Archive | 2013
Ship shape
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, CurrentFeatures, Features, Global and Regional Markets, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
The world’s offshore rig fleet is getting a makeover. The recovering global economy, healthy commodity prices, a burgeoning ultra-deepwater market and plans to venture into more harsh-environment fields have converged in a perfect storm of newbuild activity…
Can’t keep the offshore industry down
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, CurrentFeatures, Features, Global and Regional Markets, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
The global offshore industry is undeniably enjoying another renaissance. Both the deepwater and jackup segments are benefitting from high utilization and climbing dayrates in almost every market around the world, and few doubt this positive outlook will continue…
2013 OTC Spotlight on New Technology Awards
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, May/June, OTC
The Offshore Technology Conference has announced the 15 winning technologies that will receive the 2013 Spotlight on New Technology Awards recognizing…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, Departments, May/June
Antero Resources and Patterson-UTI recently finalized the installation of three rich-burn engines from Waukesha-Pearce Industries (WPI) that are…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, Departments, May/June
Statoil, with its partners Eni and Petoro, has started production from the Skuld field at Norne in the Norwegian Sea…
Drilling Ahead: ‘Peak Oil’ consigned to dustbin of failed notions
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
Whatever happened to Peak Oil? Peak Oil, the seemingly irrefutable hypothesis that the world is quickly exhausting its finite hydrocarbon resources…
From recovery into growth
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, CurrentFeatures, Features, Global and Regional Markets, May/June, The Offshore Frontier
The state of affairs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has shifted from recovery mode to a new growth phase, with deepwater activity surpassing pre-Macondo levels. It’s estimated that the moratorium set the GOM back one to two years, but industry has finally achieved a period of bustling activity…
IADC Drilling Lexicon: Standardized industry terms to help regulators globally
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
The IADC Drilling Lexicon website, now under development, will provide a forum for critical review and analysis of terms used in drilling operations…
News Cuttings
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
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…
Wirelines
Posted on 28 May 2013 in 2013, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
OSHA issued the “Guidance on Handling Cases Developed Pursuant to the FRC Enforcement Policy Memorandum” to regional administrators and solicitors on 18 December 2012…
Recent Drilling News
19 June 2013
Dolphin Drilling unveils new deepwater drillship
Aberdeen-based Dolphin Drilling, one of the oldest and largest independent drilling contracting companies in the North Sea, unveiled its new 751-ft ultra deepwater rig...
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”...