US upstream news

The offshore industry gradually increased the overall headcount of the top 50 oilfield service companies from 2017 to 2018.

The winning technology will be featured at the 2019 Technical Exposition and Conference, 9 - 11 October in New Orleans, Louisiana, US.

Wood Mackenzie's corporate analysis team asks if Tight Oil inc is on the verge of sustained free cash generation.

Delegates at URTeC 2019 have been warned that rapidly rising production in the Permian Basin has led to soaring levels of associated gas, outpacing pipeline infrastructure and placing increasing slowdown pressure on other production streams like crude oil and NGLs.

Ryan Duman, Senior Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, highlighted the growing expense of water management in the basin and the issue of handling wastewater produced by completed wells.

The accreditation for Sparrows Group's US business is for Dropped Objects Risk Inspection and Program Audits.

PWPS delivered its first unit to USWS in late 2018, and it was mobilised to the first well pad in January 2019.

The report reveals US gas economics will reach below US$3/mmbtu in the next ten years due to ample supply, which will support North American gas exports and unlock further demand growth domestically.

Kayrros found that in 2018 alone, more than 1100 wells were completed in the Permian Basin but not reported through state commissions or FracFocus, a public repository for information on the chemicals used during fraccing.

The technology aims to address parent/child well interference and other completion problems that are contributing to shale well underperformance.