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Annual General Meeting Special: Post-Macondo efforts extensive, ongoing
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
Over the past year, IADC continued to work with regulatory and industry groups from the US and around the world, to get the global drilling industry back on track…
HSE Corner: Communication, participation among simple steps to boost JSA effectiveness
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Departments, November/December
Redundancy can lead to complacency, and often, it takes a careless mistake and avoidable event to remind people to treat an everyday task with the utmost care…
Drilling Ahead: Today’s interesting times spawn puzzles, challenges
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Departments, November/December
An apocryphal Chinese curse threatens, “May you live in interesting times.” Curse or no, few would argue that today’s E&P industry does not epitomize interesting times…
Drilling & Completion News
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Departments, November/December
TAQA Bratani recently awarded a three-year contract to KCA DEUTAG to supply platform drilling and maintenance services to four North Sea drilling platforms…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Departments, November/December
Landing Strings Solutions and Trelleborg Offshore have developed and manufactured the world’s first buoyancy module system deployed on a drill pipe landing string…
Perspectives: Dustin Torkay, Archer – On the fast track, setting technological goals within reach
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Departments, November/December
In the race to the finish line, it was the hands-on experience that stuck with Dustin Torkay, project engineer at Archer. At 27, Mr Torkay is taking the fast route…
High-strength pipe caters to Arctic drilling
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, Innovating While Drilling, November/December
Extreme low temperatures and hostile drilling environments such as the Arctic are driving the industry to adapt their drilling programs and develop fit-for-purpose solutions…
Wirelines
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
Members of the Wyoming Oil & Gas Industry Safety Alliance Regulatory Subcommittee met with Wyoming OSHA to review proposed changes to the Wyoming Oil and Gas…
Editorial: Note to self (US) – Quit shooting at feet
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
For most of us in the industry, our biggest concern in 2011 has not been the availability of credit (as it was in 2009) but the availability of skilled workers…
News Cuttings
Posted on 08 November 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
The IADC Well Control Committee’s Curriculum Subcommittee has recommended changes to the supervisor-level WellCAP drilling curriculum after months of intensive review…
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