Archive | 2010
HPHT completions demand wider operating window for equipment, recognition of reservoir parameters
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Completing the Well, May/June
Despite the myriad challenges that the industry faces when dealing with difficult high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) reservoirs, a couple of existing factors in HPHT…
D&C News
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Departments, May/June
The Offshore Energy Center (OEC) is vigorously pursuing an initiative to bring the offshore industry to classrooms through its Mobile Offshore Learning Units (MOLU)…
Indonesian 2-well UBD campaign cuts reservoir damage and more in marginal heavy-oil field
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Global and Regional Markets, May/June
The oil from the Ngimbang Carbonate reservoir in Sepanjang Island, East Java, Indonesia, is composed mostly of heavy black oil with a pour point of…
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…
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”...