Drilling (Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine)

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Discoverer Enterprise restarts containment operations Jun 17, 2010
BP says that CDT, the Discoverer Enterprise resumed containment operations following a short outage caused by a lightning strike at 9:30 Wednesday morning.

North Sea rigs "stack up" Sep 10, 2009
The idling of North Sea oil rigs is occurring despite oil company pleas for lower day rates, and the practice is fast wiping away company drilling ...

Out-of-control Montara leak not from rig: Seadrill Aug 25, 2009
The second-largest offshore drilling contractor in the world, Seadrill, said Tuesday that a leak from a well at the Montara platform off Australia might require ...

Norway rig holdings heat up Jun 16, 2009
Rig round-up:
Fred. Olsen Energy’s rig-managment business Dolphin AS has signed a letter of intent with German oil company RWE Dea’s Norwegian subsidiary for 160 days of drilling with the semi-sub Bredford Dolphin.

Maple Energy reports development of first Seed Cane Plot in Peru

Maple to mobilize drilling rig to the Santa Rosa 1X well-site Apr 1, 2009
Maple Energy provides an update on its reserves, resources and exploration programme.

Baker Hughes up 8%, as “adjustments” loom Jan 28, 2009
Drilling technology company Baker Hughes has posted net income of $432 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, an eight ...

Spot News
Bernanke Pledge on Economy Gives Some Relief to Oil Prices Oil prices recovered some lost ground Friday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed stands ready to do whatever it takes to support economic recovery. BP deploying advanced unmanned water quality monitoring vehicles in GoM As part of its long term monitoring and research program in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is deploying a new technology that will enable nearly constant monitoring by two His Majesty opens ONS 2010 “Over the years, the ONS event has developed into one of the world’s leading energy meeting places.” So said King Harald as he opened ONS 2010 on Tuesday 24 August.

More Drilling
Canadian export credit sought for Norway rigs to Mexico Jan 16, 2009 A rare Norway-based land drilling technology company has signed a pact with Latin American partners to become a drilling contractor within reach of a two-rig hire ... By WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI AGR, oil companies mark mud milestone Oct 13, 2008 BP, Shell, AGR Drilling Services and the Norwegian Research Council have successfully tested a deepwater riserless mud-recovery system, results which could mark a major ... Transocean GSF rig 127 drills deepest extended-reach well May 22, 2008 Transocean Inc. says that the Transocean jackup GSF Rig 127 set a world record for the longest extended-reach well ever drilled at 40,320 feet (12,289 meters) MD (measured depth) with a 35,770-foot (10,902-meter) horizontal section. Seadrill, Transocean fight “dual” court battle Sep 11, 2007 Offshore-drilling heavyweights Transocean and Seadrill have begun appearing in an Oslo court to determine whether Transocean’s patent on “dual-action” drilling has been abused by the Bermuda-based competitor.