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Personnel, equipment supply challenge industry in time of growth |
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 Claus Chur
There’s no doubt that the drilling industry is growing. And although growth is good, it also comes with myriad challenges, said KCA DEUTAG director of technical services Claus Chur in his keynote address on the closing day of the IADC World Drilling 2008 Conference in Berlin. Mr Chur, who served as the 2006 IADC chairman, referred to the keynote presentation given the day before by Professor Dr Kurt Reinicke of the Clausthal University of Technology Institute of Petroleum Engineering. Dr Reinicke had pointed out that demand for energy will continue to increase worldwide, and the majority of that demand must be supplied by oil and natural gas in the near future. |
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Petroleum Development Oman makes RSS work in low-cost environment |
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Although hydrocarbon basins in Oman are located in the desert, where rig rates and spread costs are typically low, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has been able to make use of rotary steerable systems (RSS) in niche applications, said Moataz Riyami, well engineering delivery team leader for the thermal cluster at PDO, during a presentation at the IADC World Drilling 2008 Conference. Rotary steerables can drill both straight and curved sections while rotating, unlike drilling motors, which have to be slid when drilling a curve. The elimination of sliding can solve many problems: |
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North Sea Chapter announces annual safety award winners |
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 Back row from left are: Peter de Bruijne, Sam Croft, Steve Coghill, all of Noble Drilling; news presenter Jackie Bird; Donald MacFarlane of NOV Brandt; and Roger Hodgson of KCA DEUTAG. Front row from left are Gert-Jan Windhorst of Noble; Gavin Sutherland and Jim Cameron of KCA DEUTAG; Russell Robertson of Transocean; Clement Ejebu of Stena Drilling; and Ivor McBean of Diamond Offshore.
IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) chairman Steve Rae of Seawell announced winners of the 2008 IADC NSC Safety Awards at the group’s annual dinner in Aberdeen on 16 May. Nearly 400 IADC members and guests attended. Performance awards were presented for jackups, semisubmersibles and platforms based on safety statistics for 2007. Noble Drilling won in the jackup category, with Rowan Drilling as runner-up. Noble also won in the platform category, with KCA DEUTAG as runner-up. The semisubmersibles award went to Stena Drilling, with Diamond Offshore as the runner-up. |
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