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D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 12 March 2009 in 2009, Departments, March/April
Helix Energy Solutions Group recently completed installation of drilling equipment on its MODU Q4000 multi-service vessel, equipped with a DP-3 system…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 12 March 2009 in 2009, Departments, March/April
Apache chairman and CEO G Steven Farris has formed an office of the chief executive with three executives reporting to him: Roger B Plank, CFO since 1997…
Perspectives: David Reid, National Oilwell Varco
Posted on 12 March 2009 in 2009, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
In what David Reid calls the “inventing/creating world” in his head, there are definitive ideas about how things should be and strong opinions about right and wrong…
Oman training center supports safety, operational goals
Posted on 12 March 2009 in 2009, Departments, Drilling It Safely, March/April
The Nabors International Oman Training Center (OTC) in Muscat, which began operating 12 years ago, originally trained rig mechanics and electricians…
Drilling Ahead
Posted on 17 January 2009 in 2009, Departments, January/February
This is the downturn everyone expected. They just didn’t expect it so soon. Anyone with a sense of history of the oil and gas business is wise to the reality that a ceaseless upward cycle just is not in the cards. The cards always come tumbling down…
Perspectives
Posted on 17 January 2009 in 2009, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Salvador – it’s Brazil’s oldest city (founded in 1549), one of its largest (3 million-plus people in the metropolitan area), and a vibrant place known as the country’s “Capital da Alegria,” or “Capital of Happiness…”
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 17 January 2009 in 2009, Departments, January/February
National Oilwell Varco’s Frank Springett, vice chairman of the Future Technology Subcommittee of the IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee, has been selected as the inaugural winner of World Oil’s “Next Generation Award…”
HSE Corner
Posted on 17 January 2009 in 2009, Departments, Drilling It Safely, January/February
In 2001, HSE personnel from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell gathered to develop minimum safety awareness training requirements for all employees working offshore…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 17 January 2009 in 2009, Departments, January/February
Enventure Global Technology has completed its 1,000th SET expandable job, installing a 47-ft 7 5/8 x 9 5/8-in. 36.0 lb/ft expandable cased-hole liner to cover damaged casing near the surface of the well…
D&C News
Posted on 17 January 2009 in 2009, Departments, January/February
KCA DEUTAG’s crews on rig T201 working in Brunei have received recognition from Shell as Land Rig of the Year in its worldwide fleet for 2008…
Recent News
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