Holistic approach to drilling means going beyond rig equipment

Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February

Rethinking current operating culture, business model could provide big opportunity for cost reductions…

Making the right HSE decisions at right time

Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, January/February

In an ideal world, drilling contractors and operating companies would have access to competent and sensible advice from internal and external professional HSE advisers…

Numbers show: Good safety is good business

Posted on 16 January 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, January/February

Investing in workers’ safety and health practices reach beyond costs savings…

HSE&T corner: Eight steps to grow the right people

Posted on 16 January 2012 in 2012, Departments, January/February

To increase retention of new employees, Patterson-UTI Drilling set aside traditional training approaches and implemented a multifaceted program to grow their own…

Expandables to the rescue in shale refracs, trouble zones, long-reach wells

Posted on 13 January 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, Features, January/February

While they are hardly new on the oil and gas completion front, expandable technologies are coming of age when highly deviated, mature and depleted wells are the norm…