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Generations: Past & Future Leaders
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
IADC is celebrating its 70th anniversary by comparing and contrasting the perspectives of industry veterans with the newer professionals who are transitioning into the industry’s hierarchy…
From the President: Dr Lee Hunt
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
To the surprise of the US offshore drilling industry, the Obama administration announced that it will potentially open areas in the mid- and south Atlantic, eastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of Alaska to offshore drilling…
Wirelines
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
Speaking at a diplomatic meeting in early March in Lagos, US ambassador to Nigeria Robin Sanders took up an industry cause and cautioned the Nigerian government against an “unrealistic timeline” in its local content bill…
News Cuttings
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
IADC celebrated its 70th anniversary on 18 March in Copenhagen. On behalf of 2010 chairman Louis Raspino, Pride International, and president Dr Lee Hunt, IADC invited representatives of the…
Drilling Ahead: Balanced energy strategy beats demonizing natural gas
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
In the oil and gas business, most people adopt an evenly balanced approach to energy and the environment. The people I brush shoulders with don’t trumpet oil-and-gas solutions for every niggling energy problem…
Perspectives: Jim Nicklos, Nicklos Drilling Company
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June
When asked what he remembered about the oil industry as a child, Jim Nicklos said, “There was always a water jug out there with only one cup, and for whatever reason, I don’t know why, that stuck in my mind.”
Perspectives: Dan Mueller, ConocoPhillips
Posted on 25 March 2010 in 2010, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
Cementing may be a small portion of the overall well construction cost, but its impact on the success or failure of a well is anything but, said Dan Mueller, cementing specialist for ConocoPhillips…
News Cuttings
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
IADC president Dr Lee Hunt and operations assistant – Asia operations Chit Hlaing hosted a meeting with active operator and services companies in Yangon, Myanmar, in January…
Wirelines
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
IADC and five other oilfield trade groups have written to the Obama Administration’s Ocean Policy Task Force urging extreme caution in pursuing marine spatial planning (MSP) as it may impact OCS oil and natural gas E&P…
From the President: Dr Lee Hunt
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
As the industry’s “old crew” begins to retire and pass the torch to the next generation, it remains to be seen whether the young professionals of today will be ready to meet the challenges of tomorrow…
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