Drilling
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November 08, 2022
Senior executives from the most active majors and independents in the Gulf of Mexico will convene to discuss regional operations and outlook at next week's Deepwater Executive Summit in Houston.
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October 20, 2022
Stretching 50,000 feet, the well is part of ADNOC Offshore’s extended reach drilling project that could increase Upper Zakum’s production capacity by 15,000 bpd.
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October 13, 2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced the award of a contract worth $980 million (AED3.6 billion) to ADNOC Drilling to hire two jack-up offshore rigs and associated manpower and equipment.
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October 10, 2022
Petrofac has been selected by Dana Petroleum to provide well management services for all its UK North Sea operated assets, including the Triton FPSO and the Western Isles FPSO vessels.
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October 10, 2022
The award supports the expansion of ADNOC’s offshore operations and its objective to responsibly increase production capacity and meet the growing global demand for reliable, lower carbon intensity oil and gas.
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October 07, 2022
Wood Mackenzie thinks exploration still has a role to play in the UKCS, but drilling activity is already at historic lows and the addition of new acreage – which will have been offered up in previous rounds – is unlikely to reverse that trend significantly.
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October 05, 2022
Dolphin Drilling secured a year-long, $96 million contract with Nigeria-based General Hydrocarbons Limited for the Blackford Dolphin rig. The contract will commence in the fourth quarter of this year.
Whitepaper
Drilling Deeper Under the Sea with HOT Pipeline Coatings
October 05, 2022
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Article
September 2022
The loss of Russian crude supplies and the lingering effects of Covid-19 have driven oil prices to multi-year highs. U.S. operators have shown restraint, but according to World Oil’s mid-year forecast, a further activity increase is in the offing.
Article
September 2022
Drilling should pick up steam this year, gaining more than 18%, as nearly all regions will see activity increase. Development should thrive, as the world looks for additional sources of crude oil and natural gas.
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September 23, 2022
INEOS and its partners in the Solsort Unit, Danoil and Nordsøfonden, have agreed to develop the Solsort West field in the Danish part of the North Sea after having received the approval of the development from the Danish Energy Agency.
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September 21, 2022
Radix Engineering and Software closed a R$49 million (approx. $9.5 million) contract with Petrobras to develop and maintain scientific software focused on Well Engineering and Subsea Engineering.
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September 15, 2022
Federal investigators raided a deep-water oil explorer’s Louisiana office last week as part of a probe into an offshore spill, a rare escalation for a U.S. environmental case.
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September 14, 2022
The Biden administration on Wednesday issued oil and natural gas leases to companies that nabbed the Gulf of Mexico drilling rights in a government auction later invalidated by a federal court.
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September 09, 2022
KBR is launching a study to develop a carbon-neutral, green ammonia-based system to power a semi-submersible drilling unit owned by Odfjell.
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August 31, 2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced the award of five framework agreements totaling $1.83 billion for Directional Drilling and Logging While Drilling.
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August 29, 2022
MACCO Restructuring Group recently announced that MACCO Managing Director David Weinhoffer successfully assumed control of and transited La Muralla IV, a sixth generation, semi-submersible oil drilling rig.
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August 26, 2022
Neptune Energy and its partners announced a new commercial oil discovery at the Ofelia exploration well (PL 929), close to the Gjøa field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
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August 24, 2022
ADNOC Drilling Company signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire an additional premium offshore jack-up drilling unit (rig) for $70 million.
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August 24, 2022
Neptune Energy has begun an infill drilling campaign at its operated Cygnus gas field in the southern North Sea, with the potential to unlock enough gas to heat an additional 200,000 UK homes per year from this winter.
Article
August 2022
This independent presentation suggests a standard for defining various generations of mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), centering around the “majority” of rigs. The very latest, most capable MODU generation is not needed to drill every well, but their flexibility attracts operators, at an increased price.
