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Drilling & Completion
(3/18/2010) Third Candelilla well in Colombia cased for development
(3/17/2010) Afren picks up Transocean jackup for wells off Nigeria
(3/17/2010) Statoil contracts Bideford Dolphin semi for 3 years
(3/17/2010) Seadrill's West Epsilon contracted for 4 years
(3/16/2010) AWE's Hoki well in New Zealand suspended for rig repair
(3/16/2010) ExxonMobil taking newbuilt drillship to Turkish Black Sea
(3/16/2010) Det Norske gets okay to drill with Bredford Dolphin
(3/15/2010) Peneszlek well in Hungary suspended for repairs
(3/15/2010) Chevron lines up Pacific Santa Ana drillship for US Gulf
(3/15/2010) AGR & Chevron developing dual gradient drilling system
(3/15/2010) COSCO contracted to construct Sevan Brasil drilling rig
(3/15/2010) Xtreme Coil awarded Saudi Arabia contract for 2 rigs
(3/14/2010) EnCore Oil prepping to drill UK North Sea Catcher prospect
(3/12/2010) US drilling activity higher by 11 rigs
(3/11/2010) Ensign contracted for 20 wells in Colorado's Wattenberg Field
(3/11/2010) Petro-Canada picks KCA Deutag to drill Libya wells
(3/11/2010) Europa fails to access Hykeham-1Z reservoir
(3/11/2010) Chevron deploys new ultra-deepwater drillship in US Gulf
(3/9/2010) Friendly sets up its own drilling subsidiary
(3/9/2010) Talisman gets okay to drill with Transocean Winner
(3/8/2010) Anadarko signs over Ocean Monarch to Cobalt
(3/8/2010) CPTDC does $143 million rig deal with Iran
(3/8/2010) Songa Mercur set for Sakhalin work under Gazflot
(3/8/2010) Newbuild Transocean drillship starts 5-year stint with Reliance
(3/5/2010) ExxonMobil gets okay to drill with Aker Barents
(3/5/2010) International rig count up further in February
(3/5/2010) COSL to drill 2nd step-out well in East China Sea
(3/4/2010) Wintershall gets consent to drill in Norwegian Sea
(3/3/2010) CNOOC semi Hai Yang Shi You 981 launched
(3/3/2010) Gastar East Texas Bossier well being sidetracked
(3/2/2010) Diamond semis & drillship win $1.4 billion in new contracts
(3/2/2010) Patterson-UTI to drill for Caza on Texas gasfield
(3/1/2010) Turkish Petroleum to drill Iraq's Rumalia development wells
(2/28/2010) Two tender rigs completed for Seadrill fleet
(2/26/2010) US drilling activity jumps with 28 more rigs working
(2/26/2010) Rig shortage thwarts Uganda drilling operations
(2/23/2010) Pride dedicates 1st of 4 new deepwater drillships
(2/21/2010) MIS delivers newbuild jackup KS Endeavor
(2/21/2010) US drilling activity virtually unchanged last week
(2/18/2010) Petrolifera clears blocked tubing string in Colombia test well
(2/18/2010) ProspEx completes 3rd East Kakwa horizontal well
(2/17/2010) Ivanhoe taps down 15 delineation wells at Tamarack
(2/17/2010) Ten companies to bid for drilling 56 wells in Iraqi field
(2/16/2010) East Texas Haynesville/Bossier well hits 14/1 million cf/d
(2/16/2010) Sperry Rand to drill Peng Lai production wells off China
(2/16/2010) Statoil extends Odfjell, KCA Deutag & Seawell drilling contracts
(2/16/2010) West Alpha approved to drill Centrica Norwegian Sea well
(2/15/2010) FOGL joins Desire Petroleum in Ocean Guardian rig share
(2/14/2010) Bayside gearing up for Loma Novia wells in South Texas
(2/12/2010) Saxon signs to drill Rio Verde well in Colombia
(2/12/2010) US drilling activity surpasses that of a year ago
(2/12/2010) Saipem picks up 4 new contracts for 3 of its rigs
(2/12/2010) Seadrill newbuild drillship wins 2-year contract
(2/11/2010) Atwood semisubmersible sidelined for repairs
(2/11/2010) GSF Galaxy II to drill Ithaca's Stella appraisal
(2/11/2010) OGX signs 1-year charter for Diamond Offshore semi
(2/10/2010) Primeline charters COSL jackup for East China Sea well
(2/9/2010) Rigs tied down for 2 North Sea exploration wells
(2/9/2010) Unit sells 8 idle drilling rigs for $23.9 million
(2/9/2010) InterOil buys 2nd drilling rig for Papua New Guinea operations
(2/8/2010) Number of US active rigs up 6th consecutive week
(2/8/2010) Songa Venus heading to Australia's Browse Basin
(2/7/2010) CGX seeking rig to drill Guyana exploration well
(2/7/2010) US Corps of Engineers denies NPRA permit to ConocoPhillips
