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Upstream drilling news

Browse the latest upstream drilling news news and articles.

Gardner Denver launches pump for horizontal directional drilling market
23 Jul 20202 min read

Gardner Denver launches pump for horizontal directional drilling market

The GD 250HDD pump expands Gardner Denver’s pump offerings into the wider horizontal directional drilling space for the first time.

Scarabeo 8 resumes drilling activities in Norway
22 Jul 20201 min read

Scarabeo 8 resumes drilling activities in Norway

Saipem and Vår Energi have reached an agreement for the execution of 4 wells to be drilled in the Barents Sea and in the North Sea.

Vår Energi resumes drilling operations
17 Jul 20202 min read

Vår Energi resumes drilling operations

The company is to resume drilling in the Barents Sea and the North Sea.

Rystad Energy: oil and gas drilling set for at least a 20-year low in 2020
15 Jul 20204 min read

Rystad Energy: oil and gas drilling set for at least a 20-year low in 2020

A Rystad Energy analysis shows the number of drilled wells globally is expected to reach around 55 350 this year, the lowest since at least the beginning of the century.

Weatherford lands project management contract with Iraqi Drilling Company
14 Jul 20201 min read

Weatherford lands project management contract with Iraqi Drilling Company

Weatherford will project manage the drilling and completion of 20 wells in the Al-Nasiriyah field in the Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq.

Side-track well to be drilled at Dugong discovery
10 Jul 20201 min read

Side-track well to be drilled at Dugong discovery

Hydrocarbons were discovered at the Dugong well (PL 882), located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, last week.

Deepsea Atlantic rig to drill 12 wells at Johan Sverdrup
7 Jul 20202 min read

Deepsea Atlantic rig to drill 12 wells at Johan Sverdrup

Equinor and its partners have signed a letter of intent with Odfjell Drilling for the Deepsea Atlantic rig to drill 12 wells during phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup field development.

The latest issue of Oilfield Technology is now online
6 Jul 20201 min read

The latest issue of Oilfield Technology is now online

The latest issue of Oilfield Technology begins with a review of the Asia upstream sector.

Spirit Energy drills dry well in Barents Sea
6 Jul 20202 min read

Spirit Energy drills dry well in Barents Sea

Wildcat well 7321/8-2 S was drilled about 110 km north of the Johan Castberg field and about 310 km north of Hammerfest.

Neptune Energy discovers hydrocarbons at Dugong well
3 Jul 20201 min read

Neptune Energy discovers hydrocarbons at Dugong well

Logs and cuttings have identified hydrocarbons and a decision has been made to initiate coring.

Gazprom Neft, Lukoil and Tatneft establish JV
3 Jul 20202 min read

Gazprom Neft, Lukoil and Tatneft establish JV

The partners will be sharing operational and technological competencies for developing hard-to-recover oil reserves in the Orenburg Oblast region of Russia.

Deepsea Stavanger starts mobilisation to Total South Africa campaign
3 Jul 20202 min read

Deepsea Stavanger starts mobilisation to Total South Africa campaign

The semi-submersible rig is due to spud the Luiperd-1 well offshore South Africa by September this year.

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