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Drilling & Completion

(8/31/2010) Noble Ton van Langeveld to drill Kittiwake wells

(8/30/2010) TNK-BP drills 67 wells so far this year in West Siberia fields

(8/29/2010) Statoil to drill North Sea test well with Ocean Vanguard

(8/28/2010) US drilling expands 12th consecutive week

(8/26/2010) NPD grants Total & Statoil separate North Sea drilling permits

(8/25/2010) Ensco takes possession of Ensco 69 jackup

(8/25/2010) Pride dedicates 2nd of 4 new deepwater drillships

(8/24/2010) Crosco providing 2nd rig to Bankers for Albania drilling

(8/24/2010) Synergy completes 36-well DJ Basin drilling program

(8/23/2010) China building world's largest deepwater drilling rig

(8/20/2010) US rotary rig count grows another 11 rigs this week

(8/20/2010) Cairn contracts Aban II jackup for work off India

(8/20/2010) Xcite switches rigs & alters work in Bentley Field development

(8/20/2010) Total gets go-ahead to drill with Ocean Vanguard

(8/17/2010) President Petroleum contracts Ensign rig for South Australia well

(8/17/2010) Halliburton contracted to drill 15 wells in Iraq's Majnoon Field

(8/17/2010) Shell gets approval to use Seadrill drillship on Ormen Lange

(8/16/2010) Kencana newbuild tender rig set for work off Sabah

(8/16/2010) Zavanna sets Rodney well short of running depth

(8/13/2010) US rotary rig count leaps by 35 this week

(8/13/2010) Seadrill posting 4 rigs to Venezuela, Vietnam, and Indonesia

(8/11/2010) Aban Abraham off to Brazil for 5 years

(8/10/2010) Openhole clad system stabilizes shale section in Oman well

(8/9/2010) Noble to build 2nd Globetrotter ultra-deepwater drillship

(8/7/2010) US rotary rig count rises by 19 this week

(8/6/2010) Alamo joins Allied in West Virginia re-entry program

(8/3/2010) Two Transocean semis approved for Norwegian drilling

(8/1/2010) US rotary rig count rises by 1 this week

(7/30/2010) RWE-Dea gets okay to drill with Bredford Dolphin

(7/30/2010) Seadrill's West Hercules staying 6 more months off China

(7/29/2010) Helmerich & Payne to build & operate 9 new FlexRigs

(7/28/2010) Lamprell to build 2 new jackups for Abu Dhabi NDC

(7/27/2010) Pemex postponing drilling in US border area of Gulf of Mexico

(7/27/2010) KCA Deutag's RDS wins AIOC Chirag drilling contract

(7/26/2010) Petroceltic picks Dalma to drill 4 Algeria wells

(7/23/2010) Keppel Fels delivering West Callisto jackup to Seadrill

(7/23/2010) US rotary rig count up by 14 this week

(7/23/2010) Mitra contracts Transocean jackup for Indonesia well

(7/22/2010) Japex & Petronas to contract drilling on Iraq's al-Gharraf Field

(7/22/2010) GSPC orders self-erecting platform rig

(7/22/2010) MEO lines up Songa Venus for Artemis exploration well

(7/22/2010) Tap delaying drilling of Brunei well due to rig defects

(7/21/2010) Vantage to manage ultra-deepwater drillship Dalian Developer

(7/21/2010) Dong & ConocoPhillips get okay to use Maersk rigs

(7/21/2010) CanElson JV adds another rig to Mexico drilling project

(7/20/2010) Petroceltic petitions to suspend Italian permit drilling commitment

(7/20/2010) Polar Pioneer approved to work on Statoil's Statfjord Field

(7/19/2010) Apache shallow water US Gulf well gets go-ahead

(7/19/2010) NuCoastal extends lease for Atwood jackup

(7/19/2010) Seadrill's West Orion starts drilling off Brazil

(7/16/2010) Four more rotary rigs at work onshore USA

(7/15/2010) Completion set for 2 Newfoundland Bay St George wildcat wells

(7/15/2010) West Venture to drill on Norway's Troll Field

(7/13/2010) Diamond sends semi out of US Gulf to West Africa

(7/13/2010) US Interior Department issues new deepwater drilling suspension

(7/12/2010) Ten new land rigs in operation hike US rig count

(7/11/2010) GSP Jupiter goes to work for Melrose in Black Sea

(7/9/2010) PetroChina drilling record depth well in Tarim Basin

(7/9/2010) Statoil gets permission to drill with Transocean Leader

(7/9/2010) Burullus contracts Ocean Endeavor to work off Egypt

(7/8/2010) India grants rig holiday to end of December

(7/8/2010) Worldwide rig count up 109 in June to 2,859

(7/7/2010) Chevron withdraws force majeure on Hercules jackup

(7/7/2010) Diamond sells hi-spec jackup rig to Ensco

(7/6/2010) Diamond receives 2 more force majeure declarations

(7/6/2010) H&P contracted to build & operate 7 new FlexRigs

(7/5/2010) Drillship Energy Searcher back in Vietnamese waters

