Archive | 2011
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 31 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
GE is investing US$500 million to expand its operations in Brazil and to accelerate technology partnerships with Brazilian companies…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 31 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
KCA DEUTAG has signed several rig contracts in recent months, including six rigs for BP on the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
KCA DEUTAG has established a strategic alliance with Robert Gordon University to provide drilling and rig training from the university’s…
Perspectives: Cary Moomjian, Ensco: Industry needs new generation of leaders, association ‘stalwarts’
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
For Cary Moomjian, this industry is all about the people. Early in his career, he left private law practice in southern California to join Santa Fe Drilling Company because…
HSE Corner: How to gain the upper hand in finger, hand safety: 10 tips from the industry
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, Drilling It Safely, January/February
Hand and finger injuries lead the industry’s recordable incidence rates every year. Data from IADC’s 2009 Incident Statistics Program (ISP) indicate that 34% of recordable incidents…
Drilling Ahead: Strong oil prices, enabling technology drive expansion
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
Despite continuing uncertainty in the US Gulf of Mexico, the industry is smiling. Oil prices are rising, a driller’s delight…
Wirelines/News Cuttings
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Industry groups, including IADC, urged the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to open its regulatory process to the public…
2011 IADC chairman: Industry leaders must walk the walk on safety
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Life takes us to unexpected places. For Matt Ralls, it was a rather circuitous route – including a botched roustabout attempt when he was 18, a decision to major in nuclear engineering rather than petroleum engineering in college…
2011 IADC Officers
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Matt Ralls joined Rowan Companies in 2009 as president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors. He most recently served as executive vice president and chief operating officer…
From the Chairman: Leadership, not politics
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
After months of hearings and investigations, the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released its report in early January…
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
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...
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...