Oil & Gas Operators

LUKOIL: Successfully Tries Out Casing Drilling

As a part of its technical and economic optimization programme, LUKOIL conducted controlled directional casing drilling at its Bayandyskoye and Pyakyakhinskoye fields, and received encouraging results. The Republic of Komi became the first region where the Company performed controlled directional 245 mm casing drilling featuring extractable bottom hole assembly. At …

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Tesco and Schlumberger Enter into Definitive Agreement on Casing Drilling™ Division

Tesco Corporation and Schlumberger today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Schlumberger to acquire Tesco’s CASING DRILLING™ division for $45 million in cash. “Our CASING DRILLING™ division comprises some of our leading technologies, which Tesco has incubated for several years,” said Julio M. Quintana, chief executive officer …

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