Archive | July/August
Wirelines
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
The MMS has issued three Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) providing guidance for the 2009 hurricane season. All took effect 1 June.
Evolving marketing into a business partner
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
Build a better mousetrap and the market will beat a path to your door, so goes the saying. But as many good inventors know, that’s rarely the case.
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, July/August
Bob Bloom, National Oilwell Varco senior vice president and chief technology officer, is retiring after 40 years of service to the company. His position…
When is the right time for training? The answer is always ‘now,’ and the well blowout stats prove it
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, July/August
When 2,000 rigs were out in the field in 2008, drilling contractors barely had time to scratch, let alone think about sending their employees off…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Huisman rig completes 1st well in 6 weeks; drills surface hole using drilling with casing Huisman’s newly developed containerised drilling rig, the LOC 400, operated by the Northern Dutch Drilling Company (NDDC) for Northern Petroleum Netherlands (NPN), successfully completed its first well in Werkendam, The Netherlands. The unit drilled the well to a TD of [...]
D&C News
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, July/August, News
Jackup delivered to China Oilfield Services Keppel FELS delivered the new jackup COSLSTRIKE to China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) ahead of schedule and with a clean safety record. It is the third of three KFELS B Class jackup rigs commissioned by Awilco Offshore ASA prior to COSL’s acquisition. The first two rigs were delivered in [...]
‘Biofouling’ is tip of green iceberg
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, July/August
“Biofouline” is the latest environmental hobgoblin impacting global industries and the world, but it is just the tip of the green iceberg. Biofouling is the…
News Cuttings
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
IADC NORTH SEA CHAPTER RECOGNIZES HSE EXCELLENCE WITH ANNUAL SAFETY AWARDS Winners of the IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) Annual Safety Awards were announced during a ceremony on 15 May at Ardoe House Hotel, Aberdeen. Chapter chairman Steve Rae, Seawell, welcomed nearly 400 guests who joined him to recognise and celebrate the efforts of IADC [...]
Burden is on industry to prove it can drill Marcellus without harming environment
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Global and Regional Markets, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August, Onshore Advances
As interest in the Marcellus gas play intensifies, two Pennsylvania lawyers well-versed in the state’s environmental and land use planning laws have a simple…
Survey reveals contractors’ employee benefits status, highlights opportunities for improvement
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Global and Regional Markets, July/August
Balancing the need to control benefit plan costs and the need to provide value to employees is a challenge. In times of uncertainty, the struggle…
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