Archive | 2014
Drilling Ahead: Want good news? Don’t read this column!
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, Departments, July/August
“It’s not my job to give you good news,” declared spunky Susan Mackenzie, head of the Energy Division of the UK Health & Safety Executive. When Ms Mackenzie began…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, Departments, July/August
KCA Deutag’s land division has been awarded a contract worth more than $90 million by Russia’s second-largest oil company, Lukoil, for the supply of two arctic cluster…
Extreme drilling drives drill pipe innovations
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, CurrentFeatures, Innovating While Drilling, July/August, Onshore Advances, The Efficient Rig, The Offshore Frontier
Drill pipe, like everything else in well construction, is rapidly evolving to match an ever-expanding operational window. Whether operators are drilling longer laterals in resource plays, launching high-stakes…
IADC launches KSA Competencies Program online database
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, Drilling It Safely, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
IADC officially kicked off its Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) Competencies Program at IADC World Drilling 2014 in Vienna in June. The goal of the project is to ensure…
Downhole shakeup
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, CurrentFeatures, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Rumblings, from surface to TD, are omnipresent throughout a drilling operation. From long-reach horizontal wells onshore the US to the deepest offshore wells around the world, shock and vibration takes…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, Departments, July/August
Maersk Drilling has placed an order with GE Oil & Gas for the industry’s first 20,000-psi rated deepwater BOP and riser systems. The order, which is subject to a final investment…
Automated well control: Industry gets ready for 20,000 psi and beyond
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, Drilling It Safely, July/August
The drilling industry continues to push the limits of its technologies in order to access deeper, hotter, higher-pressure reservoirs. As the industry moves toward drilling…
A fluid situation
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, CurrentFeatures, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
The complexities of today’s oil and gas reservoirs demand new levels of sophistication for drill fluids, including fluids that improve lubricity and reduce risk and environmental impact…
Risk-informed decisions allow realization of rigs’ inherent reliability
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, Drilling It Safely, July/August, The Efficient Rig
Drilling rig operation, maintenance and management involves fast turnaround and high-pressure work with critical tasks. These tasks are performed by diversely skilled personnel…
Real-time drilling service halts twist-offs in Wolfcamp wells
Posted on 10 July 2014 in 2014, Innovating While Drilling, July/August, Onshore Advances
An operator in the Permian Basin requested Baker Hughes to provide a real-time drilling performance service due to numerous drill string twist-offs occurring on both…
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22 July 2014
Petrobras’ domestic oil production averages 2.8 million bbl/day in June
Petrobras’ June oil production in Brazil averaged 2.8 million bbl/day (bpd), a 1.7% increase from May’s production of 1.9 million bpd. In addition, the production operated...
22 July 2014
Precision, Schlumberger partner to boost industrialization of North American unconventional drilling
Precision Drilling has entered into a strategic technology and service agreement and marketing alliance with Schlumberger. Utilizing Precision’s Tier 1 drilling rigs and...
22 July 2014
Easternwell to manage delivery of onshore servicing rig for Brunei
Australia’s Easternwell, a subsidiary of Transfield Services, has expanded internationally through an agreement with Flux O.S. SDN BHD (Flux), a Bruneian oil and gas company...
21 July 2014
BOEM lease sale to offer 21 million acres in Gulf of Mexico for oil, gas development
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank will offer more than 21 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development...
21 July 2014
Large-diameter Ball Type Safety Valves delivered for MWCC containment system
TIW Corp has completed and delivered two large-diameter Ball Type Safety Valves to Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) for use with its expanded containment system. The class...