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Emergency response: Industry builds an equipped community
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, March/April
Breakthroughs in exploration technologies have opened up opportunities of historic proportions, but they have also brought new liabilities and…
News Cuttings
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Departments, March/April
IADC presented Mike Hoyle, head of advanced engineering in GL Noble Denton’s UK marine and offshore operation…
People, companies and products
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Departments, March/April
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Statoil for the supply of a subsea production system for the Aasta Hansteen field…
SNAME to study wind tunnel testing of MODUs, floating production installations
Posted on 18 March 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has announced it is initiating a review of SNAME T&R Bulletin 5-4…
Accelerated development program focuses on entry-level drilling staff
Posted on 15 March 2013 in Drilling It Safely, News
PetroSkills has launched the Drilling Operations Accelerated Development Program, initially focusing on entry-level staff…
IMO begins Deepwater Horizon casualty investigation
Posted on 14 March 2013 in News, The Offshore Frontier
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) officially initiated an investigation of the Macondo incident during the 21st session…
50 frac stages placed in single well completion in Bakken
Posted on 12 March 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances
NCS Oilfield Services, a company that specializes in multistage completions, recently announced the successful placement of 50 stages in a single well completion…
Video exclusive: Schlumberger launches new technologies at Drilling Conference
Posted on 12 March 2013 in IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling, Videos, Videos - IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Schlumberger’s Ian Falconer, marketing and technology manager, introduced technologies, such as the slim-hole PowerDrive Archer rotary steerable system and the Stinger conical diamond technology, at the 2013 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, 5-7 March in Amsterdam. Starting with the drill bit, the new technologies are a part of the company’s integrated drilling system approach.
Smart flowback tool targets automation of kick, lost-circulation detection process
Posted on 07 March 2013 in IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling
An automated flowback monitoring technology has been developed to detect well kicks and lost-circulation events earlier than conventional manual methods and to generate an alarm alerting drillers and drilling engineers to take appropriate action. A case study, SPE/IADC 163474, describing how the Smart Flowback Fingerprinting technology was developed and deployed in a field test, was presented by Sven M. Haberer, Baker Hughes, at the 2013 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam this week…
Exclusive video: Open-platform initiative pushing automation to new level
Posted on 07 March 2013 in IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling, Videos, Videos - IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Tony Pink, vice president of drilling automation applications for National Oilwell Varco (NOV), speaks with Drilling Contractor associate editor Katherine Scott at the 2013 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in Amsterdam on 6 March. Mr Pink discussed the company’s NOVA initiative, which NOV considers the next generation in drilling controls and automation. Integrated within operating systems, NOVA drives well execution plans from a single source, executing automatic control and connection to drill and to…
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