Competency-driven projects to mark 2014 IADC chairmanship

If he hadn’t gone into the drilling industry, Jay Minmier thinks he could’ve made a good career as a coach. “I like working with people. I like mentoring people, and I like coaching people..."

Subsea innovations: Building reliability into complex, high-risk world

In the high-risk subsea world, innovation has historically been driven by safety, reliability, economics and efficiency. Now operators have added a new watchword to their...

Critical Issues in Drilling & Completions

In the drilling industry’s continuing journey toward zero incidents, competence has emerged not just as a buzzword but as a pathway to the next safety step-change. “Having a competent, well-trained and credentialed workforce is critical...

The Latin American puzzle

The sun is rising on Latin America. With its prolific and varied resources, the region is poised to become a major player on the global hydrocarbon map. While the big story in recent years has been the massive pre-salt discoveries in the deepwater off the coast of Brazil...

Plenary session to discuss importance of internal resources to develop unconventional gas production

Drilling hazards – such as wellbore instability, lost-circulation zones, overpressurized formations – can threaten the economics and...

Tracking high-potential incidents to drive next step in safety journey

David Williams is chairman, president and CEO of Noble Corp and 2013 IADC chairman. Noble, as well as the wider drilling industry, have undertaken a significant newbuild...

Integrated sustainability concepts enhance site remediation, restoration

Today’s E&P companies and service providers are being driven by communities, regulatory requirements, customers, employees and shareholders to integrate sustainability...

Going beyond LTIs: Industry must reassess how it measures safety

Søren Risgaard Jeppesen is senior director of QMHSE for Maersk Drilling. From your role leading the HSE department at Maersk, what is the company focusing on going into 2014?...

Well economics steer completions focus toward standardization

Mike Garding is the Schlumberger Completions president. Compared with drilling, completion has come to account for an increasing percentage of total well costs in recent...

November/December 2013

The January/February 2014 issue of Drilling Contractor features topics such as Critical Issues in Drilling & Completions, Regional Focus: Latin America, Health, Safety, Environment & Training, Completions, 2014 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference Special, and the 2014 IADC chairman profile.

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