Drilling
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November 2023
Building the ambiguous 'better well'
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November 2023
The availability of energy storage solutions and intelligent engine management systems enables companies to increase efficiencies and lower costs and emissions while maintaining power and performance.
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November 24, 2023
Across the U.S., operators added four rigs in the five-day period from Nov. 18 to Nov. 22, according to the Baker Hughes Rotary Rig Count. It was the second week in a row that the total U.S. count increased, with the new total standing at 622.
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November 21, 2023
(WO) — Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has made a gas condensate discovery with its Jhim East X-1 exploration well on Block 2467-16 (Shah Bandar), located in Sujawal district in Pakistan’s Sindh province.
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November 20, 2023
(WO) — Invictus Energy Ltd. has reported significant progress in the drilling of the Mukuyu-2 well at its 80% owned and operated Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe.
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November 20, 2023
(WO) — Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz’s subsidiary Ukrgasvydobuvannya has uncovered a highly promising gas deposit in the Carpathians, previously believed to be exhausted, the company announced on Nov. 20.
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November 14, 2023
On its final morning last Friday, the Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) in Austin, Texas, featured a presentation by NOV of the 70th Annual Rig Census.
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November 13, 2023
As the Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) continued Thursday afternoon in Austin, Texas, it featured wide-ranging commentary from three panelists on issues of concern during the “Drillers Outlook.”
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November 09, 2023
By combining ProACT's advanced analytics with Max Platform's powerful data capabilities, operators can optimally manage the construction of wells.
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November 07, 2023
Delivery of the contract includes the design and manufacture of top drives from Kenera’s rig equipment business, Bentec.
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November 07, 2023
Under the agreement, Halliburton and Sekal are collaborating on several technologies and services that incorporate Halliburton digitally integrated well construction solutions and the Sekal DrillTronics automation platform.
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October 2023
An innovative digital solution prepares an operational database and stores performance results of drill bits, motor power sections, RSS, BHA configurations and drilling fluids. After parameters of a planned drilling run are set, a multidimensional distance-based approach selects similar previous drilling runs for analysis. The process enables rational technology selection recommendations.
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October 2023
The drilling challenge remains the same: Drill faster and more efficiently to reduce drilling time. New technologies are being introduced to evolve to one run intervals, which reduces drilling time.
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October 26, 2023
Coretrax will deploy its leading ReLineMNS and ReLineHYD expandable casing patches to effectively isolate trouble zones and increase production on the operator’s existing wells.
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October 2023
The rugged Delta connection provides wider field inspection tolerances. This case history illustrates how focusing on KPIs can lead to inefficiencies and increased costs, and more importantly, how to avoid this trap.
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October 2023
Partnering with a coupling expert can help meet or exceed the industry’s most rigorous tolerance and quality standards.
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October 20, 2023
The total includes 709 to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 80 for re-completions of existing wellbores.
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September 2023
International activity outside the U.S. continues its growth, as most regions will see a pick-up in drilling. Global oil production posted an unusually stout increase last year, and another solid gain is anticipated this year. Offshore activity is particularly healthy in several regions.
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October 03, 2023
TWMA will deploy its award-winning RotoMill solution alongside its newly launched XLink cloud-based, real-time monitoring technology across four artificial island drilling units to promote efficiency whilst minimizing the project’s carbon footprint.
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September 2023
OPEC’s 1-MMbopd production cut, coupled with increased global demand, pushed crude prices to a nine-month high in September. Yet, U.S. operators have shown restraint, and according to World Oil’s mid-year forecast, this trend will continue, as activity is projected to decline slightly during second-half 2023.
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September 2023
Caution leads the way as Canada’s oil industry seeks to find the balance between burgeoning global needs for its ethically and sustainably produced energy and increasingly punitive policies from Ottawa that threaten industry’s ability to meet demand.
