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Ensco confirms contract duration with Total for the DS9

November 2, 2018
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Ensco DS-9 has been awarded a one-well, four-month, contract with Total offshore French Guiana. The contract, Ensco said, is expected to start in January 2019, and end in April of the same year. Ensco CEO Carl Trowell said: “We wouldn’t have brought that rig out for just that one contract if we didn’t think there was a very good chance it could go

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American Oil and Gas Historical Society | Sucker Rod History

November 1, 2018
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  Samuel Jones had worked as a potboiler, pumper, tool dresser, blacksmith, and pipe layer Samuel Jones patented a sucker rod design for his Acme Sucker Rod Company, which he had founded in 1892 in Toledo, Ohio. With his “Coupling for Pipes or Rods,†Jones applied his oilfield experience in mechanics to solve the frequent and time-consuming problem of

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More work for Odfjell’s Deepsea Bergen

November 1, 2018
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Odfjell Drilling has today signed a Letter of Intent for Deepsea Bergen with MOL Norge for one exploration well in direct continuation of the contract with OMV Norge, estimated to expire in Q3/Q4 2019.  The estimated duration is approximately 50 days plus possible well testing. The addition of the well with MOL Norge will keep Deepsea Bergen continuously employed

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Drilling company Ensco slates two hiring events in Louisiana and Mississippi for Nov 7th and 8th

November 1, 2018
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On their LinkedIn page yesterday, drilling company Ensco announced two job fairs taking place, one in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on November the 7th and the other in Alexandria, Louisiana. Details below:    Check out our other current stories! Petrobras stops Chevron plan to drill in Brazil offshore block Canadian Producers Turn to Trucks as Supply Glut Grows Greenland says China oil

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Petrobras stops Chevron plan to drill in Brazil offshore block

November 1, 2018
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A decision by Petrobras not to invest in drilling new wells has derailed Chevron Corp’s plan to resume exploration in a Brazilian offshore field, people familiar with the matter said. Chevron, which operates the field with a 52 percent stake, approved the drilling plan but Petrobras, which holds a 30 percent stake nixed

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Canadian Producers Turn to Trucks as Supply Glut Grows

October 31, 2018
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The highways of Saskatchewan show just how desperate Canadian oil producers are to get their crude to market. Tanker trucks laden with oil are journeying almost 500 miles (800 kilometers) to pipeline and rail terminals. It’s a phenomenon that Ken Boettcher, president of Three Star Trucking Ltd. in Alida, Saskatchewan, started to see three or four months ago when oil

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Greenland says China oil majors eyeing Arctic island’s onshore blocks

October 31, 2018
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BEIJING, (Reuters) – China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) have expressed interest in bidding for onshore oil and gas blocks in Greenland to be offered in 2021, officials from the island said on Tuesday. The Arctic island, a self-ruling part of Denmark, is shifting its oil and gas licensing strategy from offshore

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United States would become the “undisputed leader†of global oil and gas production says Executive Director of IEA

October 31, 2018
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SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – The United States will become a key source of energy supplies to meet growing demand globally as innovation in technology and financing are expected to boost U.S. oil and gas production in the next decade, the country’s top energy diplomat said. “In the next 5-10 years, we expect to see improved recovery rates and even

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Chesapeake Energy Buys Up WildHorse For Nearly $4 Billion

October 30, 2018
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(Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp on Tuesday agreed to buy Texas oil producer WildHorse Resource Development Corp in a nearly $4 billion cash-and-stock deal that knocked down the natural gas producer’s shares by more than 12 percent. Investors have punished shares of oil and gas producers that have struck deals this year for higher production instead of focusing

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Rowan Reliance Awarded 1 Year Plus Options from Fieldwood

October 30, 2018
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HOUSTON, Oct. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Rowan Companies plc (“Rowan†or the “Companyâ€) (NYSE: RDC) announced today that the Rowan Reliance, an R-Class ultra-deepwater drillship, has been awarded a contract in the United StatesGulf of Mexico by Fieldwood Energy LLC with a firm term of one year plus three 90-day options at then market rates.  The contract is expected to commence the first

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