Archive | 2012
Innovating to stay ahead of safety curve
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Eni using lean well design, near-balance drilling, dual-casing technologies to ensure well integrity, improve pressure management in complex wells…
Training must keep up as well complexity rises
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Technology gaps must also be addressed in ERD, geosteering, BOP control systems, hydraulic fracturing efficiency…
Technology adoption: No risk means no gain
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Slow pace to implement emerging innovations leading to missed or delayed opportunities to reduce costs, NPT
Eurozone difficulties add market uncertainty
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Uneven spending impacts marginal projects as emerging shale opportunities push demand for high-tech land rigs…
Engaging proactively to drive sustainability
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Petronas looks to industry collaboration, guidelines to meet long-term training, technology needs…
Forging path forward for closed-loop drilling
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Industry must support emerging technologies with standards, competent people…
Perspectives: Shane Marchand, H&P – Industry is nothing without our people
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Focused Microsites, January/February
For someone who has wanted to be in the drilling business ever since he went to a rig christening in East Texas as a child, going to work for Helmerich & Payne in 1996…
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Redundancy builds in maintenance time to boost safety, reliability
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Efficiency, risk mitigation should go hand-in-hand if equipment is used effectively by competent workers…
Integrated solutions in a complex world
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, January/February
Efforts to reduce E&P costs focus on enhancing drilling efficiency, wellbore positioning, wellbore assurance…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Focused Microsites, January/February
Walter H. Helmerich III, businessman, civic leader and philanthropist, passed away on 10 January. He joined H&P in 1950 and became president in 1960…
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