Archive | March/April
Dwayne McClelland, Chevron Pacific Indonesia: Industry must stay on alert with safety, well control training
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
By Linda Hsieh, assistant managing editor Dwayne McClelland is a fourth-generation oilfield worker. His father worked on the service side with Weatherford for many years, eventually owning his own company as an oilfield manufacturer’s agent. His grandfather was a driller and toolpusher in southwestern Louisiana. And more than 100 years ago, his great-grandfather ran a [...]
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
Weatherford awarded 2 ½-year Sakhalin contract Weatherford International has been awarded a 2 ½-year contract with Sakhalin Energy Investment Company for tubular running services on its Piltun-Astokhskoye-B (PA-B) processing and production platform off the northeastern coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia. The contract includes Weatherford’s new OverDrive casing running and drilling equipment and services for up [...]
Creating oil patch professionals: Training standards in development to give workers deserved recognition
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
By Bill McPherson, Noble Drilling Services Inc “I am the age-old story of the oilfield. I am third-generation oilfield who started college and made some bad decisions and ended up working the past twenty-odd years in it… I have made a good living in the oilfield, but there has always been that little something missing [...]
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
World’s first subsea facility to separate, inject water, sand from wellstream goes on-stream at Tordis field The world’s first complete subsea solution for separating and injecting water and sand from the wellstream is on stream and creating added value at the Tordis field, said StatoilHydro. This technology is a breakthrough for a new generation of [...]
D&C News
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
BP makes 15th discovery in ultra-deepwater Angola block Sonangol and BP have announced the Portia oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola. Portia is the 15th discovery that BP has drilled in Block 31. The well is approximately 7 km north of the Titania discovery. Portia was drilled in a water depth of 2,012 [...]
New IADC committee to tackle guidelines, stats for rig automation
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
Mike Killalea, group vice president & publisher Rig Automation is not only here to stay, it continues to intensify in sophistication and complexity. Mechanized rigs are increasingly common, observed Gregers Kudsk, vice president-engineering and projects for Maersk Contractors, speaking in a 5 March Plenary Session at the IADC/SPE Drilling Conference in Orlando, Fla. (4-6 March). [...]
News Cuttings
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee holds 1st meeting The new IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee plans to work toward guidelines and best practices for automated drilling systems, as well as examine standard methods of reporting reliability problems with advanced rig equipment. The committee held its inaugural meeting during the 2008 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference in Orlando, [...]
Wirelines
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
IADC argues against lease suspensions The US Minerals Management Service held a workshop in New Orleans on 23 January to allow three Gulf of Mexico operators to make their case for “suspension of operations” when technology to exploit offshore leases is allegedly not available. IADC representatives attending the workshop concluded there’s no justification for expanding [...]
IADC, regulators address asset integrity in continuing effort to improve HSE
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
HSE is central to IADC’s mission on behalf of the global drilling industry. In pursuit of HSE improvement, IADC collaborates with all stakeholders – operators, service firms, government and, of course, drilling contractors. We have been honored to be recognized for our efforts in this regard, most recently by the International Regulators Forum (IRF) at [...]
Real-time, 3D visualization drilling supervision system targets ECD, downhole pressure control
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, March/April
By Rolv Rommetveit, Knut Bjorkevoll, SINTEF Petroleum Research; Sven Inge Ødegård, Hitec Products Drilling eDrilling is a new and innovative system for real-time drilling simulation, 3D visualization and control from a remote drilling expert centre. The concept uses all available real-time drilling data (surface and downhole) in combination with real-time modeling to monitor and optimize [...]
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