Archive | 2010
Bridging the communications gap in rig automation
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Features, September/October, The Efficient Rig
IADC Drilling Control Systems subcommittee, SPE DSATS group set out to create reference roadmap to achieve full rig automation, define communication protocols needed for downhole, surface integration…
Rig NPT: the ugly truth
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Features, September/October, The Efficient Rig
NPT, the familiar acronym for nonproductive time, is a three-letter word, but it might as well be a four-letter word to drilling contractors and operators, considering the negative connotations that come with it. Perhaps the negativity is well deserved. NPT brings to mind money wasted, time wasted, failures…
D&C News
Posted on 07 September 2010 in 2010, Departments, September/October
Seadrill’s West Orion semisubmersible recently began operations offshore Brazil for Petrobras under a six-year contract. The rig reached Brazil from Singapore in early July and had been preparing for the start-up of operations since…
Sara Shayegi, Hess Corp Reservoir background puts new spin on drilling
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Departments, 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 Departments, 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 Departments, Drilling It Safely, 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 Departments, 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 Departments, 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 Departments, 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…
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