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IADC accredits Baker Hughes competence management program
Posted on 31 January 2012 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
Baker Hughes has become the first integrated oilfield service company to receive full accreditation of its Competence Management Program…
IADC’s Petty to lead ITAC Investment Working Group
Posted on 31 January 2012 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News
The US Secretary of Commerce and US Trade Representative (USTR) have designated IADC executive VP – government affairs Brian Petty as chairman…
MPD system facilitates top-hole drilling offshore Brazil
Posted on 31 January 2012 in News, The Offshore Frontier
AGR has completed its first Brazilian operation using the EC-Drill system, a managed pressure drilling technology based on the RMR system and…
Government officials, senior executives confirm participation for IPTC in Bangkok
Posted on 31 January 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Government officials and industry leaders have confirmed their participation in the rescheduled 2011 International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) on 7-9 February…
Stabil Drill’s Ghost Reamer tool for shale drilling eliminates wiper trips
Posted on 30 January 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News
Stabil Drill, a Superior Energy Services company, has introduced the Stabil Drill Ghost Reamer for…
MECO delivers water purification system for arctic conditions
Posted on 26 January 2012 in News, The Offshore Frontier
MECO has shipped a reverse osmosis plant system for drinking and process water purification to a major oil and gas company operating in the extreme Arctic…
Freudenberg labs target thermal cycling, HPHT, material properties, sour gas, product testing
Posted on 26 January 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Videos
Freudenberg Oil & Gas launched its newly constructed, 14,000-sq-ft material and products testing facility…
Texas Petro Index: Crude oil activity boosts state’s recovery, expansion
Posted on 25 January 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Texas’ petroleum landscape continued the shift from natural gas toward oil as the state sustained a two-year recovery…
North Sea horizontal wells employs open-hole, multi-stage fracturing system
Posted on 18 January 2012 in Completing the Well, News, The Offshore Frontier
Wintershall recently drilled and completed a multi-fractured horizontal well in the North Sea using an open-hole…
ADIPEC 2012 to be held 11-14 November in Abu Dhabi
Posted on 13 January 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News
The 15th annual Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) will now…
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