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Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August

OSHA announced in a notice of proposed rulemaking on 24 May that it plans to make sweeping changes in fall protection regulations…

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Guest Editorial: Safety culture: Change and fundamentals

Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August

The unfolding drama in the Gulf of Mexico has been breathtaking. The sight of a tremendous vessel buckling and sinking, taking human life with it…

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From the President: It’s time to get back to work in the Gulf

Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August

On 22 June, the deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was set aside by a preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge…

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IADC retrospective: charting industry history through the pages of DC

Posted on 14 July 2010 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August

IADC celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2010. In recognition of this milestone, and in anticipation of the decades ahead, DC is publishing retrospectives…

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70th Anniversary Retrospective

Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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