Archive | 2012
Glenda Wylie, Halliburton: Passion for solving challenges driven by love of science
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…
Rig count doubles in Utica Shale from year ago
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…
Multiphase simulations enhance well designs, contingency planning
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…
MPD powers static pre-drill modeling with dynamic capacity
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…
Research expands as sour gas completion challenges increase
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…
Wirelines
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…
News Cuttings
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…
Optimism strong despite market uncertainties
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…
Technology Development: A game of risks vs rewards
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…
Annual General Meeting Special: IADC 2012 – A year of reflection, changes
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…
Recent Drilling News
23 May 2013
Honghua developing new-generation shale-drilling rig, plans testing of frac pump
Honghua Group and its US subsidiary Honghua America are developing a next-generation onshore rig...
21 May 2013
Exclusive video: How leaders can achieve and sustain safety excellence
Leaders can achieve more in safety excellence by focusing on what they want employees to...
21 May 2013
Exclusive video with Marshall Adkins: Bearish on oil, relatively more bullish on natural gas
Marshall Adkins, managing director of Raymond James & Associates, speaks with...
21 May 2013
Marathon Oil: 3,000-plus wells possible in Eagle Ford acreage
Marathon Oil has determined that it may drill more than 3,000 wells in its Eagle...
21 May 2013
Noble Energy moves toward mixed fleet of LNG-dedicated, dual-fuel rigs
After a pilot program initiated in early 2011 to compare the use of LNG versus diesel to power...