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Abrasive formations, downhole temperatures create challenges for drill string integrity
Posted on 30 October 2013 in News, Onshore Advances
Shale drilling applications around the world can be demanding on rigs and equipment…
European Commission: Public skepticism tops myriad challenges for shale gas prospects
Posted on 30 October 2013 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
Turning shale gas production into reality in Europe depends largely on geology, the market and, most importantly…
Personnel, community drive Chevron’s European shale operations
Posted on 30 October 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, Onshore Advances
Chevron faces a multitude of critical issues as it pushes forward with shale exploration in Eastern Europe…
BP supercomputing center to aid safer exploration drilling, enable better well placement
Posted on 30 October 2013 in Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, News
BP has opened a new Center for High-Performance Computing (CHPC) that the company says houses the…
14 November webinar to focus on accelerating ‘time to competence’
Posted on 30 October 2013 in Drilling It Safely, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
IADC will air a new webinar, “How to build a performance-ready engineer,” on 14 November. …
OSRL containment system to be response-ready by end of 2014
Posted on 30 October 2013 in Drilling It Safely, News
Industry cooperative Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) announced in September an effort to develop a subsea containment system to supplement its capping stack, dispersant and debris-clearing toolboxes. …
Subsea drilling, well control among key themes at new Lloyd’s Register research center
Posted on 30 October 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Lloyd’s Register Energy Drilling (LRED) opened its Global Technology Center (GTC) research lab and Academy Training Center in Singapore on 17 October. …
2013 operational summary: New IADC is well under way
Posted on 29 October 2013 in 2013, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
In 2013, the Operational Integrity Group devoted time and expertise to promoting the interests of IADC members by addressing and participating in…
Setting industry standards
Posted on 29 October 2013 in 2013, CurrentFeatures, Drilling It Safely, Features, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
The IADC Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) project is nearing completion. With a database comprising core competencies for more than 70 rig-based positions, the IADC KSAs provide a tool for the industry to demonstrate their personnel’s qualifications…
Integrating learning, operations
Posted on 29 October 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, Features, November/December
Noble Corporation has launched a new facility in Sugar Land, Texas, that offers state-of-the-art simulator and classroom training, as well as space…
Recent Drilling News
04 December 2013
Noble Energy makes discoveries in GOM, Eastern Mediterranean
Noble Energy has discovered oil at the Dantzler exploration well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and natural gas at the Tamar Southwest (SW) exploration well...
27 November 2013
Sangwongwanich: Industry can overcome challenges if it goes forward hand-in-hand
“If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together.” Citing this African proverb at an IADC...
27 November 2013
Automated rig activity analysis offers more precise method for reducing NPT, invisible lost time
An automated system from Halliburton aims to help the industry analyze rig activity to more precisely identify...
27 November 2013
Chevron Thailand promotes focus on planning for safe, efficient and consistent performance
In its mission to ensure consistently safe, efficient and reliable well construction, Chevron Thailand has...
27 November 2013
Hoffman: Industry should view people shortage as opportunity, not challenge
The people shortage is looming large in the drilling industry, and it’s an issue that can’t wait any longer, Kurt Hoffman...