(7/2/2010) US onshore drilling continues to grow

(7/2/2010) Two Savanna rigs demobilizing from Chicontepec, Mexico

(7/2/2010) Xcite contracts Ocean Nomad for Bentley Field well

(7/1/2010) Norway's PSA rejects Premier's Gardrofa drilling application

(6/30/2010) ONGC looking for 10 land rigs, 4 jackup rigs

(6/30/2010) Petrominerales drilling producers & test wells in Colombia

(6/30/2010) Seadrill takes delivery of new deepwater drillship

(6/29/2010) Vantage completing Pinedale Anticline Field in Wyoming

(6/29/2010) New method of hydraulic fracturing maximizes output

(6/29/2010) Songa Delta okayed to drill for Det Norske

(6/29/2010) Chattanooga shale test well frac in July

(6/28/2010) Chevron declares force majeure on Hercules jackup

(6/28/2010) Statoil contracts Stena Don for three years work off Norway

(6/27/2010) BP to drill deepwater wells offshore Libya

(6/27/2010) Onshore US drilling keeps on expanding with 13 more rigs

(6/25/2010) Deepsea Stavanger contracted for Tanzania's 1st deepwater wells

(6/25/2010) Crimson drilling producers in Texas' Haynesville/Mid-Bossier

(6/25/2010) Apache declares force majeure on Rowan rig in US Gulf

(6/24/2010) Noble pens interim arrangement for sidelined deepwater semi

(6/24/2010) Judge denies stay request, Interior issuing new moratorium

(6/24/2010) Atwood Beacon set to drill off Suriname & Guyana

(6/21/2010) Two wells set for New Mexico's East Lusk Federal Field

(6/21/2010) Molopo kicking off 3-rig Canadian drilling program

(6/20/2010) US working rigs up this week by 12 to 1,539

(6/17/2010) ADX charters semi to drill test well off Tunisia

(6/16/2010) Statoil declares force majeure on US Gulf rig contracts

(6/15/2010) Yangarra concludes Glauconite well flowtest

(6/15/2010) Winstar contracts H&P rig for southern Tunisia well

(6/15/2010) ConocoPhillips employing Maersk Innovator on Ekofisk

(6/14/2010) Atwood Beacon to drill off Cote d'Ivoire for Edison

(6/14/2010) Lundin gets go-ahead to drill well with the Transocean Winner

(6/11/2010) US onshore drilling up, offshore down

(6/11/2010) Treaty preparing for 2nd Tennessee workover

(6/9/2010) Mosaic's frac of Churchie doesn't meet expectations

(6/8/2010) Callon adds 2nd rig in Texas Permian Basin Wolfberry play

(6/7/2010) CNOOC implementing offshore inspections post Gulf spill

(6/7/2010) May international rig count up 97 over last year

(6/4/2010) Noble not accepting Anadarko's force majeure on rig

(6/4/2010) ATP completing Telemark well, suspending Canyon Express well

(6/3/2010) Anadarko halts 1 US Gulf deepwater well, 2 others on hold

(6/3/2010) Shell suspends deepwater US Gulf drilling

(6/3/2010) Seadrill semi starts work in US Gulf for BP

(6/2/2010) Chevron shutting down US Gulf deepwater drilling

(6/2/2010) Songa Venus BOP failure being rectified

(6/2/2010) Statoil bringing 2 deepwater US Gulf wells to halt

(6/2/2010) RWE Dea gets go-ahead to drill Norwegian Sea prospect

(6/1/2010) Expanded consent for further drilling with Borgland Dolphin given

(6/1/2010) Mosaic encouraged by early response to Churchie well frac

(5/31/2010) Exillon taps down 2 Jurassic West Siberian producers in Russia

(5/30/2010) US drilling ops just keep on growing

(5/28/2010) Det Norske gets approval to drill with Bredford Dolphin

(5/27/2010) Taymyrnefterazbedka drilling Baykalovksoye-2 for Rosneft

(5/26/2010) Honghua inks $55 million rig contracts with Russian operators

(5/26/2010) Det Norske gets go-ahead to drill with Songa Delta

(5/26/2010) JKX contracts Weatherford rig for Bulgaria wells

(5/25/2010) Scorpion rig to drill off Venezuela beginning next month

(5/25/2010) WesternZagros' Kurdamir-1 well still raging out of control

(5/25/2010) Varel deploys new PDC cutter testing tools

(5/25/2010) EMS to build mobile modular workover unit

(5/25/2010) TAQA contracts KCA Deutag for Netherlands drilling

(5/21/2010) US working rigs up 14 from last week

(5/21/2010) AnTech producing coiled tubing directional drilling tool

(5/21/2010) Maersk Convincer jackup set for Vietnam's Cuu Long drilling

(5/18/2010) Diamond Offshore jackup contracted for Brazil

(5/18/2010) Ensco jackup contracted by Chevron for shallow US Gulf work

(5/18/2010) Tethys' KOM200 Tajik flow test halted by stuck drillstring

(5/17/2010) Breitling re-enters Jefferson County, Texas well

(5/16/2010) PDVSA & Alban to refloat the sunken Aban Pearl (update)

