Archive | 2011
News Cuttings
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
The IADC Well Control Committee’s Curriculum Subcommittee has recommended changes to the supervisor-level WellCAP drilling curriculum after months of intensive review…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Departments, November/December
Houston-based AmeriMex Motor and Controls recently developed the industry’s first single 2,000-hp drilling motor. It is designed to work with small and mobile equipment…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Departments, September/October
Petrobras’ Brazilian natural gas output increased by 8% in July compared with the same month a year ago …
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Departments, September/October
Maersk Drilling and Maersk Training have invested in a DrillSIM-6000 drilling simulator from UK-based Drilling Systems to be housed in a purpose-built complex in Svendborg, Denmark…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Departments, September/October
R&M Energy Systems is offering the Hercules Lugless 150H BOP Cap, which allows operations to use a wrench rather than a hammer to secure the end caps…
HSE Corner: Industry groups enhance lifting/hoisting safety with competency standards, exams
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Departments, September/October
The OGP Lifting and Hoisting Task Force has been reviewing developments in defining competencies …
Editorial: Nurturing lessons learned – Stakeholders must continue collaborative relationship
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, September/October
Following a devastating forest fire, new growth rises from the charred remains. This is the cycle in nature. In human endeavors, we too must try to rebound …
Driving sustainability through reporting
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, September/October
IPIECA, API and the OGP have issued the second edition of Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Sustainability Reporting. Clear and consistent reporting helps …
Training, hazard control key to better ergonomics
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, September/October
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a significant source of economic loss to drilling companies. It is difficult to pinpoint the extent of MSDs in the industry …
Safe drilling operations come full circle
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, September/October
Weatherford International is leveraging a fundamental aspect of all drilling operations – the mud system. Fluids in and out of the wellbore provide valuable info…
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...