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AADE – American Association of Drilling Engineers [1] AAPG – American Association of Petroleum Geologists [2] AAPL – American Association of Professional Landmen; AAODC – American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC) AAV – Annulus access valve; ABAN – Abandonment, (also as AB and ABD and ABND)
Drilling engineering is a subset of petroleum engineering. [1] Drilling engineers design and implement procedures to drill wells as safely and economically as possible. [1] They work closely with the drilling contractor, service contractors, and compliance personnel, as well as with geologists and other technical specialists.
NOV Inc., formerly National Oilwell Varco, is an American multinational corporation based in Houston, Texas.It is a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry.
R&D network. GA Drilling has created or is a co-founder of the network of technology organizations in the European Union, mainly in the Central European region. [5] Its partner network consists of Slovak (Slovak University of Technology, University of Zilina, Comenius University, institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences) and European organisations (Weatherford UK Ltd, [6] Imerys, [7] EGS ...
In 2000, Transocean acquired R&B Falcon Corporation, owner of 115 drilling rigs, in a deal valued at $17.7 billion. With the acquisition, Transocean gained control of what at the time was the world's largest offshore operation. Among R&B Falcon's assets was the Deepwater Horizon. [13] R&B Falcon had acquired Cliffs Drilling Company in 1998. [14]
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Twin Pines Minerals agreed Tuesday to pay the $20,000 penalty for drilling boreholes in 2018-19 without permission. Alabama company fined for exploratory drilling near the Okefenokee Swamp in ...
Saipem was a pioneer in offshore drilling and pipelines construction in Europe; in 1959 it started drilling oil off the coast of Gela, [5] in Sicily and in the early 1960s initiated the Central European Line pipeline, running from the port of Genoa to West Germany, where Eni Deutschland subsidiary was building refineries in Ingolstadt. [6]