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Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Focus Areas, January/February
Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services recently unveiled the XSR200, a land coiled-tubing well intervention unit…
Drilling Ahead: Drilling smarter – It’s not your father’s oilfield
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Focus Areas, January/February
It’s not your father’s oilfield. Necessity, celebrated mother of invention, demands that we drill smarter, work better.
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Focus Areas, January/February
Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Metro I commenced its drilling program in January for BG Groupin Tanzania. The contract with BG has a firm duration of 365 days…
Perspectives: Shane Marchand, H&P – Industry is nothing without our people
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Focus Areas, January/February
For someone who has wanted to be in the drilling business ever since he went to a rig christening in East Texas as a child, going to work for Helmerich & Payne in 1996…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, Focus Areas, January/February
Walter H. Helmerich III, businessman, civic leader and philanthropist, passed away on 10 January. He joined H&P in 1950 and became president in 1960…
News Cuttings
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
IADC’s Mark Denkowski has been promoted to vice president of accreditation and certification programs. He joined IADC in April 2011 as managing director…
Editorial: 2012 – Let’s take safety to new levels
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
The last two years have been a challenging period for our industry. Eleven lives were lost and 16 others were seriously injured on 20 April 2010 as a result of the Macondo…
Wirelines
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
The culmination of eight years of litigation in UK courts, the UK Supreme Court has upheld the previous rulings of the Court of Session and Employment Appeal Tribunal…
A global association for a global industry
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, CurrentFeatures, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. So the saying goes, but Ensco chairman, president and CEO Dan Rabun challenges the notion of maintaining the status quo. Doing something one way simply because “it’s the way we’ve always done it” doesn’t necessarily produce the best results…
2012 IADC Officers
Posted on 01 February 2012 in 2012, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Daniel W. Rabun is chairman of the Board, president and chief executive officer of Ensco. He joined the company in March 2006 as president and director…
Recent News
31 January 2012
Condition monitoring calls for drilling contractor, OEM collaboration
Evaluation and recertification programs for equipment and systems are plentiful, but offshore contractors are looking...
31 January 2012
From passive to proactive, condition monitoring gives rig operators advance warning of failures
As rigs are increasingly deployed to remote locations and equipped with complex electronic engines, the risks of...
31 January 2012
IADC accredits Baker Hughes competence management program
Baker Hughes has become the first integrated oilfield service company to receive full accreditation of its Competence Management Program...
31 January 2012
IADC’s Petty to lead ITAC Investment Working Group
The US Secretary of Commerce and US Trade Representative (USTR) have designated IADC executive VP – government affairs Brian Petty as chairman...
31 January 2012
MPD system facilitates top-hole drilling offshore Brazil
AGR has completed its first Brazilian operation using the EC-Drill system, a managed pressure drilling technology based on the RMR system and...