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Lundin Petroleum: Børselv exploration well completed
29 Sept 20171 min read

Lundin Petroleum: Børselv exploration well completed

The company's subsidiary, Lundin Norway AS, completed drilling of exploration well 7220/6-3 on the Børselv prospect in PL609 on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea. The well was dry.

Lloyd's Register chosen as management contractor for major offshore drilling project
28 Sept 20172 min read

Lloyd's Register chosen as management contractor for major offshore drilling project

Lloyd’s Register’s well management expertise is being used by Ecopetrol Costa Afuera S.A.S. (ECAS) of Ecopetrol, for offshore exploration drilling operations in Colombia.

Triangle Energy: oil discovery at Xanadu-1 confirmed
25 Sept 20171 min read

Triangle Energy: oil discovery at Xanadu-1 confirmed

Norwest Energy to lodge Discovery Notice with Minister of Mines Minister of Mines, Industry, Regulation and Safety on behalf of joint venture partners Triangle Energy (Global) Ltd, Whitebark Energy Ltd and 3C Group IC Ltd.

Zion Oil & Gas Israel drilling update
22 Sept 20171 min read

Zion Oil & Gas Israel drilling update

At its Megiddo-Jezreel #1 well in Israel, near the eastern border with Jordan, Zion has reached a depth of approximately 9200 ft (~2800 m) toward a possible total depth of up to ~15 000 ft.

ShaMaran: Atrush development update - spud of CK-7
20 Sept 20171 min read

ShaMaran: Atrush development update - spud of CK-7

CK-7 is located in the central area of the Atrush Block approximately 3 km east of the Atrush 2 producing well and 3.5 km west of the Atrush 3 appraisal well.

Halliburton introduces new drill bit for high energy applications
19 Sept 20172 min read

Halliburton introduces new drill bit for high energy applications

Halliburton has announced the GeoTech HE™, a robust drill bit that incorporates new features and materials to deliver enhanced performance and increased reliability in today’s high energy drilling systems.

Norwest Energy: hydrocarbons encountered at Xanadu-1
18 Sept 20172 min read

Norwest Energy: hydrocarbons encountered at Xanadu-1

Xanadu-1 was drilled as a conventional oil exploration well, designed to test for the presence of hydrocarbons in the Xanadu prospect, located offshore in shallow waters, 40 km south of Dongara, Western Australia.

Weatherford introduces automated pipe makeup and connection evaluation system
15 Sept 20171 min read

Weatherford introduces automated pipe makeup and connection evaluation system

The AutoTong system is the world’s first technology to automate pipe makeup and to provide autonomous connection evaluation.

Altus Intervention and Qinterra Technologies unite to form new global well service company
14 Sept 20172 min read

Altus Intervention and Qinterra Technologies unite to form new global well service company

Qinterra Group’s North Sea well intervention specialist Altus Intervention and its international technology arm, Qinterra Technologies have united to form one global force in well services.

Schlumberger announces new digital well construction planning solution on the Microsoft Cloud
14 Sept 20172 min read

Schlumberger announces new digital well construction planning solution on the Microsoft Cloud

Step change in well construction combining domain expertise and advanced digital technologies delivers a new approach to drilling engineering and planning.

Range Resources spuds new well in Trinidad
13 Sept 20171 min read

Range Resources spuds new well in Trinidad

Range is pleased to advise that the QUN 161 development well in Trinidad successfully spudded on 9 September 2017.

Consent to use Songa Equinox to drill well 31/2-S-24 AY1H at Troll
13 Sept 20171 min read

Consent to use Songa Equinox to drill well 31/2-S-24 AY1H at Troll

Norway's PSA has given Statoil consent to use the Songa Equinox mobile drilling facility to drill well 31/2-S-24 AY1H on the Troll field.

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