IADC introduces the Red Thread

With president and CEO Stephen Colville at the helm, IADC recently introduced the Red Thread, an accordion-style document and HTML5 app that details how IADC will achieve its core goal of catalyzing improved performance for the drilling industry...

Harsh environments, extended drilling envelopes steer drill pipe evolution

Just as wells have become longer and more complex, drill pipe is not what it used to be. Improved steel grades and connections for conventional pipe, advanced materials for extreme environments, wired drill pipe...

Latin America: Growth expected across the board

Picture Latin America as a quilt. In unison, the pieces come together to form a vibrant and vast region, but separately, every patch tells a story all its own. “Each country has different needs and challenges regarding...

Environment and drilling: It’s not one or the other

Like the path that has been taken to achieve safer operations, industry has come a long way in improving its environmental performance, taking incremental steps that are adding up to significant change...

Cementing: Taking in lessons learned

Hydrocarbon production is a risky business, and nowhere is this more evident than in the deepest, darkest waters on the planet, where some of the brightest prospects for the future lie miles beneath the surface. High pressures and temperatures, extended laterals and unstable reservoirs are...

Accident precursor program under development to prevent major hazards

It is rare for a major catastrophe to occur in isolation. Typically, major accidents are not caused by a single failure but by multiple failures occurring in sequence...

Improving well control calls for continuous evaluation of barriers

Traditional well control training teaches critical skills needed to recognize and prevent wellbore influx, such as recognizing pore pressure fluctuations...

Fuel management system opens window to engine usage, reduces fuel requirements, emissions

In the ongoing push for more rig automation, Canrig Drilling Technology has developed a computer-based fuel management...

Upfront planning, operational strategy key to MPD success

Unlike underbalanced (UBD), managed pressure drilling (MPD) operations are sometimes “taken lightly” due to its nature of being slightly above or at balance...

  • March/April 2013

    The March/April 2013 issue of Drilling Contractor features topics such as Completions: Cementing, Drill Pipe, Regional Focus: Latin America, Innovating While Drilling, Coiled Tubing, Environmental Stewardship, and Well Control.

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