Archive | September/October
Pushing for innovations in a risk-averse industry
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, September/October
For many petroleum engineers who end up building their careers on the drilling side of the business, one common theme often appears: Production is boring.
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, September/October
Transocean announced that Steven L Newman has been chosen to succeed Robert L Long as the company’s chief executive officer upon Mr Long’s…
Pride underscores training, safety commitment with new facility in France featuring rig, test well
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, Focus Areas, September/October
Pride International’s commitment to training runs deep, a company culture in a land where learning runs back through the centuries. In the land…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, Innovating While Drilling, September/October, The Efficient Rig
Weatherford International and ENI have entered an agreement to develop a subsea drilling-with-casing system. It will enable a 20-in. casing string…
D&C News
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, September/October
Anadarko Petroleum announced in late July a discovery at the Vito exploration well in Mississippi Canyon block 984. The well encountered more than…
Requiem for a Recession: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Focus Areas, September/October
Signs are increasingly positive for the overall economy, but the energy outlook is a case of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
News Cuttings
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, September/October
IADC president Dr Lee Hunt presented the IADC Exemplary Service Award to Steven J Gangelhoff, senior vice president, Northern Offshore Drilling…
Wirelines
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, September/October
Invited by Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, IADC senior vice president – government affairs Brian Petty testified 21 July before the US House Ways and Means…
Well control has come a long way since the days of oil gushers, primitive drilling
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, September/October
It might seem hard to believe now, but once upon a time, well blowouts were seen as a cause for celebration. In fact, oil gushers used to be a symbol of newfound…
Accurate wellbore trajectory delivers 70% more reservoir contact with Gullfaks sidetrack well
Posted on 02 November 2009 in 2009, Innovating While Drilling, September/October
The Gullfaks field is located in the central part of the East Shetland Basin in the Northern North Sea and was discovered in 1979. The StatoilHydro-operated field…
Recent News
31 January 2012
Condition monitoring calls for drilling contractor, OEM collaboration
Evaluation and recertification programs for equipment and systems are plentiful, but offshore contractors are looking...
31 January 2012
From passive to proactive, condition monitoring gives rig operators advance warning of failures
As rigs are increasingly deployed to remote locations and equipped with complex electronic engines, the risks of...
31 January 2012
IADC accredits Baker Hughes competence management program
Baker Hughes has become the first integrated oilfield service company to receive full accreditation of its Competence Management Program...
31 January 2012
IADC’s Petty to lead ITAC Investment Working Group
The US Secretary of Commerce and US Trade Representative (USTR) have designated IADC executive VP – government affairs Brian Petty as chairman...
31 January 2012
MPD system facilitates top-hole drilling offshore Brazil
AGR has completed its first Brazilian operation using the EC-Drill system, a managed pressure drilling technology based on the RMR system and...