Archive | 2011
Longer, deviated wells push drill pipe limits
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Drill pipe technical performance is rarely the starting point for well planning – engineers expect that drill pipe will handle the challenges, loads and environments that it…
Stick-slip workshop highlights mitigation technologies, needs
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
This article presents the results from a workshop on stick-slip mitigation held in Houston on 15 July 2010…
Remote workflows put digital resources to work to reduce NPT
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
One of the biggest economic challenges for an operator when drilling a well is to reduce nonproductive time (NPT)…
We’ve only just begun…
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
As we approach the first anniversary of the Macondo tragedy, the drilling industry remains far from back to normal. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) issued the first deepwater…
Sand control case histories: Shape memory polymers, resins, shunt tubes
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Completing the Well, Features, March/April
Sand, a familiar adversary for drilling and completion engineers, continues to present a major obstacle to well production. It erodes hardware, blocks tubulars, creates downhole cavities and must be removed and disposed of…
Managing kick/loss cycles in East Java
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Dealing with extreme kick/loss cycles is a given in the vuggy, fractured limestone of East Java’s Kujung formation. The difficult drilling is further complicated by reservoir gas with…
2-in-1 bit: Dual cutting structure boosts ROP
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Drilling at a high penetration rate while maintaining durability to complete abrasive sand sections in the Riverside field of Pinedale, Wyo., has been a challenge…
Industry must engineer for simplicity, standardization
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
For those of us who work in the drilling business, we know that the industry’s image among the general public is a misrepresentation, that it doesn’t reflect the emphasis we put on safety or efforts…
News Cuttings
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
IADC was among a number of international organizations invited to participate in the G20 Global Marine Environmental Protection (GMEP) group meeting…
Wirelines
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
Ensco won a motion for a preliminary injunction in mid-February against the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), which has been ordered to take action on five of Ensco’s pending…
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”...