US upstream news

The ANALYSE statistical programme was used by the supermajor to reduce ultrasound thickness measurements (UTMs) on pressure systems.

The combination brings together two companies with decades of experience in well construction, well flow management, subsea well access, well intervention and production services.

Based in Houston, Texas, US, Neil McBride will be responsible for expanding FourPhase's global client base from the company's offices on Westheimer Road.

The two full length strings of DualLink, a next generation wired drill pipe, are due to be manufactured in Norway, starting in 2021 for use on Nabors rigs in US land applications.

The seven-figure deal will see Sparrows’ Houston team deliver crane inspection, maintenance, testing and repair services at two onshore facilities and a platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rystad Energy analysis shows that the world’s top oil and gas employer, China, lost only 5.3% of its massive workforce. The toll in the US was more devastating, estimated at 11.1%, thereby faring worse than its European peers and Russia.

The company will be owned 50-50 by Baker Hughes and Akastor and will be managed from current offices in Houston, Texas, US, and Kristiansand, Norway.

US natural gas production — as measured by gross withdrawals — averaged 111.2 billion ft3/d in 2020, down 0.9 billion ft3/d from 2019.

The contract covers the Khaleesi/Mormont and Samurai fields in the US Gulf of Mexico.

The SABER Tool uses internally directed pressure differentials to steer from the drill bit face, delivering true 'at-bit' geosteering.