(2/5/2010) International rig count up to 1,047 in January
(2/4/2010) New subsea well intervention records set
(2/3/2010) Crosco's semi Zagreb 1 waiting hire in Mexican Gulf
(2/2/2010) Keppel AmFELS delivers jackup Tuxpan
(2/2/2010) Ocean Guardian to drill 2 Falklands wells for Rockhopper
(2/2/2010) Statoil extends Baker Hughes & Schlumberger drilling contracts
(2/1/2010) Offshore Mischief set for Brazil in April
(2/1/2010) Pemex picks CICSA to drill 100 wells
(2/1/2010) Senergy launching well performance prediction tool
(2/1/2010) Serica lines up Ensco 80 jackup for Conan well
(1/29/2010) Number of US active rigs up 5th consecutive week
(1/28/2010) Brazil's ANP forces Devon to keep drilling
(1/28/2010) Dragon contracts newbuild M2 jackup from Yantai Raffles
(1/28/2010) Integra delivers 11 heavy rigs to Gazprom sub
(1/27/2010) Vietsovpetro building 2 drilling platforms for Bach Ho
(1/27/2010) Aramco contracts jackup from Keppel FELS
(1/27/2010) Matra working to solve Sokolovskoye drilling difficulties
(1/25/2010) Newbuild semi Aker Spitsbergen off to Norwegian Sea
(1/25/2010) Solimar trying to free stuck drillstring in California well
(1/25/2010) Drilling resumes on Don Southwest sidetrack in UK North Sea
(1/24/2010) Number of US active rigs up fourth consecutive week
(1/24/2010) Borgsten Dolphin to drill in West of Shetland area
(1/22/2010) Crimson contracts 2 land rigs for Texas drilling
(1/21/2010) Tiancheng to drill 25 wells in PetroChina field
(1/21/2010) Stena Spey drilling off Shetlands for TAQA Bratani
(1/21/2010) Norway's PSA okay's Statoil & ExxonMobil exploratory drilling
(1/20/2010) Atwood Southern Cross to drill off Tunisia
(1/19/2010) Ensco adds new ultra-deepwater semisubmersible
(1/18/2010) TerraWest taps down 3 China CBM wells
(1/17/2010) US active drilling rigs rise by 28 to 1,248
(1/17/2010) BassDrill Alpha tender-assist drilling barge delivered
(1/17/2010) December international rig count shows recovery
(1/15/2010) Parted tie-back string suspends Empyrean's Sugarloaf Project
(12/15/2009) AnTech adds wellhead outlet for high temp wells
(12/15/2009) New technology tested by Statoil for unstable formations
(12/14/2009) Keppel FELS to deliver Seadrill semi before yearend
(12/14/2009) China's NEP sub to drill 30 new wells for PetroChina
(12/12/2009) US active rigs rise by 20 to a total of 1,161
(12/11/2009) Record subsea well intervention achieved by Shell & Oceaneering
(12/10/2009) Storm Ventures drilling offshore Tunisia hits a snag
(12/9/2009) West Larissa to remain in Vietnam another year
(12/8/2009) Scarabeo 5 okayed for Statoil production wells
(12/7/2009) Ensco 8502 ultra-deepwater semi set for early '10 delivery
(12/7/2009) 42 more land rigs & 17 more offshore rigs in November
(12/4/2009) Four more US working rigs raises total to 1,141
(12/4/2009) Petrofac drilling sidetrack on UK's Don Southwest Field
(12/4/2009) NEP orders new 4,000-meter land rig for fleet
(12/4/2009) Downhole HP/HT power generator developed
(12/4/2009) Seadrill's West Atlas total loss in Montara well fire (update)
(12/3/2009) Aramco recognizes ALC's Rigless ESP technology
(12/3/2009) Synergy sets 24-well Colorado winter drilling program
(12/2/2009) Petrolifera to unblock La Pinta-1X wellbore in Colombia
(11/30/2009) Atwood Richmond wins US Gulf well contract
(11/27/2009) Reliance to charter out 2nd drillship for 20 wells
(11/27/2009) 41% of active US land rigs are operating in Texas
(11/27/2009) Three rigs receive PSA consent to drill off Norway
(11/25/2009) Junex completes 1st propane shale frac in Eastern Canada
(11/25/2009) Rowan Gorilla VI accepted to drill offshore Norway
(11/25/2009) Transocean's Development Driller III at work in US Gulf
(11/25/2009) Corridor concludes frac & clean-up of New Brunswick producer
(11/25/2009) Talisman gets okay to drill with Maersk Guardian
(11/24/2009) Sevan Driller sailing for Brazil on completion of sea trials
(11/24/2009) Nafta Pila to drill Aurelian's Siekierki Project in Poland
(11/23/2009) Keppel upgrading Noble drillships based in Brazil
(11/23/2009) Noble jackup arrives off Nigeria for Akepo drilling
(11/22/2009) US rig count rises for 5th consecutive week
