Posted on 10 October 2012
Svein Steen, global product line manger for Baker Hughes, speaks with Drilling Contractor editorial coordinator Katherine Scott at the 2012 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, 8-10 October in San Antonio, Texas, about the AutoTrak Curve rotary steerable system, a closed-loop drilling system that has drilled more than 2 million ft in unconventional plays in the 18 months since its first test wells.
19 June 2013
Aberdeen-based Dolphin Drilling, one of the oldest and largest independent drilling contracting companies in the North Sea, unveiled its new 751-ft ultra deepwater rig...
14 June 2013
The UK oil and gas industry has achieved a 48% reduction in the number of reportable hydrocarbon releases over three years, the...
12 June 2013
Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a drilling services contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Atwood Achiever by a subsidiary...
10 June 2013
Ensco has ordered an additional advanced-capability DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship based on the Samsung GF12000 hull design. The vessel, ENSCO DS-10, will be the eighth...
07 June 2013
Industry’s ongoing efforts to bring automation to the drilling sector will progress over time as a “natural alignment”...
