Oceaneering's ROS Wraps Remote Work Campaign on Offshore Rig
Offshore services provider Oceaneering has said that its Remotely Operated Survey (ROS) group has completed an Integrated Rig Services campaign Apache.Oceaneering was contracted by Apache Corp. in June 2019 to provide Integrated Rig Services on the Noble Sam Croft drillship. The work scope included the provision of ROS, Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) for a potential three-well campaign.The ROS and ADCP systems were mobilized and commissioned on the drillship Noble Sam Croft during the summer of 2019. The drillship then transited to Suriname where it
Armed with New Technology, Oil Drillers Revisit Gulf of Mexico
Advances in drilling technology are reviving the prospects of oil companies in shallow parts of the Gulf of Mexico, helping to squeeze more from older fields while the U.S. shale bonanza lures others onshore. Apache Corp and a handful of smaller independent companies are using seismic surveying and horizontal drilling - techniques perfected during the onshore fracking boom - to tap mature fields and find hidden reserves on the shelf. The methods appeal to investors hungry for the quick profits that cannot be delivered by deepwater drilling, where a dozen years of planning and billions of dollars
Fluid Imaging Technologies Appoints Director of Oil Markets
instrumentation is currently involved in calculating oil in water concentration in real-time, characterizing upstream fluids and rapidly identifying fossilized microorganisms in returned drilling fluids, among other onshore and offshore applications. The particle analysis system is in use by Apache Corp., the U.S. EPA, U.S. Naval Research Labs, and the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, among hundreds of other organizations worldwide. www.fluidimaging.com
February 2025
