The Shaw Group Inc. announced the start of construction activities on its state-of-the-art pipe prefabrication facility in the United Arab Emirates.

Rathgibson, a leading manufacturer of welded, welded and drawn, and seamless stainless steel, nickel, and titanium tubing, administered training and presentation sessions for customers and channel partners in the Kazakhstani cities of Aktau, Almaty, and Aktobe.

Encore Bits LLC, a privately held company providing innovative PDC drill bits for the oil & gas industry, announced it received a patent for a revolutionary process designed to selectively leach PDC cutters.

Baker Hughes and Cepsa announced that they achieved an expandable liner extension run for a difficult well onshore Egypt, marking the first successful run of the Baker Hughes linEXX system.

Halliburton announced that it has surpassed deploying 500 SmartWell completion systems in more than 26 countries through WellDynamics, its business group, and considers the event a major achievement.