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Managing kick/loss cycles in East Java
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Dealing with extreme kick/loss cycles is a given in the vuggy, fractured limestone of East Java’s Kujung formation. The difficult drilling is further complicated by reservoir gas with…
Sand control case histories: Shape memory polymers, resins, shunt tubes
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Completing the Well, Features, March/April
Sand, a familiar adversary for drilling and completion engineers, continues to present a major obstacle to well production. It erodes hardware, blocks tubulars, creates downhole cavities and must be removed and disposed of…
We’ve only just begun…
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
As we approach the first anniversary of the Macondo tragedy, the drilling industry remains far from back to normal. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) issued the first deepwater…
Strategy, engagement, execution: 10 secrets to raise your company’s safety quotient
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, Drilling It Safely, March/April
What do great safety organizations do that others don’t? Drawing on our experience with hundreds of organizations around the world, we have identified 10 characteristics shared by great safety organizations. These…
Drilling and Completion News
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, March/April
Seadrill has signed a three-year contract with Chevron Thailand E&P for the T-12 tender rig, with a two-year option period. The contract is expected to commence in Q2 this year. T-12 will be the fifth such unit operating for Chevron…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, March/April
A 40-stage open-hole completion has been successfully installed in the Williston Basin by Baker Hughes for Whiting Petroleum Corp, marking the most number of stages performed in a single lateral frac sleeve/packer…
Wirelines
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
Ensco won a motion for a preliminary injunction in mid-February against the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), which has been ordered to take action on five of Ensco’s pending…
News Cuttings
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
IADC was among a number of international organizations invited to participate in the G20 Global Marine Environmental Protection (GMEP) group meeting…
Industry must engineer for simplicity, standardization
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
For those of us who work in the drilling business, we know that the industry’s image among the general public is a misrepresentation, that it doesn’t reflect the emphasis we put on safety or efforts…
Joe Eustace, Pioneer Drilling: Making a difference in well servicing, safety
Posted on 23 March 2011 in 2011, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, March/April
As the sun set in the West Texas town of Sonora in 1975, a young man in his sophomore year of college had a decision to make. Would he continue to help his father on the ranch during the summer or would he go work for a well…
Recent Drilling News
19 June 2013
Dolphin Drilling unveils new deepwater drillship
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14 June 2013
UK HSE report: Reportable hydrocarbon releases nearly halved over three years
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12 June 2013
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Ensco orders its eighth Samsung DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship
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07 June 2013
Unconventionals lead the way for drilling automation, but business model defines uptake
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