US upstream news

NOV and Advanced Drilling Solutions have joined forces to provide equipment, expertise and capabilities to support full rig integration and automation.

Project Canary, a mission-driven B-Corp, will use its TrustWell Certification programme to review and analyse aspects of the environmental and social performance of individual wells and facilities in the Permian Basin of Texas and the DJ Basin of Colorado.

Phase 1 of the Herschel Expansion project comprises development of a new subsea production system and the first of up to three wells tied to the Na Kika platform.

ADNOC Drilling, Weatherford, Halliburton and Schlumberger were the winners of the contracts from ADNOC.

TotalEnergies will resign as operator of the North Platte deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico.

BCCK, along with its sister company NG Resources, will design and build the facility.

The project covers the tie-back of four subsea wells to the Shenandoah host facility through a subsea manifold with dual flowlines and risers.

Halliburton has reported an adjusted net income of US$320 million in 4Q21, double that from a year earlier, prompting the oilfield services company to lift its dividend following a rebound in crude and natural gas prices.

The Theta West #1 well on Alaska's North Slope is targeting two primary targets which combined are estimated by the company to contain 12.1 billion barrels of oil in place with an estimated 1.4 billion barrels of recoverable resource.

The contract, which is worth US$$300 000 (£225 000), is expected to take between four and six months and is scheduled to be completed in 1Q22.