: January 6, 2008 Norwood Commences Mobilization of Drilling Equipment from Oklahoma to Nicaragua The mobilization was delayed by severe weather conditions prior to Christmas, which slowed the progress of modifying and refitting of the new rigs to meet the upcoming program specifications and ship scheduling issues. Read the full news realease here.

International Wellsite Supervision Foothills Expands in Eurasia Foothills Resource Services has responded to the growing demand for coring in Eurasia by increasing its presence in the area. Foothills has experienced rising demand for products and services in the developing areas around the Caspian Sea. Foothills has positioned equipment, people and shop facilities in the region to be able to respond to a wide range of coring needs. This effort provides for rapid deployment locally and for easy access to the Middle East. Foothills started responding to regional enquiries for coring products and services over the past few years. What began with sales of a few coring components has now burgeoned into provision of full coring services, sales of bits, barrels, tubes and for complete turnkey coring solutions. Foothills has developed many of its own world class, standards based tools that provide solid and reliable performance. Foothills looks forward to building on the current success in the area and welcome any interested parties to contact us through the head office click here. Foothills has a long history of satisfying demanding clients throughout the world. Foothills Resource Services Offers Coring Services and Product Sales Worldwide