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HSE Corner: Industry groups enhance lifting/hoisting safety with competency standards, exams
Posted on 21 September 2011 in 2011, Departments, September/October
The OGP Lifting and Hoisting Task Force has been reviewing developments in defining competencies …
Perspectives: Brian Maness, Diamond Offshore – Helping rig crews do their jobs right
Posted on 08 September 2011 in 2011, Departments, September/October
Brian Maness, assistant manager of training for Diamond Offshore, has a passion for training running in his blood …
Drilling Ahead: Shell/CNPC JV shows that change isn’t coming; it’s here
Posted on 07 September 2011 in 2011, Departments, September/October
Shell and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to develop a highly automated well manufacturing system …
Drilling Ahead: Shale revolution shifts to oily & international phase
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
The shale revolution has shifted into a new phase to encompass oil plays and expand its frontiers beyond North America. In today’s US rig count, the increase in oil-focused rigs mirrors nearly perfectly the decline in gas rigs…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Deep Sea Metro took delivery of the Deepsea Metro I sixth-generation drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries on 22 June. Odfjell Drilling has secured a contract with BG Group…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Woodside has signed on with AGR Drilling Services to use its Riserless Mud Recovery system (RMR) for top-hole drilling on an exploration campaign…
Operator takes proactive approach to human-factors evaluation of equipment
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Safety within the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil and gas industry has become the focus of attention around the world after the Macondo incident in April 2010. However, preceding this incident, safety had already been a priority throughout the industry…
Perspectives: Brady Long, Ensco – Dynamic drilling industry best experienced from the inside
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August, Uncategorized
Listening to Brady Long’s story of how he found himself working first at Pride International and now at Ensco, you realize that he’s telling you he feels more at home working among drillers than among lawyers. Considering his law degree background, it seems slightly ironic…
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People, Companies & Products
Posted on 14 July 2011 in 2011, Departments, July/August
Paradigm Oilfield Services has secured a $400,000 contract to supply equipment, including stabilizers and its dual-stage hole-opener called “The Beast,” for a drilling operation in…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 04 May 2011 in 2011, Departments, May/June
COSL Drilling Europe has signed a 12-month contract for the accommodation unit COSLRigmar with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia…
Recent Drilling News
15 May 2013
BP commits to renewed focus on upstream oil and gas over next decade
Over the next decade, as much as 75% to 80% of BP's majority group capital expenditure will be spent in upstream...
15 May 2013
Statoil sanctions Julia development in GOM with ExxonMobil, pushes ahead with Logan
Pursuing further growth in its US offshore portfolio, Statoil has sanctioned its fourth field development in the Gulf of Mexico...
15 May 2013
Exclusive video: New composite wireline cable contains seven-conductor electrical core
Serko Sarian, telemetry and conveyance portfolio manager for Schlumberger, talks with Drilling Contractor...
15 May 2013
PETRONAS: NOCs expand globally with increasing autonomy, financial strength
National oil companies (NOCs) continue to assume an increasingly meaningful role in the oil and gas industry...
15 May 2013
Different dual-gradient methods enable drilling in deepwater, depleted reservoirs
Dual-gradient technology continues to gain attention as an important solution to deepwater drilling and...