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People, Companies & Products
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, March/April
John Thorogood received the 2011 SPE Drilling Engineering Award on 2 March at the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in Amsterdam. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in, or contributions to, the advancement of the engineering discipline or field…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 31 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
GE is investing US$500 million to expand its operations in Brazil and to accelerate technology partnerships with Brazilian companies…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 31 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
KCA DEUTAG has signed several rig contracts in recent months, including six rigs for BP on the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
KCA DEUTAG has established a strategic alliance with Robert Gordon University to provide drilling and rig training from the university’s…
Perspectives: Cary Moomjian, Ensco: Industry needs new generation of leaders, association ‘stalwarts’
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
For Cary Moomjian, this industry is all about the people. Early in his career, he left private law practice in southern California to join Santa Fe Drilling Company because…
HSE Corner: How to gain the upper hand in finger, hand safety: 10 tips from the industry
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, Drilling It Safely, January/February
Hand and finger injuries lead the industry’s recordable incidence rates every year. Data from IADC’s 2009 Incident Statistics Program (ISP) indicate that 34% of recordable incidents…
Drilling Ahead: Strong oil prices, enabling technology drive expansion
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Departments, January/February
Despite continuing uncertainty in the US Gulf of Mexico, the industry is smiling. Oil prices are rising, a driller’s delight…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, November/December
Baker Hughes has been awarded an eight-year contract extension from Repsol for the supply and maintenance of electrical submersible pumping…
Digital training evolving into valuable asset for meeting challenges of skills, generation gap
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, Drilling It Safely, November/December
The drilling industry faces the “Big Crew Change” as a generation of experienced workers retires while improved extraction techniques demand…
Automation & dual gradient: The ‘cuttingest’ of cutting-edge tech
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
When it comes to cutting-edge technology, dual-gradient drilling (DGD) and well-construction automation are the sharpest knives in the drawer…
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