Archive | May/June
CNPC reorganizes into eight integrated service companies, seeking international market
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Global and Regional Markets, May/June
Surviving in a fluctuating market remains China National Petroleum Company’s (CNPC) main reason for reorganizing in 2008. Emerging with eight new drilling and service…
News Cuttings
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
IADC celebrated its 70th anniversary on 18 March in Copenhagen. On behalf of 2010 chairman Louis Raspino, Pride International, and president Dr Lee Hunt, IADC invited representatives of the…
World’s first steerable drilling liner system successfully field tested offshore Norway
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, May/June
The world’s first steerable drilling liner system has been successfully field-tested by Statoil and Baker Hughes in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Historically, operators and service companies focused…
Drilling Ahead: Balanced energy strategy beats demonizing natural gas
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
In the oil and gas business, most people adopt an evenly balanced approach to energy and the environment. The people I brush shoulders with don’t trumpet oil-and-gas solutions for every niggling energy problem…
Supporting subsea structures with jetted piles saves time, cost in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, May/June
Hundreds of jetted conductors have been installed at offshore locations throughout the world in the past few decades. Traditionally, these jetted conductors are installed for…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Departments, May/June
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), using Rig KDC-41, has drilled what it believes to be the shallowest horizontal well ever drilled in Kuwait and the Middle East and with the shallowest kick-off point worldwide…
4 steps to assess, avoid musculoskeletal injury
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Departments, Drilling It Safely, May/June
Safety is an ongoing concern for our industry. From fire-resistant suits to protective eyewear and headgear, rig crews have access to a plethora of external protective equipment safety…
Development of 2.5 million-lb landing string stretches limits of manufacturing capabilities
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, May/June
Deepwater and ultra-deepwater well designs continue to drive the requirement for higher tension-capacity landing strings. Water depth and total depth are increasing…
Through-tubing rotary drilling intervention system coaxes more oil from aged reservoirs
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, May/June
In areas of the world where the biggest oil and gas discoveries are already drilled and producing, the push continues for increased oil recovery (IOR) efforts…
New deepwater riserless mud recovery system opens door to deepwater dual-gradient drilling
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, May/June
This article presents the results of a large-scale field trial conducted from a deepwater semisubmersible offshore Sabah, Malaysia, in September 2008…
Recent Drilling News
15 May 2013
BP commits to renewed focus on upstream oil and gas over next decade
Over the next decade, as much as 75% to 80% of BP's majority group capital expenditure will be spent in upstream...
15 May 2013
Statoil sanctions Julia development in GOM with ExxonMobil, pushes ahead with Logan
Pursuing further growth in its US offshore portfolio, Statoil has sanctioned its fourth field development in the Gulf of Mexico...
15 May 2013
Exclusive video: New composite wireline cable contains seven-conductor electrical core
Serko Sarian, telemetry and conveyance portfolio manager for Schlumberger, talks with Drilling Contractor...
15 May 2013
PETRONAS: NOCs expand globally with increasing autonomy, financial strength
National oil companies (NOCs) continue to assume an increasingly meaningful role in the oil and gas industry...
15 May 2013
Different dual-gradient methods enable drilling in deepwater, depleted reservoirs
Dual-gradient technology continues to gain attention as an important solution to deepwater drilling and...