Archive | 2013
Exclusive video: Chemical-free water treatment system recovers petroleum, saves water
Posted on 03 May 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, May/June, Onshore Advances, Videos
To help operators extract more petroleum from process water and reduce the need to use fresh water in the fracturing operations…
People, companies and products
Posted on 03 May 2013 in 2013, Departments, May/June
United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has opened a pipe plant in Houston, with first pipe produced in December 2012…
KSA project on pace for 2013 completion
Posted on 03 May 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, Exclusive Video, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June, Videos
The IADC Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) project is well under way, with several key tasks completed and other initiatives in development…
Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Technology Center focuses on the future of drilling
Posted on 03 May 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, Exclusive Video, May/June, Videos
Addressing the increasing complexity of drilling technology and equipment, Diamond Offshore Drilling recently opened its 15,000-sq-ft Ocean Technology Center in Houston…
Drilling Ahead: Webinar on competency clarifies complex topic
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
Technology is our industry’s defibrillator. Without it, we would have shared the same calamitous demise that befell blacksmiths and buggy makers. Unable to pursue any but the lowest-hanging fruit, we’d end up beating our rigs into plowshares…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Departments, March/April
Halliburton, Apache Corp and Caterpillar have developed dual-fuel technology to safely and efficiently power the pumping equipment used for fracturing treatments with a mixture of natural gas and diesel. With 12 pumps (24,000 hp), it is one of the largest dual-fuel projects in the industry…
Cementing: Taking in lessons learned
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, CurrentFeatures, Features, Innovating While Drilling, March/April, Onshore Advances
Hydrocarbon production is a risky business, and nowhere is this more evident than in the deepest, darkest waters on the planet, where some of the brightest prospects for the future lie miles beneath the surface. High pressures and temperatures, extended laterals and unstable reservoirs are…
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Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Departments, March/April
Keppel FELS has delivered the UMW Naga 4 jackup to UMW Oil & Gas five days ahead of schedule in February, on budget and with a perfect safety record…
Plug locator system mitigates cement plug displacement risks
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
The ongoing search for new oil and gas reserves continues to push the technical limits of well construction, as more complex wells are being drilled into increasingly remote…
Harsh environments, extended drilling envelopes steer drill pipe evolution
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, CurrentFeatures, Features, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Just as wells have become longer and more complex, drill pipe is not what it used to be. Improved steel grades and connections for conventional pipe, advanced materials for extreme environments, wired drill pipe…
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...