Oilfield services company, Expro, plans to open a major new base in Tananger, Norway in summer 2015. The 19,000sq m facility will consolidate the company鈥檚 three current Stavanger area locations and house Expro鈥檚 Well Testing and Drill鈥
Norway-based AGR Holdings (AGR) is to be taken over by private equity firm Silverfleet Capital in a deal worth NOK 1,640 million (鈧195 million). The deal is expected to be completed on or around end of August 2014. AGR Holdings is the petroleum services division of Oslo-listed AGR Group鈥
Dallas-based Hunt Oil is planning to drill at least one offshore Benin, Africa. Well services firm AGR has been awarded a contract to provide the well project management services for the drilling, with one firm well and an option for a second鈥
BEARCO International鈥檚 personnel are to joni Wild Well Control's control engineering group, bringing the relief well expertise of John Wright, Jim Woodruff and Bill McElduff on board to enhance the company鈥檚 expertise and capabilities in the engineering鈥
Continual expansion of unconventional oil and gas development seen over the next decade - most notably in the US, but also around the globe - will necessitate steadily increasing proppant sales over the next 10 years. In the US, proppant鈥
Statoil announced further delay in developing the Johan Castberg project, postponing final concept selection on the Barents Sea project until 2015. 鈥淯nfortunately, the exploration campaign has proven less new oil resources in the Castberg area than expected鈥
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. announced on 16 June that the Pharos鈥1 well, located offshore Western Australia, was drilling ahead at 4570 mRT in the 8½-in. hole section. Since last reported on 30 May, the 12¼-in. hole section was drilled 1719m from the 133鈦8-in鈥
FTS International, based in Ft. Worth, Texas, announced today that it has signed a 15-year joint venture agreement with Sinopec Group to bring its well stimulation capabilities and expertise to China. Hydraulic fracturing is recognized as one of the keys to unlocking production in shales鈥
RWE Dea has achieved 30 years oil production in the Gulf of Suez. The company has produced over 640 million bbl of crude during these three decades. Ongoing investments in modern technology and infrastructure have maintained high production levels鈥
UK-based oilfield services company Expro has successfully deployed its new design ExACT (Expro annulus-operated circulating and test tool) in its first live offshore well. The operation, a tubing conveyed perforating 'shoot and pull'鈥
Owen Kratz marks his 60th birthday this year, but he's far from settling down. The CEO of Helix Energy Solutions Group, including the business unit Well Ops, including business unit Well Ops, has the global intervention business in his sights鈥
UK offshore oil and gas industry optimism continues to decline amid rising operating costs and a decline in exploration activity. But, despite the declining optimism, sentiment in the industry still remains positive, according to Oil & Gas UK鈥檚 Q1 2014 Business Sentiment Index鈥
Statoil has exercised a two-year contract extension with Altus Intervention for the provision of mechanical wireline services on Statoil-operated fields and mobile drilling units on the Norwegian continental shelf. The scope of the extended鈥
Oil & Gas UK has released issue 2 of its guidelines on Blowout Preventer (BOP) operations for offshore wells to improve cross industry understanding of well-related issues on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). In addition to providing operators鈥
AGR's software solutions division had signed its first contract with Sakhalin Energy. The three-year deal includes the latest version of AGR's P1 software, as well as maintenance and support services. The software allows operators to maximize performance during well-construction projects鈥
