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Industry must engineer for simplicity, standardization
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Focus Areas, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
For those of us who work in the drilling business, we know that the industry’s image among the general public is a misrepresentation, that it doesn’t reflect the emphasis we put on safety or efforts…
Joe Eustace, Pioneer Drilling: Making a difference in well servicing, safety
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Focus Areas, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
As the sun set in the West Texas town of Sonora in 1975, a young man in his sophomore year of college had a decision to make. Would he continue to help his father on the ranch during the summer or would he go work for a well…
Perspectives: Cary Moomjian, Ensco: Industry needs new generation of leaders, association ‘stalwarts’
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Focus Areas, 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…
Wirelines/News Cuttings
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Industry groups, including IADC, urged the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to open its regulatory process to the public…
2011 IADC chairman: Industry leaders must walk the walk on safety
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Life takes us to unexpected places. For Matt Ralls, it was a rather circuitous route – including a botched roustabout attempt when he was 18, a decision to major in nuclear engineering rather than petroleum engineering in college…
2011 IADC Officers
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Matt Ralls joined Rowan Companies in 2009 as president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors. He most recently served as executive vice president and chief operating officer…
From the Chairman: Leadership, not politics
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
After months of hearings and investigations, the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released its report in early January…
2010 IADC Contractor of the Year Scott Gordon: honored to serve the industry
Posted on 28 January 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, January/February
Scott Gordon, regional vice president of Unit Texas Drilling, was named 2010 IADC Contractor of the Year on 12 November 2010 at the IADC Annual General Meeting in San Antonio,…
70th Anniversary Retrospective
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
IADC celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2010. In recognition of this milestone, and in anticipation of the decades ahead, DC is publishing retrospectives from issues of decades past…
Wirelines
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
IADC met with representatives from the Washington, DC, OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs on 16 August to seek clarification on the Enforcement Policy for Flame-Resistant Clothing…
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