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Drilling & Completion

(5/11/2008) KCA Deutag wins $100 million in land drilling deals

(5/9/2008) Innamincka fishing for stuck pipe at Crocus South

(5/6/2008) Gazprom to drill off Venezuela with newbuild jackup

(5/6/2008) Ensco 8504 construction set for Keppel FELS

(5/6/2008) Transocean scores another multi-year Enterprise drillship contract

(5/6/2008) New family of coiled-tubing services introduced

(5/5/2008) Integrated Ocean Drilling Program wins DeepStar funding

(5/5/2008) Operators drilling in ever deeper US Gulf waters - MMS

(5/2/2008) Frontera finalizes 2 frac completions on Taribani Field

(5/1/2008) BP contracts 2nd Pride ultra-deepwater drillship

(4/30/2008) Samsung to build another Stena DrillMax drillship

(4/30/2008) Matra contracts 2 Hungary wells to be drilled by Rotary Drilling

(4/28/2008) Fox charters semisubmersible Byford Dolphin

(4/27/2008) Hughes Christensen creates added slot on Congo platform

(4/27/2008) Newbuild jackup SeaWolf Onome launched today

(4/25/2008) Scarabeo 5 okayed to drill Norway's Kristin Field

(4/24/2008) Schlumberger shifting 6 rigs to Mexico for Burgos drilling

(4/24/2008) Ensco to build a 5th ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig

(4/24/2008) Rockhopper prepping to drill North Falkland Basin

(4/21/2008) Workfox adds new jackup to North Sea fleet

(4/18/2008) Pemex receiving bids to drill hundreds of Chicontepec wells

(4/18/2008) New lower cost, less water stim methods developed

(4/17/2008) Centrica lines up Transocean Galaxy II for North Sea work

(4/17/2008) Three Rowan jackups gearing up for major assignments

(4/16/2008) Victory sees dropped casing setback in Texas well

(4/16/2008) Seadrill scores extensions for West Aquarius & West Polaris

(4/16/2008) Aker H-6e hull sails from Dubai to Stord

(4/15/2008) KS Medstar 1 set for Petrobel Mediterranean drilling

(4/15/2008) Aban wins 2-well ExxonMobil contract for jackup

(4/14/2008) Blake contracted to drill Cook Inlet off Alaska

(4/14/2008) Seadrill secures $4.1 billion in contracts for Petrobras

(4/13/2008) Schlumberger scores $85 million Pemex drilling deal

(4/10/2008) Hunt Rig 2 fixed for Central Australia exploratory drilling

(4/9/2008) Sterling contracts Ensco 70 jackup for UK North Sea work

(4/8/2008) Songa Venus contracted to drill Zeus exploration well

(4/8/2008) Innamincka sidetracking Flax-7 well

(4/7/2008) Seadrill's contract for West Ariel cancelled

(4/7/2008) Reliance charters drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2

(4/4/2008) Origin fishing for stuck drillpipe in New Zealand Kupe well

(4/2/2008) Seadrill takes delivery of 2 new semisubmersibles

(4/1/2008) Pride finalizes 5-year contract for drillship Pride Angola

(4/1/2008) PSA consents to StatoilHydro use of Polar Pioneer & West Alpha

(4/1/2008) Aker Drilling wins 5-year Norwegian Sea drilling contract

(3/31/2008) Vantage buying newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship

