Archive | 2012

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…

Recent Drilling News

  • 14 June 2013

    UK HSE report: Reportable hydrocarbon releases nearly halved over three years

    The UK oil and gas industry has achieved a 48% reduction in the number of reportable hydrocarbon releases over three years, the...

  • 12 June 2013

    Atwood Oceanics secures contract for Atwood Achiever ultra-deepwater drillship

    Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a drilling services contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Atwood Achiever by a subsidiary...

  • 10 June 2013

    Ensco orders its eighth Samsung DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship

    Ensco has ordered an additional advanced-capability DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship based on the Samsung GF12000 hull design. The vessel, ENSCO DS-10, will be the eighth...

  • 07 June 2013

    Unconventionals lead the way for drilling automation, but business model defines uptake

    Industry’s ongoing efforts to bring automation to the drilling sector will progress over time as a “natural alignment”...

  • 05 June 2013

    Exclusive video: Compact top drive, casing drive system built for mobility

    Julio Quintana, president and CEO for Tesco, speaks with Drilling Contractor associate editor Katherine Scott...

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