Archive | May/June
Navigating safe waters
Posted on 24 April 2012 in 2012, Features, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
Booming markets in West Africa, Brazil and areas of Asia Pacific are putting a bullish spin on the overall offshore outlook, with rising utilization and dayrates in all sectors, including shallow- and mid-water, deepwater and ultra-deepwater…
Global deepwater exploration sustains strong rig activity
Posted on 24 April 2012 in 2012, Features, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
Two years have passed since the twin Montara and Macondo blowouts. While Macondo obviously disrupted US Gulf of Mexico drilling in all water depths, deepwater exploration and rig activity remained robust elsewhere…
Onshore MPD system enables lower mud weights for challenging wells
Posted on 24 April 2012 in 2012, May/June, Onshore Advances
In the development of onshore gas fields, Shell has encountered margins in which the difference between dynamic equivalent circulating density (ECD) and static…
Reentry campaign gives first-round subsea fields second chance to produce
Posted on 19 April 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, May/June
A large number of subsea production wells have been drilled, but to date, there has been limited industry experience of redrilling subsea wells even though redrills have…
Perspectives: Goran Andersson, Chevron: Experiential training is the way forward
Posted on 19 April 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, Drilling It Safely, May/June, Videos
As a new generation enters the industry work force, Chevron’s Goran Andersson strongly believes…
Stable market pushes Asia Pacific rig demand
Posted on 19 April 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, May/June
Asia Pacific is a dynamic yet relatively stable drilling market, having successfully weathered the impact of negative global economic pressures since the 2008 credit crunch…
News Cuttings
Posted on 19 April 2012 in 2012, Departments, May/June
Brian Maness, Diamond Offshore Drilling, and Goran Andersson, Chevron, were honored on 7 March…
Legal trends shape Asia Pacific contracts
Posted on 19 April 2012 in 2012, May/June
As with any other region, in the Asia Pacific there are a variety of issues that the negotiator of a drilling or associated service contract must deal with in order to manage the risk to which its employer…
Drilling optimization culture built on real-time data, communication
Posted on 19 April 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, May/June
In recent years, deepwater drilling operations have become more challenging, with new exploratory frontiers and the rise of rig rates demanding first-class drilling…
HSE&T Corner: Security programs must incorporate terrorism prevention, crisis management
Posted on 19 April 2012 in 2012, Departments, Drilling It Safely, May/June
History has shown we cannot prevent terrorist acts from occurring. However, we can minimize the destruction…
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