(3/31/2008) Noble scores $4 billion in drilling deals from Petrobras

(3/30/2008) Rig to drill test well off Namibia delayed in Angola

(3/28/2008) High Arctic sending workover rig to Papua New Guinea

(3/28/2008) Petrojack takes delivery of newbuild jackup rig

(3/27/2008) KS Energy's MedStar 1 wins 3-year charter

(3/27/2008) Transocean's Deepwater Nautilus contract extended

(3/25/2008) Exterra prepping to frac Barnett Shale well in North Texas

(3/24/2008) PetroWorth's New Brunswick well perfed and tested

(3/21/2008) Halliburton stimulating Spears gaswell in West Texas

(3/20/2008) Aban VIII wins 18-well assignment offshore Iran

(3/19/2008) Tethys buys Chinese rig for Kazakh & Tajik drilling

(3/19/2008) USA Superior Energy buying cased hole horizontal rig

(3/19/2008) Awilco takes delivery of 5th ultra premium jackup

(3/17/2008) Baker Oil Tools installs RAM system on North Slope

(3/17/2008) Research study shows 50% growth in offshore drilling by 2011

(3/16/2008) StatoilHydro gets okay to drill with Transocean semi

(3/14/2008) Lundin & Marathon secure Transocean Winner for Norway drilling

(3/14/2008) Tethys obtains rig-sharing agreement from Oilex

(3/14/2008) Sidetrack underway on New Mexico State GC-2

(3/13/2008) Seadrill's newbuild jackup West Ariel wins contract

(3/11/2008) Husky expands offshore Eastern Canada ops with shared rig

(3/11/2008) West Alpha cleared to drill Norwegian Sea well

(3/11/2008) Jura Energy signs long term drilling contract in Pakistan

(3/10/2008) StatoilHydro awards drilling deals to KCA Deutag, Seawell & Odfjell

(3/9/2008) Horizontal wells proven right for Alberta's Basal Quartz

(3/7/2008) Northern's Energy Exerter contracted

(3/7/2008) Ensco ultra-deep semi contracted at $510,000/day

(3/7/2008) StatoilHydro to share rig with Husky & Petro-Canada

(3/7/2008) BG Norge given okay to drill with Bredford Dolphin

(3/6/2008) Petrostar continuing downhole tool test at Maidstone

(3/6/2008) Triangle sees shows in 2 Nova Scotia shall gas wells

(3/4/2008) Mosaic mobilizes Century rig for 2008 drilling campaign

(3/4/2008) Pan Orient & Carnarvon prepping for 27 wells in Thailand

(3/3/2008) Forster Drilling's Rig 15 to work for Limestone Exploration

(3/3/2008) Victory Energy takes delivery of new rig

(2/28/2008) Aban's Deep Driller 5 off to Myanmar

(2/28/2008) Energi Tata Persada providing rig for Puntland drilling project

(2/27/2008) Pride wins Brazil contract extensions for 2 semisubmersibles

(2/26/2008) Songa Venus staying in Australia for ADA drilling

(2/26/2008) Foster Rig 12 deployed in New Mexico

(2/26/2008) Neptune Marine buys Atlantic Venture semisubmersible

(2/25/2008) Another gaswell drilling in Adams-Baggett Canyon

(2/25/2008) Kodiak prepping for New Mexico drilling program

(2/21/2008) Perro Negro 3 drydocked for maintenance & repair

(2/21/2008) Saudi Aramco contracts Rowan jackup for Gulf projects

(2/20/2008) Transocean drillship wins 3-year contract extension

(2/19/2008) Drillship Deep Venture to spud Namibia well next month

(2/19/2008) Regal contracts rigs to drill 2 Ukraine fields

(2/18/2008) Hercules buying 3 Transocean rigs for $320 million

(2/16/2008) Kan Tan IV in tow to new Trinidad drillsite

(2/15/2008) Superior launches new liftboat Superior Liberty

(2/15/2008) Empire sending Hunt rig to Tasmania for 8-well program

(2/15/2008) Providence lines up semisubmersible for Celtic Sea drilling

(2/15/2008) Emerald to drill 3 test wells, 2 development wells in Colombia

(2/14/2008) Transocean Explorer set for 2 years drilling off Sulawesi

(2/12/2008) Dejour completing Drake wells in Canada's Peace River Arch

(2/12/2008) Zagreb 1 semi set for upgrading before Pemex stint

(2/12/2008) Rowan bags McMoRan Blackbeard drilling project

(2/11/2008) Sonda ETX2 rig set for Brazil drilling program

(2/11/2008) Norway's PSA audits Seadrill's new semi West Phoenix

(2/9/2008) Ensco targeting increased rig operations in Mexico

(2/8/2008) Ocean Rig's semi Eirik Raude set for Ghana drilling

(2/8/2008) Maersk Inspirer & Navion Saga set for Volve Field

(2/7/2008) IOEC building 3 land rigs for Iran National Drilling Company

(2/7/2008) ExxonMobil sets new extended reach record at Sakhalin 1

(2/6/2008) Global contracts Saxon rig for 2 wells in Colombia

(2/5/2008) Norway's PSA rejects Rowan Gorilla VI for Norway work

(2/4/2008) BowLeven contracts Trident IV to redrill Cameroon well

(2/3/2008) Bow drilling Orallo North CBM appraisal

(1/31/2008) Helmerich & Payne building 11 new FlexRigs

(1/30/2008) Maersk Contractors takes delivery of new jackup

(1/30/2008) CanArgo completes Manavi acid frac-stim program

(1/29/2008) Gulf Drilling's newbuild jackup completed at Keppel FELS

(1/29/2008) Cased hole horizontal drilling tech unveiled

(1/29/2008) Pride's newbuild ultra-deep drillship contracted for 5 years

