US upstream news
Exterran launches Separon produced water technology
The company's suite of technologies includes desanders, deoilers, multiphase hydrocyclones and microbubble flotation technology for oil and solids removal.
Hexion and Black Mountain Sand to create in-basin resin coatings
Hexion’s Voyager resin-coating service unit for the Permian Basin will be located at Black Mountain Sand’s El Dorado sand mine in Texas, US.
Abrado wins multi-well P&A contract from Chevron
The contract is for more than 30 wells offshore California, US.
Wood Mackenzie comments on Ecopetrol-Occidental Petroleum joint venture
Maria Cortez, Wood Mackenzie, has said that Ecopetrol's decision to form the joint venture is part of an aggressive diversification strategy that the company has pursued in recent months.
Wood Mackenzie comments on Shell's decision to develop PowerNap deepwater project
The decision reflects a broader trend of majors embracing subsea tie-backs that offer quicker paths to first oil and attractive returns, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Trendsetter Engineering and Intelligent Wellhead Systems form joint venture
The joint venture, InVision Offshore, Inc., will be based in Houston, Texas, US.
Ecopetrol and Occidental to develop acreage in Midland Basin
The JV enables Ecopetrol to book approximately 160 million boe of proved undeveloped reserves at transaction closing.
Shell to go ahead with PowerNap subsea tie-back in Gulf of Mexico
The project is expected to start production in late 2021 and produce up to 35 000 boe/d at peak rates.
Shell's Appomattox first high temperature project to gain BSEE approval
The permitting work for the Appomattox project, which saw first oil in May 2019, helped define and clarify the safety requirements in BSEE’s recently published high pressure and high temperature related guidance documents.
Airswift expands Denver presence
The company's new office will focus on talent acquisition and global mobility as the area continues to expand on the back of the Rocky shale boom.