Completions

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December 23, 2015
Det norske oljeselskap has completed the acquisition of Premier Oil Norway, which comprises all Premier Oil plc’s Norwegian assets, for a net consideration of $120 million on a cash free, debt basis.
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December 15, 2015
Halliburton and Baker Hughes said Tuesday that they expect their timing agreement with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will expire without reaching a settlement or the DOJ initiating litigation at this time to block their pending transaction.
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December 14, 2015
Weatherford International plc has announced the official launch of its Compact oil-base mud microimager (COI), a slim-profile tool that delivers fullbore, high-definition images in wells drilled with oil-, diesel- or synthetic-base muds.
Article
December 2015
Transforming offshore cementing into a living, real-time risk and process assurance service enables proactive risk management and active risk mitigation. Also, integrated technical and operational data create opportunities for continuous improvement and compliance programs.
Article
December 2015
Every refracturing operation is unique, and economic success depends on integrating rigorous workflows for candidate selection, stimulation modeling, treatment execution and post-refracture treatment evaluation.
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December 10, 2015
ConocoPhillips unveiled a significantly reduced budget for 2016 on Thursday. The company has set its 2016 capital budget at $7.7 billion, which represents a 55% reduction from 2014 and a 25% reduction as compared with expected 2015 capital spending.
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December 09, 2015
Tesoro Corporation has agreed to acquire Great Northern Midstream LLC, a crude oil logistics provider which owns and operates high-quality, recently constructed crude oil pipeline, gathering system, transportation, storage and rail loading facilities in the Williston basin of North Dakota.
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December 09, 2015
SAL Heavy Lift’s team of MV Svenja has successfully installed an offshore development platform over a subsea gas well conductor in the “Kitchen Lights Unit # 3” area in Alaska's Cook Inlet.
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December 04, 2015
Suncor Energy has extended its offer to Canadian Oil Sands Limited shareholders.
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December 03, 2015
U.S. demand for oilfield chemicals is forecast to increase to $10.3 billion in 2019, with healthy growth overcoming declines expected in 2015 and 2016.
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December 02, 2015
Bosque Systems LLC, has announced the release of a new system, called OptiFluids, which saves producers up to 30% on the cost of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
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December 02, 2015
Polarcus recently completed its first commercial project offshore Australia utilizing the XArray in a five source configuration known as Penta source.
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December 02, 2015
Hydratight has won one of the largest pipeline connector orders in the industry from Subsea 7 to support their Emergency Pipeline Repair System (EPRS) project in Australia.
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November 30, 2015
Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has invested in a new facility at Minto Drive, Aberdeen, UK.
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November 30, 2015
DOF Subsea has entered into agreement for the sale of Skandi Protector to the Commonwealth of Australia.
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November 25, 2015
Wild Well Control Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in well control, greatly enhances its presence in the Asia-Pacific region this month with the addition of vital, permanent personnel to offer advanced well control engineering capabilities at an unprecedented pace.
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November 23, 2015
Re-using wells on the Norwegian shelf can be good business. This is why the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is sceptical of the proposal to plug wells as a measure to keep drilling rigs in activity.
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November 20, 2015
WPX Energy has completed the sale of a North Dakota gathering system for approximately $185 million to a private equity fund managed by the Ares EIF Group, a subsidiary of Ares Management.
Article
November 2015
While no two refracturing treatments are identical, results from pilot wells demonstrated that using a collaborative workflow can help to consistently and repeatedly recover bypassed reserves at a lower cost per BOE, compared to the development costs for new drills.
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November 2015
An enhanced P110 grade for horizontal drilling extends operational efficiencies and mitigates risk.
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November 17, 2015
Approved Saudi Aramco vendor status, strong technical support and strength in after-sales service were key reasons for the selection of AUMA valve control devices at the Al Wasit Gas Program, Saudi Aramco’s development scheme for the Arabiyah and Hasbah offshore Saudi Arabian gas fields located in the Arabian Gulf.
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