Schlumberger acquires US-Based Novatek inc. Schlumberger announced its takeover of US-based Novatek Inc. and Novatek IP, LLC. that will provide a new platform to improve drilling performance to the growing oil services giant’s portfolio. Schlumberger’s StingBlade. Image from Schlumberger. Schlumberger and Novatek already have a cooperative relationship that created Schlumberger’s StingBlade conical diamond element bit,…
Panoro Energy discovers Hydrocarbon in Nigeria as reported by Oedigital Panoro Energy hit hydrocarbon pay at the Aje-5 production well on the OML 113 license, offshore Nigeria. Aje is an offshore field located in the western part of Nigeria in the Dahomey basin close to the border with Benin. The field is situated in water…
Shell Finds Hydrocarbon in Australia Shell has made a hydrocarbon discovery on the West-1 (Auriga) well on the northern Browse Basin offshore Australia. Shell has been drilling the well, in Petroleum Permit Area AC/RL9, using the Stena Clyde semisubmersible drilling rig, 200km offshore northwest the Kimberley coast and 600km north-north east of Broome in 150-200m…
Rig Manager who Stole $3.5M from Maersk Drilling Jailed for 4 years Maersk Drilling, a Danish offshore drilling contractor, has won the case against its former employee of Russian origin. Namely, the employee, named Vladimir Volkov, according to Danish media, has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding the company. The 30-year-old, living…