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Companies utilize diverse strategies for assessing, managing risks
Posted on 29 March 2011 in News
Industry leaders participating in a panel session at the IADC Drilling HSE Asia Pacific 2011 Conference & Exhibition…
Ensco working to redirect focus from STOP cards to conversations
Posted on 29 March 2011 in News
A modified Safety Training Observation Program (STOP) being used at Ensco had led to a “frenzy to produce cards,” when the focus should have been…
BOEMRE issues additional guidance for offshore drilling
Posted on 29 March 2011 in News
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) this week issued additional guidance summarizing and…
Alpha Star semi delivered to Brazil’s Queiroz Galvão
Posted on 29 March 2011 in Drilling Rigs & Automation, News
Keppel FELS has delivered the Alpha Star, the second of two DSS 38 semisubmersible rigs, to Brazil’s Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG)…
Shape memory polymer sand control system morphs to fill annular space
Posted on 29 March 2011 in News
Baker Hughes’ new GeoFORM sand management system, commercially launched this month, is being referred…
Wireless downhole reservoir testing system designed for land operations
Posted on 29 March 2011 in News
Schlumberger has released its new EnACT wireless downhole reservoir testing system for land operations…
March/April 2011 issue of Drilling Contractor now available online!
Posted on 23 March 2011 in News
The March/April 2011 issue of Drilling Contractor features topics such as Innovating While Drilling, Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced…
Vitter: Salazar, Bromwich giving inexcusably inconsistent information on permit applications
Posted on 17 March 2011 in News
Sen. David Vitter (D-La.) expressed his “deep frustration” this week with the administration’s misrepresentation of the…
Weatherford to build process modules for MWCC tankers
Posted on 16 March 2011 in News
The Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) awarded Weatherford International a contract for the design and construction of the topsides…
Salazar Names Members of Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee to Guide Oil and Gas Regulatory Program Reform: Noble’s Don Jacobsen represents drilling industry
Posted on 11 March 2011 in News
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of…
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New MWD/LWD service rated to 392°F, 25,000 psi sets records in Haynesville
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03 March 2015
Kosmos Energy finds hydrocarbons in CB-1 exploration well offshore Western Sahara
Kosmos Energy announced that the CB-1 exploration well located in the Cap Boujdour permit area offshore Western Sahara encountered hydrocarbons. The well penetrated...
02 March 2015
Maersk Voyager drillship secures contract for work offshore Ghana
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02 March 2015
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