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IADC fights on front lines of industry battle for safe return to drilling, reasonable regulations
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
IADC has taken extensive steps during 2010 to help the industry get back to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, driving forward a multitude of initiatives…
Underbalanced drilling helps PDO find gas in tight reservoir after 11 unsuccessful wells
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Global and Regional Markets, November/December
Deep-gas exploration wells in the Fahud Salt Basin in North Oman were traditionally drilled with high mud weights. Due to this conventional drilling…
From the Chairman: Industry must learn from Macondo, forge stronger relationships at all levels
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
The year 2010 will go down as one of the most significant in the history of the energy business. First and foremost, we must remember that the impacts…
IADC continues to do what’s right for the rig through government affairs, global operations
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
In July 2010, IADC sent a letter to the Indonesian Department of Income Tax (DGT) urging the government to keep the country’s deemed profit rate…
News Cuttings
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
The IADC Southern Arabian Peninsula Chapter held its 2010 golf event on 24-25 March at the Emirates Golf Course in Dubai…
D&C News
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, November/December
The drill tower for the Noble Bully II drillship left the Huisman quay in Schiedam, The Netherlands, in late September for the Keppel…
Beware of false training accreditation claims
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
The time-honored phrase “Caveat Emptor” (Buyer Beware) holds as true for the drilling industry as in all other walks of life…
D&C Tech Digest
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Departments, November/December
Baker Hughes has installed the world’s first ultra-temperature electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)…
An introduction to relief well planning, dynamic kill design: recognizing the common limitations
Posted on 08 November 2010 in 2010, Drilling It Safely, November/December
The recent Macondo well control event in the Gulf of Mexico has created considerable interest in relief wells and dynamic kill designs in terms of contingency planning…
Safety enhanced in NOV’s ST-120 iron roughneck
Posted on 15 October 2010 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Efficient Rig, Videos
Drilling Contractor attended a demonstration of National Oilwell Varco’s (NOV) ST-120 iron roughneck at one of its Houston manufacturing facilities…
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