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Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company, announced that it has been awarded a USD multi-million contract by Weatherford Kazakhstan to provide conductor-driving services in Kazakhstan.  The contract requires CIS to carry out up to eight conductor-driving operations annually on wells offshore in the Caspian Sea for a number …

Weatherford International today announced the finalized acquisition of Belorusskoe Upravlenie po Povysheniyu Nefteotdachi Plastov i Kapitalnomu Remontu Skvazhin (BUPNP & KRS). The enterprise is based in Nizhnevartovsk and its activities will be coordinated and managed by Weatherford’s Siberian division and its subsidiary entities. BUPNP & KRS, Open Joint Stock Company …

On 2 October, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, hosted a formal opening of a customized classroom of Weatherford, one of leading oilfield service companies in Russia and globally. The ceremony was attended by Victor Georgievich Martynov, University Principal, Albert Ilyich Vladimirov, President, Vladimir Nikolaevich Koshelev, Provost, Alexander …

Weatherford International Ltd. today reported preliminary second quarter 2012 earnings before income taxes of $205 million, or $276 million after excluding pre-tax losses of $71 million.  The excluded items were: A $100 million charge representing management’s best estimate of a potential settlement with the U.S. government related to its investigation …

Weatherford’s industry-standard Sub-Surface Release Mid-Bore Top Plug is a premium cementing plug that incorporates a ball seat for mid-diameter liners. The plug is designed for use with 9 5/8-in. and larger hydraulic liner systems, where the minimum drift of the drillstring is 2.54 in. (64.5 mm). This plug performs multiple …

Weatherford’s patented rapid-load stuffing box enables the operator toremove the packing cartridge before attaching the stuffing box to thelubricator, preventing manual-handling issues commonly found withconventional stuffing boxes. This feature allows the wire to run freelythrough the stuffing-box body, eliminating the awkward process of strippingthe wire through the packing stack. Its …

WSMS/7X Wellsite Management System mPOD™ Model Gauge Surface Instrument Weatherford’s WSMS/7X wellsite management system is designed to optimize production-control assets and artificial-lift equipment based on ever-changing well conditions. Built-in applications minimize reconfiguration requirements, primarily for multiple-well configurations when used in conjunction with the mPOD model gauge.The WSMS/7X system logs and monitors downhole pressure …

Global-leading energy production technology services company Proserv is bolstering its rapidly-expanding subsea capabilities and specialist integrated services and increasing its workforce by more than 300 people. Proserv, which has operations globally, has agreed terms to assume Weatherford International’s subsea controls’ business, which specializes in subsea and topside communication and control …

Weatherford jointly with the Drilling Operations Department of OJSC VCNG has successfully completed a pilot project of casing running with rotation in the Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas-condensate field. The solution proposed by Weatherford was to use the OverDriveTM System and a special assembly of the casing shoe section. The shoe …

In February 2012 Weatherford was awarded a tender of LUKOIL-Western Siberia for the delivery and service of multi-stage fracturing systems in 2012. The systems will be installed in wells located in the Kogalym, Langepas and Pokachev-Neftegaz fields. Last year, 68 well completions were successfully deployed by Weatherford specialists in LUKOIL’s …