(5/16/2010) US working rigs up 14 from last week

(5/13/2010) Statoil to drill with West Alpha on Alve Field

(5/13/2010) TAG Oil bumps up Cheal well output with NZ's 1st frac-stim

(5/12/2010) Songa Mercur contracted for 44 days work off China

(5/11/2010) Aztec taps down its Aztec-Guthrie-1 in Brown County, Texas

(5/10/2010) Xtreme Coil contracted for 8 CT rigs in Colorado & Wyoming

(5/7/2010) Statoil gets okay to drill Vigdis & Tordis with Polar Pioneer

(5/7/2010) International rig count unchanged at 1,074

(5/7/2010) ONGC charters jackup Trident II for 5-year India stint

(5/6/2010) Songa Venus contracted for 2 wells off Australia

(5/6/2010) HPHT logging proves McMoRan ultra-deep gas discovery

(5/5/2010) First application of new well reaming system in North Sea

(5/5/2010) Norske Shell to drill in Norwegian Sea with Aker Barents semi

(5/5/2010) Semisubmersible rig Pride Venezuela contracted by OGX

(5/4/2010) Rowan takes delivery of 1st newbuild EXL jackup

(5/4/2010) Energy Searcher sailing to Singapore for repairs

(5/3/2010) Crosco mobilizing 2 more workover rigs to Oman

(5/3/2010) First sampling while drilling technology introduced

(4/30/2010) Canadian Superior lines up Ensco rig for Tunisia drilling

(4/30/2010) Seadrill's West Phoenix chartered by Total E&P

(4/29/2010) Varel develops 2 PDC cutter testing technologies

(4/28/2010) Norske Shell granted permit to drill Norwegian Sea appraisal

(4/28/2010) Americas Petrogas kicks off Argentine E&P campaign

(4/27/2010) Ivanhoe to test 1st Ecuador Pungarayacu well, drilling 2nd

(4/26/2010) Tatneft testing Tuboscope Vetco polymer-coated drillpipe

(4/26/2010) Texalta kicking off 3-well Saskatchewan program

(4/26/2010) Tuscany wins 4-year NW Brazil drilling contract

(4/26/2010) AGR gearing up for multi-well, multi-client drilling campaign

(4/25/2010) Aquamarine Driller to drill Philippines' Tindalo & Yakal Fields

(4/25/2010) Total US drilling operations lose 9 rigs

(4/23/2010) Ensco sells jackup drilling rig for $47 million

(4/23/2010) Serica secures Ensco jackups for North & Irish Seas wells

(4/22/2010) Candax completes El Bibane-3 workover off Tunisia

(4/22/2010) Centrica gets go-ahead to drill with West Alpha

(4/21/2010) Canacol contracts land rig for K2 well in Guyana

(4/21/2010) Northern's Energy Enhancer to work for Perenco

(4/21/2010) Epic to drill Argos Marcellus Shale in West Virginia

(4/20/2010) Ocean Patriot lined up to drill off New South Wales

(4/20/2010) Seadrill takes delivery of West Orion semisubmersible

(4/20/2010) ConocoPhillips set to core Western Australia's Kronos-1

(4/19/2010) SOCO contracts Caroil rig for DR Congo exploration

(4/19/2010) Zavanna doubles well output by frac sand removal

