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China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has entered into a long-term cooperation contract with Pemex for COSL4, a 2,000‑HP module rig. The rig’s operation period will be more than 1,700 days.

Drydocks World was awarded a USD‑730-million contract from Drill One Capital to construct a large rig for the North Sea. Completion of the CJ-80 jack-up rig is set for 2017.

BW Offshore acquired the tanker Blue Opal for USD 83.4 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The tanker is a 320,000-deadweight-ton very large crude carrier.

Hess completed the sale of its Pangkah asset in Indonesia’s East Java Sea to a subsidiary of PT Saka Energi Indonesia for USD 650 million. The asset produced an average of 9,000 BOE/D in the first three quarters of 2013.

Ali H. Dogru, SPE, was named the first Saudi Aramco fellow, an honor the company initiated to recognize its scientists who have made groundbreaking contributions. Dogru played a pivotal role in the development of various mathematical reservoir simulators for thermal and chemical oil recovery. At Saudi Aramco, he worked on the development of two proprietary reservoir s…

An SPE young professionals workshop held 17–20 November in Bangkok, Thailand, attracted 72 attendees representing 14 organizations and seven countries.

Timothy C. Dugan, SPE, was selected as the new chief operating officer for Consol Energy’s exploration and production division. With more than 30 years’ experience across many major US gas fields, he previously worked at Chesapeake Energy, most recently serving as vice president of its Appalachia South business unit. Starting in 2009, Dugan directed Chesapeake’s opera…

Onshore gas developments are often characterized by drilling, fracturing, and production of wells before low-pressure gas-gathering systems are in place. As well production declines, liquid-loading issues begin to appear. Use of a twin-screw pump to boost deliquefication was investigated.

Once again, we find ourselves in a time of extreme challenges on many fronts in the arena of well construction, with corresponding needs for technological advancements.

Drilling horizontal infill wells in the Pierce field in the UK central North Sea is challenging because of a narrow drilling window caused by depletion in a highly fractured reservoir.