Helmerich & Payne, a petroleum contract drilling company, agreed to acquire DrillScan, a provider of proprietary drilling engineering software, well engineering services and training for the oil and gas industry. Financial terms were not disclosed. "The capabilities DrillScan brings are highly complementary to H&P Technologies’ drilling optimization and automation solutions. These software solutions, like other offerings in our portfolio, will be available to all E&P operators and directional drillers, regardless of drilling rig contractor," John Lindsay, H&P president and chief executive officer.