Archive | 2012
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, July/August
Globe Energy Services has added new rigs to its fleet designed for quicker and safer rig-up/rig-down. The Mustang 600-Class rigs feature Globe’s mast design with 116 ft of clear height…
BP case study: MPD application supports HPHT exploration
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Innovating While Drilling, July/August, The Offshore Frontier
Following successful implementation of managed pressure drilling (MPD) in high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) wells drilled from jackups in the Eastern…
HPHT research heats up
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Features, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
BP’s Project 20K among industry initiatives to push technologies beyond 20,000 psi, 400°F. What will production in subsea, ultra-deepwater fields look like in 10 years? That’s the multi-billion-dollar question as industry attempts to chart a course for those high stakes-arenas…
10 tools to build more effective training
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, July/August
In the oil and gas trade, proper safety training can mean the difference between life and death. The goal of every teaching program should be to create training that attracts and retains people’s attention and…
Collaborative strategy preempts drilling hazards on hard wells
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, July/August
As industry ventures into more challenging and remote locations to recover oil and gas reserves, a high-quality well architecture is paramount for achieving…
Offshore Europe: E&P revival drives rig demand
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Features, Global and Regional Markets, July/August, The Offshore Frontier
Despite the financial hardships rippling through the European economy, operators and drilling contractors continue to thrive in a reinvigorated offshore European drilling market that is supported by continued high oil prices and buoyed by new discoveries on old fields…
Shales, technologies, cultural shift refuel Romanian industry
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Global and Regional Markets, July/August, Onshore Advances
At the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, the sight of new facilities at Industrial Park near the city of Ploiesti is a testament to Romania’s regenerating oil and gas industry…
Safe lifting initiatives focus on awareness, drops prevention
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, July/August
Rig operations both onshore and offshore call for detailed safety procedures for management of equipment, specifically in regards to crane lifts, mechanical handling…
Euro-shales: Opposition mounts
Posted on 16 July 2012 in 2012, Features, Global and Regional Markets, July/August, Onshore Advances
A year ago, an article in the July/August 2011 issue of Drilling Contractor stated that the journey to achieving commercial shale gas production in Europe would be a slow one. Over the past 12 months or so, that journey has arguably gotten even slower…
News Cuttings
Posted on 02 July 2012 in 2012, Departments, July/August
Approximately 400 IADC members and guests attended the IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) annual safety awards dinner in Aberdeen on 11 May, celebrating what has been one of the safest years on record for offshore drilling contractors…
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...