launches acoustic listening platform for well integrity and performance evaluation
The VIVID platform uses full-spectrum acoustic sensors tomeasure the broadest frequency bandwidth and amplitude of acoustic energy, locating previously indiscernible low energy leaks.
GustoMSC: LJ43 design selected by IMI and ARO Drilling
The LJ43 design has been selected as the bases for a new building programme of drilling jack-ups which are to be built at the new IMI yard in Ras Al Khair, eastern Saudi Arabia.
Schlumberger introduces new perforating gun system
Tempo instrumented docking perforating gun system increases well productivity by efficiently deploying maximum payloads.
Marubeni sells a portion of its shale oil & gas assets in the US
Marubeni Corporation announces that Marubeni, through its subsidiaries, has reached agreements with two independent oil and gas companies in the US to sell a part of Marubeni’s interests in the Eagle Ford shale oil & gas assets located in the state of Texas.
Byron Energy starts oil production at South Marsh Island 71
Byron Energy Limited has announced that production has commenced at its flagship South Marsh Island Block 71 (SM71) oil development, in the shallow water of the Gulf of Mexico.
SDX Energy spuds Ibn Yunus-1X well at South Disouq
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that it has spud its Ibn Yunus-1X exploration well at South Disouq, Egypt.
Chrysaor farms-in to Grevling discovery in Norwegian North Sea
OKEA has announced that Chrysaor, the leading oil & gas independent, has through its Norwegian subsidiary Chrysaor Norge A.S. entered into an agreement with OKEA to acquire a 15% interest in the PL038D license, covering the Grevling oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea.
Petrotechnics makes digital waves with seven new North Sea wins
Compared to 2016, the company’s North Sea business grew an unprecedented 60% – far exceeding the regional target for the period.
NES Global Talent expands recruitment presence to Midland, Texas
New location places NES at the centre of Permian Basin employment activity.
SBM Offshore: Steel cut ceremony for cutting-edge Fast4Ward project
SBM Offshore has announced that the first steel cut for the hull of its standardised Fast4Ward FPSO took place at the SWS yard in Shanghai, China on Friday March 23, 2018.