The IADC Drilling Lexicon website, now under development, will provide a forum for critical review and analysis of terms used in drilling operations...
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News Cuttings
Dr Brenda Kelly, IADC senior director, program development, participated in the Latin American Forum on Energy and Environment at the University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School...
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OSHA issued the “Guidance on Handling Cases Developed Pursuant to the FRC Enforcement Policy Memorandum” to regional administrators and solicitors on 18 December 2012...
Read More »From the chairman: IADC Red Thread – Paving the path to catalyze improved performance
A recent API study estimated that the US oil and natural gas industry has invested more than $252 billion since 1990 to improve the environmental performance of its products, facilities and operations...
Read More »For industry, by industry: 6 key facts worth repeating about IADC Rig Pass
Since its establishment in 1992, IADC’s Rig Pass safety orientation program has issued approximately 200,000 certificates to the drilling industry...
Read More »Mike Hoyle, GL Noble Denton: Engagement is key to industrywide projects
Seemingly separate parts of life aligned for Mike Hoyle in the oil and gas industry. As an avid sailor coming from a family of engineers...
Read More »Remote directional drilling enhances shale well quality, efficiency
After a successful pilot application in the Haynesville Shale, Shell Upstream Americas is taking steps to conduct all of its directional drilling (DD), geosteering (GS) and measurement/logging while drilling (MWD/LWD) operations in the Americas and beyond from remote drilling centers...
Read More »Shale drilling reaps efficiency gains from MPD pressure control
Managed pressure drilling (MPD) techniques that are used to drill some of the world’s most extreme conventional wells also have the capability to significantly improve drilling efficiency in unconventional shales...
Read More »Case study: Planning enables remote-area drilling campaign
Offshore the Falkland Islands, approximately 650 km southeast of the South American continent, two small UK operators with limited in-house operational resources conducted a successful drilling campaign...
Read More »FPSO boom calls for care with power supply equipment, hazards
The global FPSO market has encountered tremendous growth over the past 20 years and is showing no sign of slowing...
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