Archive | July/August
Sara Shayegi, Hess Corp Reservoir background puts new spin on drilling
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Focus Areas, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
There are two kinds of people in the world – those who want to know why and how something works, and those who don’t care “why” or “how”…
People, Companies and Products
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Focus Areas, July/August
Nautronix Group has appointed Rodney Eads as a non-executive board member. Mr Eads has 35 years of experience in the upstream energy business…
HSE Corner: Taking lessons in standardization, discipline from fighter pilot training to offshore drilling
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Drilling It Safely, Focus Areas, July/August
Our industry has come a long way in developing safe and efficient training. However, Brian “Bru” Brurud developed a new spin on the subject…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Focus Areas, July/August
ExxonMobil has completed the world’s longest extended-reach well drilled from an existing offshore fixed platform drilling rig, increasing the…
D&C News
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Focus Areas, July/August
Pride International has been awarded a one-year contract by OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA for the mid-water semisubmersible Pride Venezuela…
Suspending drilling is non-solution that will only beget more problems
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Focus Areas, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
Just a few weeks ago, as I was watching TV and flipping the channel back and forth between CNN’s endless coverage of the BP oil spill and the MTV Movie Awards…
News Cuttings
Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
IADC has received reports of training providers selling counterfeit HSE Rig Pass Cards in Mexico. The IADC Accreditation and Certification Department…
Wirelines
Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
OSHA announced in a notice of proposed rulemaking on 24 May that it plans to make sweeping changes in fall protection regulations…
Guest Editorial: Safety culture: Change and fundamentals
Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
The unfolding drama in the Gulf of Mexico has been breathtaking. The sight of a tremendous vessel buckling and sinking, taking human life with it…
From the President: It’s time to get back to work in the Gulf
Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
On 22 June, the deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was set aside by a preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge…
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