Of five key Q2 awards globally for Schlumberger’s ‘Production Systems’ division, three are within the Gulf region:

*A $480mn contract for ExxonMobil to drill 96 wells over five years at the West Qurna-1 field in southern Iraq (MEES, 26 March). “Schlumberger will drill these wells over a period of 4.5 years, with well designs varying from laterals exceeding 2,000ms, upsized big-bore wells, and barefoot completions,” the firm says; (CONTINUED - 241 WORDS)