Archive | 2011
Accelerometer helps shakers keep optimal G
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, September/October
For the first time in the industry, shakers have the ability to automatically increase acceleration (G) under loaded conditions because of Constant-G Control (CGC) …
Biofluids: Combining environmental responsibility, performance
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, Features, September/October
More than 250 types of lubricants are used in daily offshore rig operations in appreciable volumes, including engine oils, hydraulic fluids, thruster fluids …
QHSE lift: redefining management systems
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Drilling It Safely, September/October
To many people a management system, whether HSE, finance, human resources or operations, is a collection of documents describing “things the company needs or wants …
Re-inventing subsea intervention to keep economics above water
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Completing the Well, Features, September/October
Ten thousand feet below the platform, a well production tree, with all its pipes, manifolds and production lines, is signaling yet another new frontier in hydrocarbon …
Australia embarks on coal seam gas, the next E&P frontier Down Under
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Features, Global and Regional Markets, September/October
A steady producer of oil and gas in conventional onshore and offshore fields, Australia is looking to new and unconventional resources to chart its future …
Optimizing ROP through automation
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, September/October, The Efficient Rig
Increasing the rate of penetration without detrimentally affecting hole quality or well placement can help to reduce drilling costs, especially on rigs with a…
Dual BOPs: When one just isn’t enough
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Features, September/October, The Efficient Rig
On 1 June Rowan Companies announced it had ordered the first two ultra-deepwater drillships in the company’s history, to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. These 12,000-ft capable vessels will each be equipped…
Rig mobility on the fast track
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Features, September/October, The Efficient Rig
Rig manufacturers are expanding the operating and mobility features of the industry’s rigs to a new level of sophistication – the highly or ultra-mobile rig …
HIL merges risk-free testing, virtual drilling
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, September/October, The Efficient Rig
The devil is in the details. For today’s state-of-the-art rigs and increasingly automated drilling equipment, that translates to the software…
Shedding light on electrical simplicity
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, September/October, The Efficient Rig
Simpler power distribution systems are being cited as the reason for a reduction in blackout scenarios aboard deepwater rigs. Isolated at sea, deepwater drillships …
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