(11/19/2009) Jindal contracts Noble jackup for 5 years with ONGC
(11/18/2009) Drill tower for Shell/Frontier newbuild drillship on the way
(11/18/2009) BP Norge to drill on Skarv Field with Borgland Dolphin
(11/17/2009) Falklands drilling campaign set to get underway
(11/16/2009) PV Drilling III departs for Vietnam's Bach Ho Field
(11/16/2009) Atwood's Vicksburg wins 3-month Thailand extension
(11/16/2009) Transocean puts newbuild drillship to work in US Gulf
(11/13/2009) US active rigs up 23 to a total of 1,101
(11/13/2009) Northern gets extension for jackup Energy Endeavour
(11/11/2009) Songa Trym to drill for Statoil in Norwegian North Sea
(11/11/2009) US BLM bumps up drilling fee 62%
(11/11/2009) Statoil contracts 2 semis at 2006 dayrates
(11/11/2009) Songa Mercur under tow to Timor Sea
(11/10/2009) Atwood's Southern Cross to drill offshore Tunisia
(11/9/2009) Wallis Drilling set for Pedirka Basin 5-well CSG project
(11/6/2009) Crosco exercises option on Diamond Offshore jackup
(11/6/2009) PPL Shipyard takes ownership of Seadrill jackup
(11/6/2009) International rig count down 3 at 986
(11/5/2009) Bronco selling drilling rigs to CanElson
(11/5/2009) InterOil retrieves lost drillstring in PNG Antelope-2
(11/4/2009) Major Drilling Rig P52 set for five-well Icon program
(11/3/2009) Statoil gets okay to drill with Scarabeo 5
(11/3/2009) Arena adds a 4th rig in Texas development project
(11/2/2009) Winter halts drilling operations in Mongolia
(11/1/2009) US active rigs grew last week to 1,069
(10/29/2009) Jurong turns out another Bingo 9000 semisubmersible
(10/29/2009) Baker Hughes runs 24-stage completion in Williston Basin
(10/28/2009) Det Norske gets okay to drill with Songa Delta
(10/27/2009) Atwood Richmond semi to drill in US Gulf
(10/27/2009) Keppel FELS delivers new jackup & semi
(10/27/2009) Varel launches series of slimhole roller cone drillbits
(10/25/2009) Scorpion Offshore jackup set for Trinidad drilling program
(10/23/2009) US active rigs grew last week by eight
(10/22/2009) StatoilHydro gets go-ahead to drill with Ocean Vanguard
(10/22/2009) Petro Matad preparing multi-well program in Mongolia
(10/21/2009) PSA okays 3 semis for Norwegian North Sea drilling
(10/20/2009) Enterra prepping for Alberta Cardium multi-year drilling
(10/19/2009) Newbuild drillship Petrobras 10000 goes to work off Angola
(10/19/2009) Two semis approved to drill in Norwegian North Sea
(10/19/2009) FieldPoint recompletes New Mexico Crazy Horse well
(10/18/2009) Keppel delivers 1st of 4 Rowan super jackups
(10/18/2009) US active rigs last week dropped by one
(10/17/2009) Ophir charters drillship to drill Tanzania's Mafia Basin
(10/16/2009) OGX adds 5th semi to Brazilian drilling fleet
(10/16/2009) Scorpion demobilizing jackup under contract to Gazprom
(10/16/2009) Deepwater semi Ensco 8501 operating in US Gulf
(10/16/2009) Stetson draws a duster in North Dakota Bakken well
(10/15/2009) Corridor prepping to frac New Brunswick well
(10/15/2009) Improved drilling tech yielding good results for StatoilHydro
(10/14/2009) Saudi Aramco using in-situ laser to perf wells
(10/13/2009) Hungary's Foldeak-1 to be fractured again
(10/12/2009) Aramco to contract South Ghawar drilling services
(10/12/2009) Suncor drilling with Songa Delta wins PSA approval
(10/9/2009) Acoustic telemetry MWD applied in Equitable gaswells
(10/9/2009) Transocean stacks 22 jackups & 2 semis
(10/8/2009) HT/HP logging & HSFT tool evaluates Shell well in Libya
(10/7/2009) Reliance to halt exploration if drilling moratorium not granted
(10/7/2009) New Hughes Christensen PDC bits engineered for stability
(10/7/2009) International rig count up 39 from August
(10/6/2009) Seadrill scores 2-well assignment off Sudan
(10/6/2009) Drydocks World delivers Perro Negro 6 jackup
(10/5/2009) Rowan resuming 4th jackup rig construction
(10/5/2009) Last week's US working rigs up to 1,024
(10/5/2009) Greymouth adds Tiger rig to New Zealand fleet
(10/4/2009) Drillship Neptune Explorer upgrade completed
(10/4/2009) Desire lines up Ocean Guardian for Falkland Drilling
(10/1/2009) Atwood Beacon set to drill for Hess off Equatorial Guinea
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