Statoil ASA has reached an agreement to use Seadrill’s West Aquarius harsh environment semisubmersible on its 2012-2013 exploratory drilling offshore Newfoundland.
The rig, capable of drilling in as much as 3,000 m of water, will drill two exploratory wells in the Flemish Pass basin and one in the Jeanne d’Arc basin. The rig has been taken on under an assignment from ExxonMobil Deepwater Rig Ltd.
Baker Hughes: US drilling rig count edges up to 1,763
11/27/2013
The US drilling rig count tallied 2 units to reach 1,763 rigs working in the shortened week ended Nov. 27, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. |
Watching Government: Colorado uses collaboration
11/25/2013
Colorado has proposed air pollution rules that would make it the first US state to directly regulate methane emissions associated with oil and gas ...
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Baker Hughes: US drilling rig count edges down to 1,761
11/22/2013
The US drilling rig count dropped a single unit to settle at 1,761 rigs working during the week ended Nov. 22, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. |
Statoil advancing subsea technology efforts
11/22/2013
Statoil’s efforts toward deploying a ‘subsea factory’ by 2020 are advancing, and the anticipated seabed processing systems are expected to yield gr...
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