Services specialist Wild Well Control has hired expert John Wright to advise on engineering relief wells for accidents at unconventional drilling sites. Wright, the mastermind behind the relief well ...

Wild Well Control, a Superior Energy Services company, has named Kerry Girlinghouse Vice President of Well Control Engineering. Girlinghouse has been with Wild Well Control since 2004. In his most ...

BP PLC has awarded Add Energy Group AS a 10-year contract for well support services including emergency control. "Under the Master Services Agreement, Add Energy will provide well control engineering ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cudd Well Control today announced the launch of its new Wellhead Audit inspection platform. Developed by Cudd’s in-house engineering and technical experts, this advanced tool ...

Recent enhancements in relief well technology enable operators to drill into prolific reservoirs while maintaining a single relief well contingency plan. Blowout contingency planning is required by ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Skylar Clarine is a fact-checker and ...

Well-control operations using the wait-and-weight method (W&W) in a deepwater horizontal well are harder to implement than in a vertical well. Simulations of well-killing procedures for future ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday it is responding to a crude oil discharge in Rattle Snake Bayou, southwest of Port Sulphur, La.Coast Guard watchstanders in New Orleans received a report from the ...