Archive | September/October
Q&A with Dr. Lee Hunt: Iadc’s Past, Present, Future
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
Once again, the drilling industry is undergoing major changes. Members are consolidating at the same time they’re expanding. An influx of inexperienced workers has intensified our need for training and competency assurance. Environmental regulations and technical challenges are getting tougher. In an exclusive interview, Drilling Contractor speaks with IADC president Dr Lee Hunt on how [...]
An operator’s perspective: How can drilling contractors prepare for the next downturn?
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
Guest Editorial: David Payne, Chevron It is difficult to predict how long the boom the entire oil and gas industry is enjoying right now will last. Some may argue that industry fundamentals have changed enough to keep commodity prices high for a long time. Others will undoubtedly maintain a contrary view. Who’s right or wrong? [...]
Offshore Energy Center educational initiatives taking the energy industry to the next generation
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
By Sandra Mourton, Offshore Energy Center The Offshore Energy Center is dedicated to expanding the awareness of the vast energy resources available beneath the world’s oceans and to chronicle the unique heritage and technological accomplishments of an industry that discovers, produces and delivers these resources to mankind in a safe and environmentally responsible way. A [...]
Driver training program steers BJ Services employees to improved safety on the road
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
By Katie Mazerov, Center for Transportation Safety Increased drilling. Rising rig count. Upward market trends. Expanded pumping capacity. From the oilfields to corporate offices, these are the words that define the nature of the oil and gas industry today — and suggest continued robust growth in the coming years. While the outlook is positive, the [...]
Safety culture the Maersk Contractors’ way
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
By Lisbeth Norup Frømling, Maersk Contractors As Maersk Contractors continues to grow, maintaining high safety standards becomes increasingly important. Two new initiatives – a three-part training package and a global safety campaign – are helping to keep the company’s safety culture prominent in employees’ minds. SAFETY FOCUS Maersk Contractors is undergoing a period of substantial [...]
Within a culture of safety, the rig’s operational performance should not be a dirty word
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
Safety and operational performance are not mutually exclusive; they should be synonymous with each other. That’s the message that Alan McLeod, manager of engineering for ENSCO’s Europe and Africa business unit, recently took to the 12th North Sea Offshore Cranes & Lifting Conference in Stavanger, Norway. “If you handle tubulars safely and effectively, you’re also [...]
Facilitating a change in HSE culture must begin by identifying, understanding existing culture
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
By Curt Cranford, Grant Prideco and Stacey Greene, Oceaneering International Facilitating a culture change in organizations, both large and small, is a daunting task. The first basic step in this process is to identify the existing culture of the organization. One of the modern technical definitions of culture — “socially patterned human thoughts and behaviors” [...]
Drilling contractors deliver safety performance improvements through leadership, cultural change: Competitors take differing approaches to same goal
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
By Ross Richardson, KCA DEUTAG; John Karish, ENSCO International Inc Safety in the workplace is an issue confronting just about every organisation involved in the potentially hazardous oil and gas industry. So when two of the world’s leading drilling and engineering contractors moved to improve their safety performance, they took the unusual step of sharing [...]
Study produces supercement for annular seal and long-term integrity in deep, hot wells
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
By Fred Sabins, Paul Sonnier, Larry Watters, CSI Tech Exploration for natural gas shifts more and more to deeper reservoirs. Encouraging finds and increased demand reinforce the push for drilling wells with target formations deeper and deeper underground in hotter, higher-pressure conditions. This trend presents many obstacles in drilling, completion and production from these deep [...]
Aramco uses swell packers to enable smart open-hole, multilateral completions for EOR
Posted on 28 October 2009 in 2007, September/October
By Drew Hembling, Salam Salamy, Abdullah Qatani, Saudi Aramco; Neale Carter, Easywell; Suresh Jacob, WellDynamics saudi Aramco has successfully used both horizontal and MRC wells (multilateral with greater than 8 km of reservoir contact) to enhance and maximize hydrocarbon recovery from its reservoirs. In recent years, the integration of both intelligent and passive inflow control [...]
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