Archive | 2014
Recognizing inhibiting forces can help employees intervene in unsafe acts
Posted on 12 February 2014 in 2014, Drilling It Safely, News
A key component of a safety management system is ensuring that employees are willing and able to speak up when they witness something unsafe, or even potentially unsafe…
API Spec Q2 aims to standardize risk mitigation, improve service reliability
Posted on 12 February 2014 in 2014, Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
An industrywide collaboration is pushing to standardize expectations for drilling services with a risk management-based system. Although development of API Spec Q2 began…
News Cuttings
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
IADC has launched its new accreditation program for Helicopter Underwater Escape and Water Survival Training (HUET) for the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). At the request of oil…
The Latin American puzzle
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, CurrentFeatures, Features, Global and Regional Markets, January/February, Onshore Advances, The Offshore Frontier
The sun is rising on Latin America. With its prolific and varied resources, the region is poised to become a major player on the global hydrocarbon map. While the big story in recent years has been the massive pre-salt discoveries in the deepwater off the coast of Brazil…
Well economics steer completions focus toward standardization
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, January/February
Mike Garding is the Schlumberger Completions president. Compared with drilling, completion has come to account for an increasing percentage of total well costs in recent…
Collaboration enhances operational integrity, emergency preparedness
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, January/February
Brett Darley is the director of drilling and completions at Apache in Australia. Following the Montara and Macondo incidents, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration…
2014 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference: Exclusive roundup of abstracts from 18 technical sessions
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Exclusive roundup of abstracts from 18 technical sessions…
Development volume lends contract visibility, opps for new players
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, January/February
Rohaizad Darus is president of Malaysia-based UMW Oil and Gas. What do you see as the overall challenges for expanding the deepwater market in Asia Pacific, and how do…
Enhanced tool design, testing processes target better field reliability
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, January/February
Clive Rayton is vice president of Drilling Service Solutions at Baker Hughes. How have service companies been affected by the boom in unconventional drilling and the rapid…
Industry must sustain steadfast focus on wellbore, critical path
Posted on 24 January 2014 in 2014, January/February
John Rynd is CEO and president of Hercules Offshore and 2014 IADC vice chairman. At an industry event last year, you spoke of near-historical highs for contractor backlogs and how…
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06 March 2014
OMV plans roll-out of real-time operations support workflow after success in Tunisia
A protocol for delivering real-time operations support for small-scale, geographically dispersed drilling campaigns is giving crews in far-flung fields easier access to...
06 March 2014
Baker Hughes’ AutoTrak Curve RSS drills 10 million ft in two years
Baker Hughes’ AutoTrak Curve rotary steerable system (RSS), launched two years ago at the IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, has drilled 10 million ft onshore North America...
06 March 2014
Streamlined procedures, intelligent rig design among keys to efficient rig move
A project to measure and improve land rig moves identified four key fundamentals and their integration as the path to efficient rig moves: streamlined procedures, intelligent...
06 March 2014
Exclusive video: IMax drill bits target hard, abrasive formations
Varel International launched the IMax series of diamond-impregnated drill bits this week at the 2014 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. The IMax bit targets formations...
06 March 2014
S-shaped profile for relief wells may reduce risk of missing target well
Relief well planning has become a required safety measure for the drilling industry to ensure readiness in the event of a blowout. The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental...