Archive | Innovating While Drilling
Outsmarting Mother Nature
Posted on 15 March 2012 in 2012, Features, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
The oil and gas industry has conquered many a force of nature in its history, but management of wellbore pressures remains among the trickiest challenges still being confronted on a daily basis in drilling operations around the world. From increasingly depleted land and offshore fields to the growing number…
Behind the buzz: How to apply manufacturing methods to well construction
Posted on 09 March 2012 in Drilling Rigs & Automation, Innovating While Drilling, News
A shift in focus from services to deliverables and products would help the industry to apply manufacturing…
Automation: What the drilling industry can learn from aviation
Posted on 09 March 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News
As drilling automation is becoming more common, it is placing greater demands on training of rig…
From the exhibit floor: Schlumberger launches imaging-while-drilling, at-bit imaging services
Posted on 09 March 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Videos
These include a high-resolution resistivity and imaging-while-drilling service that provides laterolog resistivity…
AutoTrak Curve RSS targets unconventionals with high build-rate capability
Posted on 08 March 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News
Baker Hughes launched the AutoTrak Curve Rotary Steerable System (RSS) this week at the 2012 IADC/SPE…
From the exhibit floor: Halliburton VP addresses shale solutions
Posted on 08 March 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances, Videos
IADC group VP/publisher Mike Killalea talks with James Bement, vice president of Halliburton’s…
From the exhibit floor: Multi-activated drilling reamer drives proactive approach to borehole enlargement
Posted on 07 March 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Videos
Drilling Contractor editorial coordinator Katherine Scott speaks with Eddie Valverde, global product line manager…
Open-source robotics system allows for sharing of research, advances in overall research
Posted on 07 March 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, News
A robotics expert provided an overview of the latest advances in robotics research at the “Advancing Automation in…
A look inside the human brain leads to developing and enhancing drilling automation
Posted on 07 March 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, News
Understanding the thought process that drillers go through is shaping the future of human-centered drilling automation…
Open-architecture platform will lead to feasible automated well construction system
Posted on 07 March 2012 in Drilling Rigs & Automation, Innovating While Drilling, News
While the momentum for drilling automation is evident in the industry, translating the concept into an open-architecture control…
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