Drilling
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November 06, 2023
The collaboration between Halliburton and Oil States will provide operators and drilling contractors with an effective and flexible MPD product-service combination to safely access greater operational efficiencies like ease of handling and streamlined installation.
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October 27, 2023
“Shrinking or further delaying Lease Sale 261 threatens both our energy security and climate goals and could make us more dependent on dirty foreign oil and gas,” Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, said following the ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana.
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October 24, 2023
The development of this natural gas reserve in the southern Caribbean has the potential to make a substantial contribution to the country's energy security and support Ecopetrol's ongoing energy transition efforts.
Article
October 2023
The industry’s first active sealing device for deepwater managed pressure drilling provides greater control and condition monitoring of the wellbore seal, reducing maintenance costs and rig downtime.
News
October 19, 2023
Transocean Ltd. issued a quarterly fleet status report that provides the current status of, and contract information for, the company’s fleet of offshore drilling rigs.
Webcast
Practical Solutions to Decarbonizing Drilling Operations
November 08, 2023
Canrig Drilling Technologies
Tackling scope one emissions from oil and gas operations requires innovative, purpose-built technologies that are economic and scalable. By incorporating a combination of advanced technologies such as engine management, fuel enhancing additives, traditional highline power sources, and energy storage systems into drilling operations we can effectively reduce scope one emissions from operations.
We will showcase our comprehensive portfolio of drilling technologies, designed to reduce carbon emissions and fuel costs across the globe, regardless of rig type.
News
October 04, 2023
With as many as 10 deepwater rigs forecast to go back to work throughout the oil industry by the end of next year, Noble’s Chief Executive Officer Robert Eifler said he sees Brazil and West Africa leading the world in growth as activity in the U.S. Gulf holds flat.
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October 03, 2023
Preliminary estimates of recoverable volume are in the range of 2.5-6.2 MMcm, or 16-39 MMboe. The new well aims to appraise and fully evaluate the natural gas discovery in the Ofelia Agat formation
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October 02, 2023
Brazil’s top environmental agency, Ibama, granted Petrobras the environmental license to research the Potiguar basin, one of five regions in the Equatorial Margin, according to Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira, following months of stalemate between the state-controlled oil company and the regulator.
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September 29, 2023
"As a result of this administration’s actions, energy production will move elsewhere, costing the United States jobs and harming our energy security," said Christopher Guith, Senior Vice President of the U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute.
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September 29, 2023
“At a time when inflation runs rampant across the country, the Biden administration is choosing failed energy policies that are adding to the pain Americans are feeling at the pump," American Petroleum Institute CEO Mike Sommers said.
News
September 29, 2023
The leasing program charts sales of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases in 2025, 2027 and 2029 — the fewest-ever since the government started planning the auctions in five-year blocks.
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Biden plans to sell offshore drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico to ensure steady U.S. oil development
September 28, 2023
The Interior Department ruled out adopting an offshore oil leasing plan that completely blocked auctions through late 2028, according to people familiar with the deliberations who declined to be named because the measure is not yet public.
News
September 26, 2023
The three-judge panel ordered the auction take place no later than Nov. 8 but otherwise left in place a lower court order forcing the Interior Department to sell more territory for potential oil development.
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September 14, 2023
Transocean Ltd. announced a three-year award for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila with a national oil company for work offshore Brazil.
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September 11, 2023
Valaris Limited announced new contracts and contract extensions, with an associated contract backlog of approximately $65 million.
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September 11, 2023
The agency said intelligence units carried out a “unique operation” to retake the Petro Godovenets and Ukraina oil and gas drilling platforms, as well as the Tavryda and Syvash facilities.
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August 31, 2023
Both rigs have been upgraded with energy efficiency measures and work processes to reduce emissions from operations.
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August 30, 2023
Transocean Ltd. announced that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd awarded the Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 a binding Notification of Award for work offshore India.
News
August 23, 2023
The recently completed AlSila is the second in a series of three jackup rigs. Built to world-class KFELS B Class design, the AlSila is capable of operating in water depths of over 400 ft, with the ability to drill to depths of up to 30,000 ft and deep wells both vertically and horizontally.
News
August 23, 2023
The operation is being carried out with the ADM-8 rig, operated by ADES, and has a final target depth of around 3,600 m.