From MPD to PMD: Opla Energy’s Pressure Management Device to Transform Managed Pressure Drilling

Opla Energy’s remote managed pressure drilling technology allows users to operate remotely in the Permian Basin all the way from their offices in Canada.

Innovation at Forefront of 2023 SPE HyFrac Conference

Engineers from different corporations gathered during the HFTC Plenary Session to discuss different approaches to fracking, including the benefits of fiber optics and geothermal fracking.

Uganda Unveils First Commercial Oil Production Drilling Program

Uganda discovered commercial reserves of petroleum nearly 20 years ago but has experienced delays over lack of infrastructure.

Quaise Aims to Scale Geothermal Energy with New Drilling Technology

Quaise Energy, with backers that include Nabors Industries, is using millimeter wave drilling technology to unlock geothermal energy.

Baker Hughes Listens Up (and Down): Acoustic Telemetry Aids Deepwater Completions

Bi-directional communications give operators more data about the downhole environment, allowing them to make better decisions in real-time.

E&P Highlights: Dec. 30, 2022

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including a field start up and a well drilled to a basin with record depth from the past week in the upstream oil and gas industry.

First 20,000-psi Drillship Headed to GoM

Sembcorp Marine delivered 8th-gen ultra-deepwater drillship, which is expected to open up previously inaccessible resources, to Transocean subsidiary.

The World’s Safest RZR

Nabors new RZR Rig Floor Automation Module, already tested at Exxon Mobil wells in the Permian Basin, looks to keep workers safe with a fully autonomous rig floor

Halliburton Cutting Out the 'Man' in Cuttings Management

Halliburton’s BaraStream technology is an autonomous solution for drill cuttings management that helps reduce both cost and carbon footprint.

Nabors Unveils Next Stage of Fully Automated Land Drilling

Nabors retrofitted an existing rig with its “first-of-its-kind robotics module,” named RZR and has successfully drilled multiple horizontal wells for Exxon Mobil in the Permian Basin, the company said Nov. 16.