Dec 11 2018 | Westwood Insight
Westwood has analysed recent farm-in activity in the UK and Norway and reviewed how the resultant exploration drilling has performed compared to those wells which were not farmed-out. A detailed review of this analysis will be presented at the PROSPEX conference in London on Wednesday 12 December. Please visit us at Stand 36 to find […]
More »Dec 6 2018 | Westwood Insight
In 2018 Westwood was commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to review advances in exploration technology and geoscience since 1990 and the impact on exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The report reviewed 11 technology themes including Risk and Uncertainty Analysis and Ways of Working as well as Quantitative Seismic Analysis and Electromagnetic […]
More »Dec 6 2018 | News & InsightConsultancyPress
For immediate release (Aberdeen, UK) – Thursday 6th December 2018 – No single technology will provide a “silver bullet” to the challenges faced by Norway’s oil & gas industry, according to a new report out today from research consultancy, Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood). It says that future exploration success depends upon better integration […]
More »Nov 13 2018 | Westwood Insight
After four plus years of low rig utilization and day rates, company layoffs, operator spending declines, just to name a few, it appears that the offshore rig market may finally be able to at least see the light at the end of the tunnel. Although the recovery that is often reported within the industry is […]
More »Nov 13 2018 | Westwood Insight
In this Westwood Insight special, Westwood’s Steve Robertson speaks to Roberto Garavaglia, Senior Vice President at Leonardo to get a manufacturer’s view on the current offshore helicopter market. Roberto is responsible for Competitive Analysis & Strategy at Leonardo. The Helicopter Market – A Manufacturer’s Perspective There are many stakeholders in the offshore helicopters business, the owners, operators, and of course […]
More »Oct 19 2018 | News & Insight
For immediate release (Houston, USA) – Friday, 19th October 2018 – The Permian bottleneck and differentials* are impacting the frac crew count and well completion numbers, according to Westwood Global Energy Group’s (Westwood) SatScout service. The service from Westwood generates pad construction, drilling rig on location, and frac crew on pad data for the […]
More »Oct 17 2018 | Westwood Insight
Walking through sunny Amsterdam streets carpeted with golden autumn leaves and into a vast hall full of smiles and perfectly-polished multi-million dollar machines, you could be forgiven for thinking nothing was amiss in the offshore helicopter world. Indeed, the latest data from Westwood, presented for the first time at the Helitech 2018 show, provides some […]
More »Oct 10 2018 | Westwood Insight
Westwood has looked back on the last ten years of exploration drilling in the UK and examines future prospects for the offshore sector in its latest report, UK Offshore Exploration Performance 2008-2017. Between 2008 and 2017, 199 UKCS exploration wells were drilled by 117 companies targeting 26 plays. 1.5 bnboe of commercial resources were discovered […]
More »Oct 9 2018 | News & Insight
Aberdeen, UK) – Tuesday, 9th October 2018 – Governments and regulators need to be more realistic about expectations for UK oil & gas exploration, say experts at research company, Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood). Westwood has published a new 10-year analysis of the UK’s Offshore Exploration Performance (2008 – 2017). The report reveals that oil […]
More »Sep 27 2018 | News & Insight
(Houston, USA) – Thursday, 27th September 2018 – For the first time, players in the unconventional market will be able to access near real-time completions with SatScout – a brand new service from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) that identifies pad construction, drilling rig on location, and frac spread on pad for the Delaware and […]
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