Archive | March/April
Special Event Coverage: 2010 Offshore Technology Conference
Posted on 28 April 2010 in 2010, Features, March/April
Founded in 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection…
Perspectives: Dan Mueller, ConocoPhillips
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Focus Areas, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
Cementing may be a small portion of the overall well construction cost, but its impact on the success or failure of a well is anything but, said Dan Mueller, cementing specialist for ConocoPhillips…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Focus Areas, March/April
BJ Services has introduced the GEMINI system, a range of combo tools that provides caliper, metal loss and mapping information in a single tool. Unlike conventional combo tools, the new system uses an active speed control…
HSE Corner: Competent water management system will improve drinking water quality, protect employee health
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Drilling It Safely, Focus Areas, March/April
There is an increasing awareness in the offshore drilling industry that safe and potable water is an important factor for good health onboard the rig. Many offshore platforms use bottled water for human consumption to ensure quality…
Offshore Technology Conference
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Focus Areas, March/April
Studies consistently demonstrate that IADC members constitute a major portion of OTC registrants. IADC steadily ranks in the top three when registrants are asked to identify their association…
Drilling & Completions Tech Digest
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Focus Areas, March/April
ExxonMobil has completed the first two extended-reach wells at the Odoptu field offshore eastern Russia. ExxonMobil subsidiary Exxon Neftegas Ltd (ENL) is operator on behalf of the five-company international Sakhalin-1 Consortium…
Drilling & Completions News
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Focus Areas, March/April
Vantage Drilling named their new rig, the Topaz Driller, in late February at the PPL Shipyards. A Baker Marine Pacific-class 375 rig, the Topaz Driller will go to work for PVEP Phu Quy Petroleum Operating Company offshore Vietnam…
Drilling Ahead: To MPD or not to MPD? Simplifying daunting decisions
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Focus Areas, March/April
To MPD or not to MPD? That is the question posed not by Hamlet, but by George Medley, Signa Engineering, speaking at the 2010 SPE/IADC Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations Conference in Kuala Lumpur in late February…
News Cuttings
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
IADC president Dr Lee Hunt and operations assistant – Asia operations Chit Hlaing hosted a meeting with active operator and services companies in Yangon, Myanmar, in January…
Wirelines
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
IADC and five other oilfield trade groups have written to the Obama Administration’s Ocean Policy Task Force urging extreme caution in pursuing marine spatial planning (MSP) as it may impact OCS oil and natural gas E&P…
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