Halliburton鈥檚 Alan Marr examines how fluid advances can enable more efficient well clean-outs. An example of a successful displacement is recognized by bright, clean pipes indicating clean casing and fluid鈥
Statoil has received consent from Norway鈥檚 Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Songa Encourage semisubmersible drilling rig for the drilling and completion of wells at Åsgard and Heidrun in the Norwegian Sea. The consent covers production drilling鈥
Completions systems and services provide Tendeka has won a four-year contract with Wintershall Norge with a further four-year extension option. The company has been selected to supply sand screens for wells in the Maria, Brage, Skarfjell鈥
Ken Richardson and Ian Simpson, of ABS, review current deepwater drillship designs and technologies. Friede & Goldman鈥檚 DS3810 deepwater drillship design, which is being evaluated by ABS for AIP鈥
Weatherford鈥檚 Snorre Lutnes examines managed pressure drilling applications across key regions. MPD deployment. Images from Weatherford. Once reserved as a last resort for wells defined as undrillable鈥
Eni has expanded the adoption of Halliburton Landmark鈥檚 DecisionSpace Geosciences across its exploration business units worldwide. Eni decided to expand the utilization of Landmark鈥檚 solution in order to improve efficiency through integration and cross-disciplinary collaboration鈥
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Statoil consent to use the Stena Don mobile drilling facility for drilling and completion of wells 35/11-B-22 and B-13 in the Fram field in the North Sea. Fram is an oil field in the northern North Sea around 20km north of Troll鈥
Geolog International and Quad Operations, also known as QO Inc. (Quad), have entered into a strategic partnership alliance to leverage each other鈥檚 respective capabilities in providing a broader spectrum of services to their client base. Geolog鈥
Schlumberger (SLB) has introduced the ACTive Q CT real-time downhole flow measurement service, which delivers real-time injection diagnostics and treatment evaluation in one run in a well. 鈥淔luid injection monitoring and placement often鈥
Halliburton鈥檚 Production Solutions business line has introduced Spectrum Real-Time Coiled Tubing Services. Spectrum Real-Time Coiled Tubing Services comprises two complementary offerings: Spectrum Diagnostic Services and Spectrum Intervention Services鈥
Antelope Oil Tool (AOT), a manufacturer and supplier of casing and cementation equipment, has successfully run their CentraMax RT1 centralizer in ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico, in a deviated and under-reamed wellbore. A customer faced鈥
XACT Downhole Telemetry deployed six deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) deployments that provided real-time downhole data during a deepwater completion installation with BP. BP successfully accessed real-time downhole data throughout the well鈥檚 completion鈥
Elaine Maslin examines some of the potential uses for nanoscale manufacturing in the oil and gas industry. Image provided by Repsol. Source: 'Commercial scale production of inorganic nanoparticles鈥
Expro secured a new framework agreement with Statoil in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The agreement, for three years with options to extend for three, two-year periods will see Expro provide subsea services and well control systems鈥
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. has signed a joint development agreement with Hunting Energy Services鈥 Titan division to develop new autonomous tools technology focused on well construction and intervention efficiency. The two Houston鈥
