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Xtreme Drilling introduces 23,500-ft capable land coiled-tubing well intervention unit
Posted on 09 January 2012 in Completing the Well, Drilling Rigs & Automation, News, Onshore Advances
Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services has unveiled the XSR200, a land coiled-tubing well intervention unit…
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KCA DEUTAG to deploy highly automated T-700 for NAM in Holland
Posted on 06 January 2012 in Drilling Rigs & Automation, News, Onshore Advances
KCA DEUTAG recently commissioned its new highly automated, small-footprint T-700 Heavy Land Rig (HLR)…
Petrofac begins water safety and survival training at NASA facility
Posted on 05 January 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News, Videos
From outer space to offshore drilling rigs, workers in both industries are sharing common ground at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston…
US operators targeting liquids-rich Utica shale play
Posted on 13 December 2011 in Global and Regional Markets, News, Onshore Advances
While the Bakken and Eagle Ford shale plays continue to be the focus of US onshore drilling, the industry is also making moves into a new play that could…
Well intervention simulator tops off Shell’s new advanced well control course
Posted on 13 December 2011 in Drilling It Safely, News
Shell is raising its well control standards and hopes to be an example for the industry to follow. Last week, the…
En route to ‘goal zero,’ Sharpe believes well intervention simulator will help Shell reach higher level of competence
Posted on 13 December 2011 in Drilling It Safely, News
The industry strives to better its safety performance and to eliminate HSE incidents. Statistics are promising and…
Proposed JIP aims to define next generation of MWD directional tools in well-placement applications
Posted on 13 December 2011 in Innovating While Drilling, News
Directional MWD tools have seen few major improvements in the last 35 years, but a proposed Drilling Engineering…
PwC: International investment in US shale plays surge, drive M&A activity
Posted on 13 December 2011 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Investments in US shale plays by companies worldwide are shaping the merger and acquisition (M&A) environment…
Unconventional liquids-rich plays feature unique characteristics, challenges
Posted on 13 December 2011 in Global and Regional Markets, News, Onshore Advances
As the pricing differential between oil and natural gas has widened, operators are increasingly applying the…
STMZ frac-pack completion system proves value in ultra-deepwater GOM
Posted on 13 December 2011 in Completing the Well, Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
A three-zone single-trip multi-zone frac-pack completion system was deployed successfully in the Lower Tertiary…
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