Archive | July/August
New Drillers Course provides required training in period of rapid promotions for drilling crews
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Drilling It Safely, July/August
Murchison Drilling Schools (MDS) recently introduced its new five-day Drillers Course, which aims to equip assistant drillers (AD) with the technical tools needed to become an effective driller, and to ensure that drillers have the technical knowledge necessary to be proficient in his current position and to excel as a toolpusher in the future. The [...]
Derek Morrow, Atwood Oceanics: From Scotsman to Aussie, he’s never looked back
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
Derek Morrow isn’t someone who likes to move backwards. At 20, he left his native Scotland and his mechanical engineering studies for the island of Jersey off the French coast. After seven years there – during which he became a junior partner in a small but successful construction and equipment hire company – he and [...]
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Focused Microsites, July/August
Mark Burns named president of ENSCO Offshore International Mark Burns has joined ENSCO to serve as president of ENSCO Offshore International Co, an international operating subsidiary of the company. To be based at ENSCO’s Dallas headquarters, he will replace Paul Mars, who is retiring effective 2 July 2008. Mr Burns was previously vice president and [...]
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Focused Microsites, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Innovative method used to create new platform slot Hughes Christensen helped a customer in the Congo accomplish a world-first by utilizing an innovative technique to create an additional slot on a platform in the Foukanda offshore field. The objective was to simultaneously drill and case off over 60 m (197 ft) of shallow formations using [...]
D&C News
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Focused Microsites, July/August, News
Seadrill to build 4 more new jackups Seadrill has entered into agreements with Keppel FELS and PPL Shipyard in Singapore for the construction of a total of four jackup newbuilds with delivery in 2010. The two units to be built at Keppel FELS will be based on the KFELS Mod V ‘B’ design. The rated [...]
Geothermal holds potential for new energy – and for new drilling
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, July/August, Onshore Advances
By Linda Hsieh, assistant managing editor Like many renewable energy sources, geothermal carries substantial potential for powering the world in an environmentally friendly way. However, also like many renewable energy sources, geothermal remains unable to evolve into a fully viable alternative to oil or natural gas. The late 1970s and early ’80s saw rapid growth [...]
News Cuttings
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Focused Microsites, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August, News
IADC holds Returning Military Campaign Job Fair at Fort Hood IADC Career Connection (ICC) held its second Returning Military Campaign (RMC) Job Fair at Fort Hood, Texas, on 14 May. It was held in conjunction with the Army Career Alumni Program Semi-Annual Job Fair, which attracted 170 companies from across the US. Ten IADC member [...]
Wirelines
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August, News
IADC Chairman Meets Governor on E&P Access 2008 IADC chairman John Lindsay of Helmerich & Payne joined producer representatives in a Denver meeting with Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to express concerns about proposals of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) to limit E&P activity in the state. Draft regulations would suspend drilling operations [...]
Letter to the President
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
Dear Lee, I just wanted to send you a brief note about your Drilling Onshore Conference. I really enjoyed being there and seeing all the progress you have been making in the past seven or eight years that I have been gone. It was very impressive to see the attendance and the exhibits and the [...]
API RP 2SK: Stationkeeping: an emerging practice for moored MODUs in GOM hurricanes
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, July/August, The Offshore Frontier
By David Petruska, GoM SPU Riser Technical Authority, BP America Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) in the Gulf of Mexico are a critical part of the infrastructure required for oil and gas E&P. Industry standards that allow safe and economic operations are important to the industry, community and regulatory authorities. Much work has been done [...]
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