HOUSTON, Nov. 14-- The US Mineral Management Service has proposed that wells with subsea wellheads completed after Jan. 1, 2005, have the means for monitoring casing pressures. MMS issued a notice of ...

New approach replaces jetting to deepen structural casing based on fracture gradient; builds on proven, casing-drilling technology, and creates a more favorable wellbore geometry to more frequently ...

A tension cut and pull subsea wellhead retrieval system has reduced the time required to abandon subsea wells, according to the service provider Baker Oil Tools. For instance, James A. Sonnier, Baker ...

BP chose to use an oil well casing that the company knew was not as safe as a second approach but was considered the better "economic" option, according to a BP document given to The New York Times by ...

Weir Oil & Gas, a upstream provider of pressure pumping and pressure control equipment and services, today announced an updated, field-proven Unitized Lock-Ring (ULR) wellhead. The ULR wellhead ...

Declining production rates, expensive energy, rising maintenance costs and stringent environmental regulations are all factors that ensure oil producers are in constant pursuit of new production ...

Here is what a couple of offshore drilling engineers told me about the BP Blowout… However, everything is consistent with a well way over budget, company men taking heat from the home office to finish ...