(1/28/2008) UIG contracted to drill deep wells for Kuwait Oil

(1/28/2008) ONGC charters Aban Ice drillship for 3-years

(1/28/2008) West Navigator suffers damages during Ormen Lange disconnect

(1/27/2008) ONGC charters 2 Hercules rigs

(1/23/2008) Pride wins Petrobras multi-year ultra-deepwater drillship deal

(1/23/2008) Awilco's WilForce jackup headed for Libyan waters

(1/22/2008) Junex performs Quebec's first frac to evaluate shale gas

(1/21/2008) Imperial to drill 65 producers & test wells in Tomsk

(1/18/2008) Polar Pioneer cleared to drill Norway Barents Sea well

(1/16/2008) Royale Energy employing 2 rigs in California campaign

(1/16/2008) Premier planning 2-year Vietnam drilling program

(1/16/2008) Seadrill's newbuild jackup West Triton sails away

(1/15/2008) GSF Arctic III to drill Petro-Canada's Maria prospect

(1/15/2008) Halliburton to provide modular rig for Shell Gannet project

(1/15/2008) AGR contracts Transocean Prospect for 5 more wells

(1/14/2008) Cygam revving drilling & farmouts on Tunisian operations

(1/14/2008) Seadrill's West Janus jackup staying in Malaysia

(1/13/2008) StatoilHydro to drill with Ocean Vanguard & Transocean Arctic

(1/11/2008) Hercules 152 set to drill Texas' Pompano project

(1/10/2008) Century Rig 7 contracted by Mosaic for 2008 campaign

(1/10/2008) Atwood Eagle & Richmond win new assignments

(1/10/2008) StatoilHydro drilling at Sleipner West

(1/9/2008) Cubic drilling and completing Louisiana wells

(1/8/2008) Rowan set for 6 months drilling off eastern Canada

(1/8/2008) Production testing set for Inke discoveries in Hungary

(12/13/2007) Corridor suffers well fraccing technical problems

(12/13/2007) Dejour starts winter drilling in Alberta & British Columbia

(12/12/2007) Corridor fraccing Prince Edward & New Brunswick wells

(12/12/2007) TNK-BP awards long term contracts for drilling & workover rigs

(12/10/2007) Exterra completes frac stim of Texas Barnett Shale well

(12/9/2007) Songa Mercur to stay off Australia till January '09

(12/6/2007) Marathon charters Noble semi for US Gulf work

(12/6/2007) Fire-damaged Noble drillship out of commission (update)

(12/5/2007) Two Hercules jackups contracted for offshore India

(12/4/2007) Polar Pioneer to drill Barents Sea exploration well

(12/3/2007) China's Baoji builds rig to drill 12,000-meter wells

(12/3/2007) Activa successfully fracs two new Texas wells

(12/3/2007) Triangle completing slickwater frac in Nova Scotia shale project

(12/3/2007) Diamond wins $2.3 billion in contract extensions for 4 semis

(11/30/2007) Halliburton to perf, cement, & log Sun River wells in New Mexico

(11/29/2007) Ocean Victory to drill Callon's US Gulf Entrada producers

(11/28/2007) Atwood semi set for offshore Italy drilling for Eni Agip

(11/28/2007) Delivery of 2 Aker H-6e drilling rigs delayed

(11/27/2007) Hercules sells its fleet of land drilling rigs

(11/26/2007) Awilco's newbuild semi WilPioneer contracted by BP

(11/21/2007) Serica charters rig for 2 test wells offshore Indonesia

(11/21/2007) Aban pays $211 million for Fred Olsen semisubmersible

(11/20/2007) CanArgo frac & stim on Georgia discovery set

(11/19/2007) Neptune Explorer enroute to Bengal Bay for Reliance

(11/19/2007) Southern Star completes frac of Louisiana Cotton Valley well

(11/19/2007) Anadarko tied down ultra-deepwater Discoverer Spirit

(11/16/2007) Crosco rigs enroute to Egypt for RWE-Dea

(11/15/2007) Kan Tan IV almost ready to return to Trinidad

(11/13/2007) Coastal contracts Swiber rig for offshore Thailand

(11/13/2007) Pertamina's Elnusa pairs for Sumatra project

(11/12/2007) Scorpion takes delivery of new rig, wins contract for another

(11/12/2007) Paradigm shows new integrated well planning & drilling suite

(11/12/2007) Assisted geosteering technology optimizes well placement

(11/12/2007) Schlumberger releases new hydraulic frac diagnostics

(11/12/2007) Saipem wins 5-year Eni contract for newbuilt Scarabeo 9

(11/12/2007) Caledus developing slimmer well technology

(11/9/2007) Stena DrillMAX launched at Samsung Heavy Industries

(11/8/2007) Apexindo's Rig 5 contracted to drill in East Kalimantan

(11/8/2007) Dolphin drillship renewed for 3 more years at $575 million

(11/7/2007) Eni given go-ahead to drill with Transocean Leader

(11/6/2007) Lost pipe & formation damage halts Bengara II drilling

(11/5/2007) Rig received by Aminex sub for offshore Tanzania wells

(11/2/2007) New Shingli Bohai rig set for 18-month Egypt drilling project

(11/2/2007) Samson stimulating Stage Coach East test well

(11/2/2007) AGR taps Ensco 80 to sub for Ensco 100

(11/1/2007) Rowan orders 4 Super 116E jackups from AmFELS

(10/31/2007) March's spud of northern Chile well delayed

(10/31/2007) Antrim secures rig for Fyne drilling in UK North Sea

(10/30/2007) Canadian Superior recovers BOP for repair (update)

