Volume 78, Issue 9

Rystad Energy expectsÊthe global oilfield service market to be back at pre-downturn market levels by 2024 with $920 billion of total E&P expenditure for offshore, shale, and conventiona...

With the objective to inject at ultra-high rates for many years and at pressures exceeding the parting pressure of the soft sand formations, two major operators approached CARBO...

Tendeka has been working with a major operator on new sand control/completion technology to help sustain the performance and lifespan of deepwater Gulf of Mexico wells. An initial...

Thermoplastic composite pipe could simplify, cut cost of deepwater architecture

Aquaterra Energy has adapted the piling arrangement for a conductor-supported platform to support installation through high-carbonate soil at a shallow-water field in the southern...

Supply of modern high-specification jackups for shallow-water operations offshore northwest Europe has for the first time surpassed that of traditional 1980s-built jackups, according...

ExxonMobil continues to raise oil estimates from the Stabroek block offshore Guyana following a run of successful exploration wells. Shell has for the first time entered a deepwater...

Two UK operators launch major new North Sea field developments. Others have submitted plans to decommission some of the UK’s oldest offshore production complexes.

Offshore drillers signed 59 new contracts in July, including 16 for terms of one year or more, according to Evercore ISI’s “Offshore Rig Market Snapshot” of August 2018. The report...

McDermott has detailed its modification plans for converting the pipelay and construction vessel Amazon to an ultra-deepwater J-Lay vessel. Stena Drilling has contracted Damen...

Aker Solutions will supply power umbilical systems to CNOOC’s Liuhua oil fields in the South China Sea. Wood has extended the SURF IM Network, which the company formed in 2014...

After taking a beating during the recent downturn, the jackup market in the US Gulf of Mexico is now doing “pretty well,” according to recent analysis by Westwood Global Energy...

Argentina’s government is looking to extend offshore exploration to the country’s West Malvinas basin. Spectrum Geo’s analysis of a recent seismic survey over the area has improved...

Higher oil prices have provided a boost to transactions for the ‘second-hand’ offshore drilling rigs market. Demand is strong for all classes of modern rigs, but prices of recent...

About 53,000 wells have been drilled in the US Gulf of Mexico over the last 70 years. In the first part of this five-part series on GoM well activity, shallow-water and deepwater...

With the arrival of the Appomattox platform to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in May, Shell moved closer to first production. To move that product to market, the Mattox Pipeline...

As has been the case over the last few months, the offshore rig market continues its slow but steady improvement.