
Solstad Offshore to support Total E&P South Africa drilling campaign
The contracts are to support Total E&P South Africa's operations in Block 11B/12B and the drilling programme is expected to take up to 280 days.
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The contracts are to support Total E&P South Africa's operations in Block 11B/12B and the drilling programme is expected to take up to 280 days.

As CT scanning provides a non-intrusive inspection method, all assets will remain operational throughout each project.

The agreement entails using the Weatherford Magnus® rotary steerable system in both re-entry wells and new wells.

The contract covers an area of 1600km2 for 3D seismic with associated 2D work to be executed over a 1.5-month period from end 3Q19 for the undisclosed client.

Travis Baughman and Kyle Combs, Wild Well Control explain the benefits of the company's long-term barrier resin sealant.

The JV will pursue acquisitions of producing oil and gas assets across the Permian Basin where Henry Resources has operated for over 50 years.

The total estimated future costs associated with the delivery and placing the drillships into service would have been approximately US$1.1 billion.

South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon will continue their bidding round efforts at the Africa Oil & Power conference and exhibition on 9 – 11 October in Cape Town, South Africa.

The company is the first in Saudi Arabia to be awarded Approved Service Provider Recognition for crane maintenance and overhaul by the American Bureau of Shipping.

Markus Burianski and Christian M. Theissen, partners at White & Case LLP, explain the significance of war clauses, examine their benefits and propose useful drafting considerations that anyone working in the upstream oil and gas industry should be aware of.

The wellhead installation marks the beginning of Gusar’s contracted work with Gazprom for the first year of an up to five-year jack-up gas exploration drilling programme on the Kara Sea Shelf.

An application of thermography has been to detect wet insulation, which is one of the drivers for corrosion under insulation (CUI) attack.