(4/18/2010) US rig count rises again - this week by 15

(4/16/2010) Daewoo to build drillship for KNOC & partners

(4/16/2010) ExxonMobil sets world record for extended-reach well

(4/16/2010) Petrolia completing & evaluating 3 wells in Gaspe

(4/15/2010) Keppel FELS delivers Maersk's 3rd deepwater semi

(4/15/2010) Aurelian brings in Schlumberger to frac Romanian well

(4/15/2010) Three wells completed in Green County, Kentucky

(4/15/2010) Far East sets E&P program for China's Shouyang Block

(4/14/2010) Gazprom declares force majeure on rig in Libya

(4/14/2010) Statoil chartering Seadrill harsh enviro jackup

(4/13/2010) Trans Energy taps down 2 West Virginia Marcellus Shale wells

(4/12/2010) Aztec drills 23 development wells in Texas

(4/12/2010) Kan Tan IV resumes Hoki-1 drilling off New Zealand

(4/11/2010) US drilling operations keep on climbing

(4/9/2010) Statoil gets okay to use Polar Pioneer for Fram Field project

(4/9/2010) Matra returns to drill technically halted Orenburg well

(4/9/2010) SBK kicks off Tagulsky drilling program for TNK-BP

(4/8/2010) Aban to provide jackup for Shell offshore Brunei

(4/8/2010) Baker Hughes' rig counts well up over last year

(4/7/2010) Songa Dee set to drill 3 producers on Alvheim Field

(4/7/2010) Talisman gets go-ahead to appraise Grevling find

(4/7/2010) Ocean Nomad to drill UK North Sea Kraken discovery

(4/6/2010) Forest Gate recompleting suspended Utah oilwell

(4/6/2010) Crosco drilling wildcat for Total onshore Libya

(4/6/2010) Statoil sets 5-year contract for Seadrill semi

(4/5/2010) Scorpion newbuild jackup passed to Queiroz Galvao

(4/2/2010) US drilling operations at 14-month high

(4/2/2010) Scorpion Offshore scores Vietnam drilling contract

(4/1/2010) Aban wins $43 million in contracts for two jackups

(4/1/2010) Cirrus options Noble jackup for 2 wells off Netherlands

(3/30/2010) COSL jackup set to drill East China Sea well

(3/30/2010) Three contracts issued to drill 49 wells in Iraqi field

(3/30/2010) SPD putting semi Ocean Nomad to work in UK North Sea

(3/29/2010) Sevan Driller arrives in Brazil for 6-year Petrobras contract

(3/28/2010) MENAdrill jackup rig launched in Sharjah

(3/28/2010) US active rigs continue to grow

(3/24/2010) Songa takes a piece of Deepwater Driller

(3/23/2010) Tiancheng to drill 30 wells in PetroChina's FuYu Field

(3/22/2010) Dominion contracts OGEC rig for Uganda drilling

(3/21/2010) Three newbuild SBM semis lining up for delivery

(3/21/2010) US drilling at 13-week high with 1,427 rigs at work

(3/21/2010) Ensco sells 2 jackups for $95 million

(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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