US upstream news

A Rystad Energy analysis shows that new operations are now set to rise to above 400 wells in July, and recovery will be especially evident in the Permian Basin, where activity has nearly tripled.

The GD 250HDD pump expands Gardner Denver’s pump offerings into the wider horizontal directional drilling space for the first time.

Revenue from Baker Hughes’ oilfield services business, which accounts for about half of total sales, tumbled 26% to US$2.41 billion in 2Q20.

Oil prices are losing some of yesterday’s gains as API reports an unexpected stock build in US crude inventories.

Oil prices are having some modest gains today, supported by the EU recovery deal.

Halliburton has announced a net loss of US$1.7 billion for 2Q20, compared to a net loss for 1Q20 of US$1 billion.

The acquisition of Noble Energy provides Chevron with offshore assets in Israel and enhances Chevron’s US unconventional position with acreage in the DJ Basin and 92 000 largely contiguous and adjacent acres in the Permian Basin.

The agreement is designed to advance Halliburton’s digital capabilities in Microsoft Azure.

Lease Sale 256, originally scheduled for August 2020, will include approximately 14 755 unleased blocks – all of the available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

READ is now the selected operator of EV’s downhole video technology in Alaska.