Posted on 20 December 2012 in 2012, Exclusive Video, Innovating While Drilling, November/December, Recent Drilling News, Videos
At the age of four, Glenda Wylie, now director of global technical marketing for Halliburton, was given three acres of land by her family on their farm in Missouri to do with as she pleased…
Posted on 20 November 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, News
The number of active oil and natural gas rigs in the Appalachian Basin’s Utica Shale for the last week of October 2012 has doubled…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, November/December
Events in recent years have heightened industry awareness regarding well control issues, especially high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) and…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Innovating While Drilling, November/December
Managed pressure drilling (MPD) significantly reduces the likelihood of a well control event and associated wellbore problems by addressing two key…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, November/December
Like vinegar in a cylinder of honey, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is the industry’s ultimate party-pooper, a sour intruder that puts the damper on an otherwise…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
Following an August meeting with James Watson, director of the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), IADC, API, NOIA and the Offshore Operators Committee have…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Departments, November/December
IADC has launched an initiative for a comprehensive revision and update of the definitive rig-operations manual, the IADC Drilling Manual…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Features, Global and Regional Markets, November/December
Trumpets or fireworks may be absent in celebrating substantial industry growth as 2012 concludes, but that’s no matter. Over the past 12 months, industry solidified its footing after facing significant regulatory and economical challenges over the previous couple of years…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Features, Innovating While Drilling, November/December
Industry investing in new generation of forward-thinking technologies even as it works to overcome old mindsets, barriers. When National Oilwell Varco (NOV) unveils its open-platform drilling automation system NOVA in 2014…
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
The drilling world is rapidly changing, and IADC is changing with it. With our strategic review recently completed, we’ve begun reshaping ourselves and have started to roll out new global initiatives aligned with our new way forward…
23 May 2013
Honghua Group and its US subsidiary Honghua America are developing a next-generation onshore rig...
21 May 2013
Leaders can achieve more in safety excellence by focusing on what they want employees to...
21 May 2013
Marshall Adkins, managing director of Raymond James & Associates, speaks with...
21 May 2013
Marathon Oil has determined that it may drill more than 3,000 wells in its Eagle...
21 May 2013
After a pilot program initiated in early 2011 to compare the use of LNG versus diesel to power...