(10/30/2007) StatoilHydro to employ Deepsea Delta for Oseberg Delta wells

(10/26/2007) PDVSA charters drillship for Mariscal Sucre project

(10/25/2007) Goldnev completes oil shale core hole drilling in Saskatchewan

(10/24/2007) Transocean buys stake in JV & 2 drillships

(10/24/2007) DNO gets go-ahead for Bredford Dolphin to drill

(10/23/2007) Santos exercises option to extend Songa Mercur contract

(10/23/2007) Hydrodrilling contracted to drill 3 Italian wells for Po Valley

(10/23/2007) AGR to test riserless mud recovery on Shell's Miri Field

(10/23/2007) Petromena sub acquiring semi Petrolia

(10/23/2007) StatoilHydro contracts Transocean semi for four years

(10/19/2007) CNOOC's first deepwater rig to be delivered in 2011

(10/18/2007) Petrolia semi enroute to Mexican waters for Pemex project

(10/17/2007) Holloman taps Hunt Rig 3 for 3 South Australia wells

(10/17/2007) Transocean Arctic okayed for 2 Draugen wells

(10/17/2007) Semi Leiv Eiriksson pauses in Las Palmas

(10/16/2007) PTSC successfully launches platform rig

(10/15/2007) Shell & Frontier to build new deepwater & Arctic drillship

(10/15/2007) ONGC to charter Ocean Rig's deepwater rigs for five years

(10/15/2007) India's Jindal Drilling wins ONGC contract for newbuild

(10/11/2007) Lynden spuds 1st of 6 Utah Paradox Basin wells

(10/10/2007) Patterson-UTI acquires 3 SCR electric drilling rigs

(10/9/2007) PACE Mitchell to drill China's 1st Dymaxion test CBM well

(10/9/2007) Rig arrives offshore New Zealand to drill Kupe gasfield project

(10/4/2007) StatoilHydro gets okay to drill with Polar Pioneer & West Epsilon

(10/4/2007) Maersk receives 1st contract for high efficiency jackup rig 1

(10/4/2007) Cougar contracts Mitchell to drill coal gasification project

(10/3/2007) Drilling liner run through tar section in US Gulf well

(10/2/2007) Lexington secures shallow gas drilling contract

(10/1/2007) Dragon dual drilling on Dzheitune Field in Caspian Sea

(9/27/2007) BrazAlta completes 5-well drilling program in Brazil

(9/26/2007) Heartland initiates 2nd phase of Kansas CBM drilling

(9/25/2007) Lundin given go-ahead to drill with Maersk Giant

(9/25/2007) Hess contracts Stena's DrillMax III for 5 years

(9/25/2007) Great South Land Minerals tenders drilling of 8 wells

(9/25/2007) PA Resources contracts Ensco rig for Tunisia drilling

(9/24/2007) Japan drilling upgrades Hakuryu 5 drilling rig

(9/21/2007) Nexen contracts Ensco 8502 semisubmersible for US Gulf

(9/19/2007) Foothills prepping to drill Texas & California wells

(9/17/2007) Keppel FELS delivers West Atlas to Seadrill

(9/17/2007) Consul drilling of Marciano-1 sidetrack in southern Italy

(9/13/2007) Aban paying $211 million for Bulford Dolphin semisubmersible

(9/12/2007) Atwood to upgrade its submersible rig Richmond

(9/12/2007) Ocean Rig's semi Leiv Eiriksson enroute to North Sea

(9/11/2007) GlobalSantaFe orders new ultra-deep drillship

(9/10/2007) Seadrill signs 5-year contract for West Capella drillship

(9/10/2007) Quipo rig chartered to drill Oilex's Bhandut producers

(9/6/2007) Abbot receives $147 million in contracts & extensions

(9/5/2007) Noble takes delivery of new high-spec jackup

(9/5/2007) PPL to build Egyptian Drilling deep drilling jackup

(9/5/2007) Ascent gets priority access to Perazzoli rigs

(9/5/2007) New monophasic bottomhole sample carrier deployed

(9/3/2007) Centrica signs rig contract for Norwegian licenses

(9/3/2007) Maersk Giant spuds Storskrymten & Grytkollen well

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