drilling water News
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Reduced drilling activity hits Layne’s water numbers
Layne Christensen posted a 7% decline in its second-quarter water revenues earlier this week, after a slowdown in market activity hampered its efforts to refocus on water drilling activities. Profitability was hit much harder, however: Layne’s water resources division posted adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 million (down 75.7% from Q2 last year) on revenues of $56.5 million. In addition to energy ...
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Cenovus sponsors and participates in workshop about water use in the oil sands
On November 23-25, 2010, young leaders from across Canada participated in a three-day workshop sponsored by Cenovus about water use in the oil sands. The workshop, called "Drilling in the Oil Sands: Water Usage, Development & Innovation," was organized by Waterlution, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating dialogue around water use in Canada. The workshop included a tour of our ...
By 3BL Media
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Schramm Inc. Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract for U.S. Navy Water Well Drilling Requirements
12 Custom T450 Drilling Rigs to be used for Water Well Applications. Schramm, Inc., a leading manufacturer and global supplier of mobile hydraulic drill rigs, today announced it was awarded a multi-million dollar contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support, America’s combat logistics support agency. Schramm will design and build 12 T450MIIA Top Head Drive, truck mounted ...
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TDP-2 for drilling waste treatment increases capacity
An active exploitation of the Kuyumbinskoe oil and gas condensate deposit is accompanied by increasing of residual formation. IPEC company experts have developed technology for the purpose of technological process optimization and increasing of the Complex overall performance. The Pyrolysis Plant TDP-2-800 utilizes preliminary exposed to partial dehydration highly watered drilling waste. The ...
By IPEC
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IADC Supports Interior’s Approval of Plan to Drill in Arctic Waters
Houston (25 October 2018) – In response to the Department of Interior’s approval yesterday to a plan to drill for oil and gas in federal Arctic waters north of Alaska, IADC President Jason McFarland said: “Interior’s approval yesterday of the Alaska Liberty project is a step forward in tapping the rich potential of the Arctic’s natural resources. Arctic reserves are ...
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Seismoelectric Groundwater Location Equipment
Well water location. Aquifer depth, yield and thickness reported before drilling a water well. The GF6 seismoelectric technology is used for groundwater surveys {aquifer depth & yield} before drilling a water well. GF6 equipment sales and training are available world wide. Most people go straight to having a water well drilled before investigating where the aquifer is (or) if there is a good ...
By AquaLocate
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Shell files revised Arctic offshore drilling plan
Royal Dutch Shell PLC has filed a revised Arctic offshore drilling plan with federal regulators but says the company hasn't decided whether to return to waters off the coast of northwest Alaska in 2015. The revised exploration plan submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in Anchorage calls for two drilling vessels to operate simultaneously in the Chukchi Sea rather than one in the ...
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Statoil announces it will exit Alaska offshore exploration
A second major oil company has abandoned plans to drill in the Arctic Ocean off the northwest coast of Alaska. Statoil announced Tuesday it is giving up 16 of its company-operated leases in the Chukchi Sea. The Norwegian company also is abandoning its stake in 50 Chukchi leases operated by ConocoPhillips. The company on its website said the leases, purchased at a federal lease sale in 2008, no ...
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In-House or On-Site Servicing and Repair of Drilling Equipment
Rely on Gill Rock Drill Company For Dependable In-House And On-Site Repair And Service! Does your enterprise perform drilling operations with some frequency? If so, you appreciate the importance of obtaining dependable service and maintenance for your equipment! Unplanned “down time” costs companies in this industry thousands (and even tens of thousands) of dollars. When you use the ...
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Can Produce Water Be Treated More Easily? Seems That Way...
Oil Drilling Produce Water Treatment Produce Water Produce water is generated from the oil field production of natural gas and oil wells. This water is a combination of water used in the drilling process, water from the well, and water used to inject into the well to increase production. Depending on the location of the well and the mineral strata of the well, the quality of the produce water ...
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Best service, best expertise: Lufft as supplier of Omenium
When we decided to design our real-time weather monitoring system, we wanted to be able to offer our customers a complete range of sensors, for all their needs. While there are many companies out there offering a good selection of sensors, not one offered the full line that Lufft offers, and critically, the same level of precision. That motivated us to contact them and from that day, we never had ...
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Shell prepares Arctic offshore exploration plan
Royal Dutch Shell PLC will submit an Arctic offshore exploration plan for waters off northern Alaska but has not made a final decision on whether to drill in 2014, the company announced Thursday. Chief Financial Officer Henry Simon announced third quarter earnings and answered questions about 2014, according to a transcript of the press conference. "Alaska is very much top of the priority ...
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Mexico dreams face test after opening to investors
Mexico has passed laws to open its oil, gas and electric industries to private and foreign investors after 76 years of state control. Now comes the hard part. Experts say Mexico's hopes for tens of billions of dollars in outside investment, and possibly a shale gas boom like the one occurring across the border in Texas, hinge on being able to design the kind of tenders, contracts and concessions ...
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Studies find methane in Pennsylvania drinking water
New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it's hard to nail down how often natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water: One study found high levels of methane in some water wells within a half-mile of gas wells, while another found some serious methane pollution occurring naturally, far away from drilling. The findings represent a middle ground between critics of the drilling ...
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Pew Applauds First Step in Developing a Science Plan for U.S. Arctic Ocean
Marilyn Heiman, director of the Pew Environment Group's U.S. Arctic Program, issued the following statement in response to today's release of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Arctic Ocean science review: "We are pleased that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the USGS put a high priority on identifying gaps in science regarding America's Arctic Ocean. Although a good deal of research has ...
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Trial opens for ex-BP engineer who deleted texts
A federal prosecutor vowed Tuesday to prove that a former BP drilling engineer was trying to destroy evidence when he deleted hundreds of text messages from a cellphone after the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But a lawyer for Kurt Mix told jurors that he deleted the texts from his iPhone "for the most innocent of reasons" and didn't hide anything from a grand jury probing the ...
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Shell gets permits for limited oil drilling in Arctic waters
The Obama administration has given Royal Dutch Shell PLC approval to begin limited exploratory oil drilling off Alaska's northwest coast. The two permits issued Wednesday clear the way for drilling in Chukchi Sea, but with conditions. Shell can only drill the top sections of wells because the company doesn't have critical emergency response equipment on site to cap a well in case of a leak. ...
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Detection/releasing system should have proper marine approvals
Approval by the U.S. Coast Guard is required for flame and gas detection systems (including control panel, flame detectors, gas detectors, and accessories) in use where the USCG has jurisdiction – for example, in U.S. flagged vessels or vessels operating in U.S. waters. Mobile Drill Units (MoDUs) also can fall in that category. Det-Tronics Eagle Quantum Premier (EQP) system has received ...
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Equipment for groundwater project to Sri Lanka
On Friday 8 February, two LargeRotoSonic FS250 sonic drills, two water tankers, and two service trucks, all mounted on 4x4 Mercedes Benz trucks, were transported to Sri Lanka. The impressive number of vehicles and equipment is intended for the five-year, multi-million-euro project that Royal Eijkelkamp has been carrying out since March last year on behalf of the Sri Lanka Ministry of Irrigation ...
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Solinst Continues to Support Lifewater Efforts in Haiti
It has been over two years since the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and Lifewater Canada is continuing their relief efforts in the country to restore and provide safe drinking water to those in need. Since January 2010, they have been able to drill new wells, rehabilitate existing supply wells, and provide training and equipment to locals to carry-on the work on their own. Solinst is ...
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