Archive | 2012
‘Rich-burn’ engines look to power land rigs with reduced emissions
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, Onshore Advances, September/October
Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have unlocked record supplies of natural gas in North America, pushing prices to a 10-year low and cutting profits for gas…
As industry evolves, risk management programs must too
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, September/October
As the energy industry develops and deploys new technologies to meet the challenges of supplying the world’s energy needs, the effectiveness of the industry’s…
Automation: On the cusp of transformation
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Features, September/October, The Efficient Rig
After decades of discussion and debate, the industry has reached a tipping point, standing at the brink of what may become the biggest and most sweeping change it has ever faced – automation. No longer a pie-in-the-sky idea, drilling automation is fast becoming reality…
Upgrades extend drilling capabilities of Beryl platform rigs
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
The Beryl field, located about 200 miles northeast of Aberdeen, is located in a water depth of 390 ft. Its discovery in 1972 led to the installation of the Beryl Alpha platform…
Northward ho!
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Features, Global and Regional Markets, Onshore Advances, September/October, Videos
Less than a decade ago, Williston, North Dakota, was a mere dot on a map in a state associated with long, cold winters and the movie “Fargo.” Today, the town sits at the epicenter of the biggest oil boom to hit the Lower 48 in recent history. Thanks to significant oil production in the Williston Basin’s…
How to learn from our past: Debunking 6 myths of process safety
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, September/October
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the level we were when we created them,” said Albert Einstein. And yet, we continue to do the same things over and over again…
UK HSE guide targets drill floor machinery, tubular handling safety
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, September/October
The implementation of remotely controlled equipment on the drill floor is often portrayed as one phase in an inexorable drive to the ultimate goal of automated…
Drill pipe riser system qualified for African deepwater project
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
The Cameron/TOTAL Usan project team took one of the first high-pressure drill pipe riser for intervention systems (DPRIS) to the African deepwater market in 2009…
Multistage stimulation pushes Chinese well over production target
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, Onshore Advances, September/October
New production goals issued by the Chinese government of more than 6 million tons of oil equivalent per year in one field created a challenge to more quickly…
A shake-up in solids control: Industry looks beyond tradition
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Innovating While Drilling, September/October, Videos
Remove all doubt from the drilling process. That mantra is one of the key drivers behind Jason Norman’s mission to streamline and – ultimately – automate solids control, waste management and drilling fluids processing…
Recent Drilling News
15 May 2013
BP commits to renewed focus on upstream oil and gas over next decade
Over the next decade, as much as 75% to 80% of BP's majority group capital expenditure will be spent in upstream...
15 May 2013
Statoil sanctions Julia development in GOM with ExxonMobil, pushes ahead with Logan
Pursuing further growth in its US offshore portfolio, Statoil has sanctioned its fourth field development in the Gulf of Mexico...
15 May 2013
Exclusive video: New composite wireline cable contains seven-conductor electrical core
Serko Sarian, telemetry and conveyance portfolio manager for Schlumberger, talks with Drilling Contractor...
15 May 2013
PETRONAS: NOCs expand globally with increasing autonomy, financial strength
National oil companies (NOCs) continue to assume an increasingly meaningful role in the oil and gas industry...
15 May 2013
Different dual-gradient methods enable drilling in deepwater, depleted reservoirs
Dual-gradient technology continues to gain attention as an important solution to deepwater drilling and...