Archive | May/June
Design criteria, planning critical for successful deepwater well testing in HPHT developments
Posted on 17 May 2009 in 2009, May/June
Conditions in deepwater environments have required operators and service companies to resolve many major challenges to well completion. And because these…
Micro-flux control, E-CD continuous circulation valves allow operator to reach HPHT reservoirs
Posted on 17 May 2009 in 2009, May/June
Many times, wells drilled in challenging environments encounter high costs, their targets aren’t reached, and they often end up being abandoned. HPHT wells fall…
Staying afloat in the perfect storm: how offshore drillers are adjusting to changing environment
Posted on 17 May 2009 in 2009, May/June
The players in the offshore drilling market are still adjusting to the dramatic changes of the past nine months. The interrelated global recession, credit crunch, decline in…
In Gulf of Mexico, deepwater and Shelf markets face disparate futures
Posted on 17 May 2009 in 2009, Features, May/June
The disparity between the US Gulf of Mexico Shelf and deepwater rig markets continues to widen. Earlier this year, the jackup market reached its lowest level in 33 years…
Technology briefs: Land drilling innovations
Posted on 17 May 2009 in 2009, May/June
HongHua America is offering its Fast Moving 1300HP AC VFD rig to companies looking to replace older rigs with advanced technologies, according to the company…
New-Concept land rig design based on parallel operations
Posted on 17 May 2009 in 2009, May/June
The drilling industry hasn’t seen paradigm shifts in surface equipment in recent years. Driving up to a land rig today can be virtually the same experience it was 30 years ago…
US Land drillers wait out the painful market slump, hopeful of strong recovery
Posted on 17 May 2009 in 2009, Features, May/June
It’s certainly no secret that US land drillers aren’t having a great year. There are a lot of bad news out there – natural gas prices down to around $3/Mcf…
Recent Drilling News
19 June 2013
Dolphin Drilling unveils new deepwater drillship
Aberdeen-based Dolphin Drilling, one of the oldest and largest independent drilling contracting companies in the North Sea, unveiled its new 751-ft ultra deepwater rig...
14 June 2013
UK HSE report: Reportable hydrocarbon releases nearly halved over three years
The UK oil and gas industry has achieved a 48% reduction in the number of reportable hydrocarbon releases over three years, the...
12 June 2013
Atwood Oceanics secures contract for Atwood Achiever ultra-deepwater drillship
Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a drilling services contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Atwood Achiever by a subsidiary...
10 June 2013
Ensco orders its eighth Samsung DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship
Ensco has ordered an additional advanced-capability DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship based on the Samsung GF12000 hull design. The vessel, ENSCO DS-10, will be the eighth...
07 June 2013
Unconventionals lead the way for drilling automation, but business model defines uptake
Industry’s ongoing efforts to bring automation to the drilling sector will progress over time as a “natural alignment”...