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Complex well construction challenges require collaborative focus
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Completing the Well, News, Videos
Well engineering and project management services are providing a powerful collaborative interface with…
IT, nanotechnology innovate Shell’s drilling process
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News
From nanotechnology to information technology, Shell is bringing the fruits of collaboration and research to their drilling operations…
Schotman: Innovation most needed in replicable, tailored solutions to well construction
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News
Replication and standardization can create more space for industry to learn and innovate, Gerald Schotman, EVP…
Diamandis: World’s greatest challenges are opportunities for innovation through collaboration
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News
“Innovation comes from absolute persistence, because everything is extraordinarily difficult…
RP takes integrated risk management approach to shale gas development
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Drilling It Safely, News
DNV, an independent foundation and global provider of risk management protocols, issued on 17 January a set of…
JIP works to enhance subsea wellhead design with simplicity
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
A subsea wellhead being designed under a joint industry project that includes Shell, Maersk Oil, Eni, Tullow, