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Perspectives: Not doing what’s always been done, but what’s better
Posted on 12 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, November/December
As a young man growing up in Ghana in the ’70s, Chevron’s Graham Mensa-Wilmot remembers PetroCanada putting up an offshore drilling rig near the coast where…
People, Companies & Products
Posted on 12 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, November/December
John Meckert has assumed the role of vice president of services & rentals of Canrig Drilling Technology. Mr Meckert has been with the Nabors group of business…
HSE Corner: Pneumatic conveyance of drill cuttings may offer solution for sensitive, strictly regulated environments
Posted on 12 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, Drilling It Safely, November/December
As environmental regulations get more stringent around the world, oil companies, drilling contractors and the service industry are working together to reduce chemical…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 12 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, Innovating While Drilling, News, November/December
BJ Services Company has successfully installed the first InjectSafe chemical injection system with DynaCoil capillary injection strings offshore in two wells in Europe…
Pride’s Raspino elected 2010 IADC chairman
Posted on 11 November 2009 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
Louis Raspino, president and CEO of Pride International, was elected as the 2010 IADC chairman at the association’s 2009 Annual General Meeting…
Drillers Outlook Panel: Challenges abound, but so do opportunities
Posted on 11 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News, Onshore Advances, The Offshore Frontier
It’s been said that drilling contractors are an optimistic bunch, and that certainly proved true with the three industry leaders who sat on the Drillers Outlook…
Exclusive video: Goober changes name to Keen Energy Services
Posted on 11 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News
As part of a rebranding effort, Stillwater, Okla.-based Goober Drilling has changed its name to Keen Energy Services. This follows an aggressive fabrication…
Exclusive video: 25 years of ‘doing what’s right for the rig’
Posted on 11 November 2009 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
IADC celebrated president Dr Lee Hunt’s 25th anniversary with the association with a special video presentation at the 2009 IADC Annual General Meeting…
Staying in balance is key to Anadarko model
Posted on 11 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Steve Bosworth, Anadarko vice president worldwide drilling, gave thanks to the drilling contractors that were willing to work with his company on contract…
ODS-Petrodata forecast: No balanced market in sight for jackups
Posted on 11 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
From the perspective of Tom Kellock, head of consulting and research for ODS-Petrodata, the outlook for the worldwide jackup market is far from rosy…
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