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Aker Solutions has created a new type drilling rig

The international engineering company Aker Solutions has introduced a new type semi-submersible drilling platform. This model, called Semi Lean, much easier and cheaper to manufacture than a classic platform semi-submersible type. Semi Lean can work in the fields of medium size — up to 300 million barrels of oil, is …

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Oil slips on rise in the number of drilling rigs in USA

On Monday, oil prices on the world market fall amid us oil service company Baker Hughes on the growing number of oil rigs in the United States, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the auction. On the morning of 11 July, the cost of the September futures for Brent crude …

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Major oil companies refused to license for drilling in the Arctic

The major oil companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and Statoil, refused to license the U.S. government to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic. On Tuesday, may 10, reports Bloomberg. The total cost of the licenses in question is $ 2.5 billion. The market situation forces companies to cut spending. …

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The largest operators of drilling rigs continue to incur losses

The largest operators of drilling rigs incur losses amid falling oil prices, says The Financial Times. As the newspaper notes, the sharp decline in oil prices since the summer of 2014 forced the company Transocean, Seadrill, Ensco and Noble Corp. reduce costly projects, despite the availability of appropriate technologies. In …

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Oil is rising: in the U.S. closed drilling

The price of Brent exceeded $ 42 per barrel. Oil prices rising on Monday, April 11, after the publication of data about the new reduction in the number of working drilling rigs in the U.S., reports Bloomberg. Quotation of June futures for Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange to …

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