Archive | 2010
IADC Connection: News Cuttings
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Jens Hoffmark has joined IADC as regional vice president – Europe. He is responsible for overseeing IADC operations and activities across Europe, including regulatory affairs and involvement with activities such as the European Operations Forum and the Offshore Competency Training Programme. …
Risk mitigation pushing boundaries in frontier areas
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, January/February
Critical D&C issues with Derek Mathieson, Baker Hughes. The last two years have arguably been among the most extraordinary since the Great Depression, with the double whammy dealt by the credit crunch and violent oil price swings.
Critical issues in drilling and completions
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Features, January/February
Here is the good news: 2010 is shaping up to be better than 2009. Here is the bad news: It will still be a tough year. Jackup and land rig utilization numbers are coming off bottom but still relatively weak. The deepwater market, which has largely remained immune thus far…
IADC 2010 Officers
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
IADC Board of Directors elects 2010 officers …
To be competitive, rigs must go the extra mile
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Global and Regional Markets, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Critical D&C issues with Siegfried Meissner, president of Nabors International. DC: What are the critical issues the contract drilling industry is facing, and how is Nabors meeting those challenges? The hot spots that I see coming back in…
2010 chairman profile: Louis Raspino, Pride International – Stronger with every step
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger” is an old saying that Pride International president, CEO and director Louis Raspino takes to heart. For him, market slumps are actually opportunities to make his company stronger…
Drilling and Completion: Tech Digest
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Departments, January/February
Drilling and Completion: Tech Digest …
70th Anniversary Retrospective
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
IADC celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2010. In recognition of this milestone, and in anticipation of the decades ahead, DC is publishing a retrospective from issues of decades past. We invite you to explore the the historical contrasts and similarities that may emerge and chart the industry’s evolution through these episodic vignettes. The past is written, and has brought us to 2010. But who knows what the future may hold?
Is your well suitable for controlled pressure drilling? Screening methodology could help you decide
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, January/February
Controlled pressure drilling (CPD) is an adaptive drilling process that enables a more precise control of wellbore pressures. It is becoming an important tool for…
To cut field costs, subsea advances a must
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, January/February
Tore Halvorsen is senior vice president, global subsea production systems for FMC Technologies. There are three main areas where the industry is facing challenges in 2010 and onwards. The biggest challenge now is the economics necessary to…
Recent Drilling News
21 May 2013
Chesapeake taps Anadarko senior VP as new CEO
Robert Douglas (“Doug”) Lawler, will join Chesapeake Energy as its CEO and a member of the Board of Directors, effective 17 June, the company announced...
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...