Archive | July/August
Wirelines
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
The Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Safety Outreach Team held its first meeting at the Bismarck, N.D., State College’s National Energy Center of Excellence on 27 May to discuss the formulation of safety standards for the oil and gas industry…
News Cuttings
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
The IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) celebrated the safety successes of its members at the annual Safety Awards dinner held at the Mercure Ardoe House in Aberdeen on 13 May…
Drilling Ahead: Shale revolution shifts to oily & international phase
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
The shale revolution has shifted into a new phase to encompass oil plays and expand its frontiers beyond North America. In today’s US rig count, the increase in oil-focused rigs mirrors nearly perfectly the decline in gas rigs…
European shale gas: a long road ahead
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Global and Regional Markets, July/August
Shale gas has revolutionized the North American natural gas landscape over the past few years. Across the pond, with the European Commission projecting that…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Deep Sea Metro took delivery of the Deepsea Metro I sixth-generation drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries on 22 June. Odfjell Drilling has secured a contract with BG Group…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Woodside has signed on with AGR Drilling Services to use its Riserless Mud Recovery system (RMR) for top-hole drilling on an exploration campaign…
Operator takes proactive approach to human-factors evaluation of equipment
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Safety within the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil and gas industry has become the focus of attention around the world after the Macondo incident in April 2010. However, preceding this incident, safety had already been a priority throughout the industry…
Perspectives: Brady Long, Ensco – Dynamic drilling industry best experienced from the inside
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August, Uncategorized
Listening to Brady Long’s story of how he found himself working first at Pride International and now at Ensco, you realize that he’s telling you he feels more at home working among drillers than among lawyers. Considering his law degree background, it seems slightly ironic…
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People, Companies & Products
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Paradigm Oilfield Services has secured a $400,000 contract to supply equipment, including stabilizers and its dual-stage hole-opener called “The Beast,” for a drilling operation in…
Merged multilaterals system cuts time, risk
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Completing the Well, July/August
Inherent risks in component alignment and open-hole exposure time during conventional multilateral casing junction operations spurred the need for an innovative…
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
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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...