Archive for the ‘Drilling Operations’ Category
Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd. said its jointly controlled company, Anasuria Operating Co. Ltd., is on schedule to drill Guillemot A GUA-P1 side-track well on the Anasuria cluster in the UK North Sea. Drilling is to start by July.
The US drilling rig count is down 9 units to 1,038 rigs working for the week ended Mar. 1, according to Baker Hughes data. The count is up 57 units from the 981 rigs working this time a year ago. Week-over-week, 11 fewer rigs were drilling on land, bri…
The US drilling rig count dropped 4 units to reach 1,047 rigs working for the week ended Feb. 22. The count is up 69 units from the 978 rigs working this time a year ago, according to Baker Hughes data.
Neptune plans Gjoa tie-back developments
February 21st, 2019 by Latest News
Neptune Energy and partners plan to develop in parallel Duva oil and gas field and an extension designated P1 of Gjoa oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea with subsea completions tied back to the Gjoa platform on PL153. Neptune Energy Norge ope…
California’s new underground injection rules go into effect Apr. 1
February 21st, 2019 by Latest News
California’s new underground injection requirements will affect some 55,000 underground injection control (UIC) wells when they go into effect on Apr. 1, the state’s Department of Conservation (DOC) reported. It said the new rules affect wells that inj…
The American Petroleum Institute issued a new recommended practice that revises recommended procedures to promote and maintain safe and healthy working conditions for personnel in drilling and well servicing operations. First published in 1981, the lat…
Horse Hill field due horizontal drilling
February 18th, 2019 by Latest News
Horse Hill Developments Ltd. (HHDL) plans horizontal drilling this year at Horse Hill field, which is undergoing an extended production test near Gatwick Airport outside London, reports parent company UK Oil & Gas PLC.
The US drilling rig count is up 2 units to 1,051 rigs working for the week ended Feb. 15, according to Baker Hughes data. The count is also up 76 units from the 975 rigs working this time a year ago. With a 1-unit loss week-over-week, 1,028 rigs are dr…
BSEE issues report of investigation into Petrobras drillship fatality
February 14th, 2019 by Latest News
A lack of training, familiarity, and experience with the drill floor equipment and drillship layout could have contributed to the Dec. 2, 2017, accident that killed a floor hand aboard the Petrobras 10000 drillship working in the Gulf of Mexico’s Walke…
With US shale activity in 2019 beset by uncertainty, Rystad Energy identifies three trends for US light tight oil production that will have a profound impact on the evolution of the industry in 2019 and 2020.