Drilling
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November 16, 2024
Rival Downhole Tools has announced its continued international expansion with the establishment of new legal entities, personnel, and facilities in Canada and Mexico, as well as strategic partnerships in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Europe.
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November 15, 2024
NOV’s Tuboscope division has recently unveiled a new advancement in tubular internal coating technology, aimed at significantly reducing thermal conductivity and enhancing operational efficiency and longevity of drilling tool life in challenging environments.
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November 13, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- Texas oil and natural gas producer Coterra Energy Inc. has reached agreements with two closely-held companies to buy assets in the Permian Basin for $3.95 billion. The deals expand Coterra’s reach on the fast-growing New Mexico side of the top U.S. shale basin. The sale is expected to close in Q1 2025.
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November 12, 2024
Nostra Terra, an international oil and gas exploration and production company focused on its Pine Mills producing asset in Texas, U.S., has provided a production and operations update.
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November 06, 2024
Weatherford has announced two contracts in the Middle East, with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and a National Oil Company (NOC) in Qatar. The contracts will implement Weatherford's drilling technologies for enhanced safety, speed, and cost-efficiency in well delivery.
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November 05, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. has expanded its exploration acreage in African oil producers including Nigeria and Angola, where it sees the potential for a production revival despite years of decline.
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November 04, 2024
ADNOC Drilling Company and Alpha Dhabi Holding announced today that their joint venture Enersol has agreed to acquire a 95% equity stake in Deep Well Services (DWS), for approximately $223 million including performance-based payments.
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October 31, 2024
Enovate AI has announced a strategic partnership with SGS to revolutionize drilling efficiency in the oil and gas industry through the application of AI-driven Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) optimization, specifically focusing on roller reamer placement.
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October 31, 2024
ADNOC Drilling announced a significant increase in third quarter 2024 revenue, driven by the company's expansion of onshore and offshore fleets, OFS expansion and joint-venture contributions.
Article
October 2024
The economic consequences of a banking crisis, if not addressed preemptively or in time to limit the damage, are numerous and dire, and need not be detailed here. Just the same, condensate banking in a gas well can also become a productivity and economic crisis, if ignored or not properly addressed proactively.
Article
October 2024
U-laterals are being employed increasingly by operators to gain access to greater amounts of reserves while simultaneously yielding significant savings.
Article
October 2024
Engineers leveraged data analytics, domain knowledge, and physics and machine-learning models to generate a depth-based optimum operating parameter roadmap automatically. This workflow enables ROP improvement and the reduction of drilling risks, becoming a key element for evolution of autonomous drilling operations and well cost reduction.
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October 2024
Consistency and repeatability improve efficiency in drilling operations, delivering safety gains in conjunction with reductions in flat time.
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October 28, 2024
(Bloomberg) — Cnooc Ltd. posted a rise in Q3 profit after the company offset lower crude oil prices with increased output. The state-owned firm has a prominent role in raising output to meet targets for energy security, a task that has greater importance as the geopolitical landscape becomes more uncertain.
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October 15, 2024
Nabors Industries has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Parker Wellbore in a transaction valued at $472 million. This strategic move strengthens Nabors' Drilling Solutions business and will lead to profitable growth for both companies.
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October 10, 2024
Standards development follows a structured and systematic process, ensuring the highest quality and likelihood of implementation by industry and regulators worldwide. World Oil recently spoke with Paula Watkins, API Senior Director of Standards Development, to gain insights into the intricacies of the standards development process, the role of international collaborations, and the challenges along the way.
Article
September 2024
Continuing with the story from in prior columns, we’re looking at U.S. drilling activity to see how drilling performance has changed over the last few years and what it might say about how we can advance drilling even further.
Article
September 2024
The General Bond Log Interpreter (GBLI) is capable of interfacing with all cement bond logging tools and performing automated interpretation at >90% accuracy.
News
September 30, 2024
The JV will allow the three companies to leverage leading innovations in AI, smart drilling design, completions engineering and production solutions.
Article
September 2024
Operators are under great pressure to increase operational efficiencies, and drilling faster is key. However, pushing drilling equipment harder can be risky, as expensive components can be damaged by vibrations. Mitigating drilling dysfunctions caused by near-bit vibrations is crucial to increasing weight on bit (WOB), which leads to gains in ROP without compromising the drill bit or damaging the BHA.
Article
September 2024
New equipment automation advancements remove personnel from the red zone, improving safety, consistency, and efficiency.
