Archive | September/October
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…
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