Weatherford Announces Alex Cestero as the New Co-General Counsel
Weatherford International Ltd. today announces that Alejandro (Alex) Cestero has joined Weatherford as Vice President and Co-General Counsel. Mr. Cestero previously served as Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of Lufkin Industries, Inc. Prior to joining Lufkin, Mr. Cestero was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief …
Weatherford at MIOGE 2013
Weatherford, an oilfield services company participated in the 12th international exhibition MIOGE 2013 held on June 25-28 at the Expocentre in Moscow. The Weatherford’s exhibits were focused on advanced solutions the company offers to the oil and gas industry in three key areas: Innovative Well Construction Portfolio, Efficient Technologies for …
Advanced Weatherford technologies at SPE Digital Field Management Conference
On 3-5 June, Weatherford specialists took part in SPE conference in Saint-Petersburg devoted to application of digital technologies in field management. Weatherford acted as a sponsor of this event and presented two presentations on company’s own technologies and experience in their application. Mario Toro, Production Optimization Software Solutions Sales Manager, …
Technology Roundtable: Coiled Tubing
Coiled tubing has become increasingly popular in Russia in recent years. What is the current level of utilization at the moment? Baker Hughes: Current market data estimates a CT unit count of roughly 250 in Russia & the CIS, which is up 24 units from the 2012 count of 226. …
Weatherford Announces Director Nominees And Annual Meeting Agenda
Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE / Euronext Paris / SIX: WFT) today announces its director nominees for 2013 and informs its shareholders of the agenda for the 2013 Annual General Meeting. Weatherford has nominated two new directors this year: Mr. John D. Gass and Mr. Francis S. Kalman. Mr. Gass is …
RDCR Participant Update
The 1st Russian Drilling Contractors Roundtable is pleased to announce that Russia’s largest drilling contractors will be attending the event. EDC Group and SGK Drilling will be sending a large delegation as the Gold Sponsors. The Siberian Service Company (SSC), Integra Drilling, Ru Energy and Burgaz will be sending sizable …
TNK-BP and Weatherford Achieve 15% Increase in Efficiency of Drilling Complex Wells
TNK-BP announces that OJSC Orenburgneft (a member of the TNK-BP Group of Companies) jointly with leading global oil field services company Weatherford has successfully completed a pilot project to deploy a motorized drilling system called MotarySteerableSystem (MSS), which will help achieve a 15% efficiency gain when drilling wells with complex …
Weatherford Wins Best Completion Technology At The 2012 World Oil Awards Gala
The 11th annual World Oil awards ceremony was held in Houston, Texas to honor the upstream energy industry’s top innovators and innovations. This year, Weatherford was a finalist in five out of the 16 categories, taking home the ‘Best Completion Technology’ Award, for the i-ball™ multi-zone fracturing sleeve. It’s worth …
Weatherford Single-Joint Compensator
Weatherford’s single-joint compensator (SJC) is an innovative load-compensating device used to eliminate set-down weight from threaded connectors during makeup and thereby reduce the risk of thread galling and cross-threading. The SJC is also used to help the stabber align pipe vertically when Weatherford’s Stabberless system is not used. The SJC …
Weatherford: Hydraulic Safety Clamp
Weatherford’s hydraulic safety clamp installs easierand faster than conventional (manual) safety clamps, minimizing the risk of clamp slippage and pipe surface damage. The hydraulic safety clamp is controlled by a foot- or hand-actuated pump that uses standard rig air supply at 125 psi (0.862 MPa), and it supplies a grip force of 2,260 lbf …