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Perspectives: Brett Borland, ConocoPhillips Building a career on technology innovations
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
Being in the right place at the right time can make or break a career, depending on whether you can rise up to the challenge. For Brett Borland, who in 1980 was just…
D&C News
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, November/December
The drill tower for the Noble Bully II drillship left the Huisman quay in Schiedam, The Netherlands, in late September for the Keppel…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, November/December
Baker Hughes has installed the world’s first ultra-temperature electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)…
Perspectives: Gert-Jan Windhorst, Noble Corp
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, September/October
Having been born and raised in the Netherlands in a family of sailors, it wasn’t particularly hard for Gert-Jan Windhorst to decide that he wanted to major in nautical science…
HSE Corner: Behavior management: next step change in safety
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Departments, Drilling It Safely, September/October
Before we explain what “behavior-based safety” is in today’s oil and gas industry, let’s first ask ourselves: What is behavior management?
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Departments, September/October
Mark Mey has joined Atwood Oceanics as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He will oversee Atwood’s financial function…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Departments, September/October
The 8 ¾-in. VM613P six-bladed bit used a more active blade design to set a 24-hr footage record, a 120.02 ft/hr average ROP, in a Barnett Shale well…
Drilling Ahead: ‘Brick wall’ looms for offshore jobs
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Departments, September/October
As the moratorium on deepwater drilling creeps toward its purported 30 Nov end date, efforts to jump start drilling in shallow water remain…
D&C News
Posted on 07 September 2010 in 2010, Departments, September/October
Seadrill’s West Orion semisubmersible recently began operations offshore Brazil for Petrobras under a six-year contract. The rig reached Brazil from Singapore in early July and had been preparing for the start-up of operations since…
Sara Shayegi, Hess Corp Reservoir background puts new spin on drilling
Posted on 14 July 2010 in Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
There are two kinds of people in the world – those who want to know why and how something works, and those who don’t care “why” or “how”…
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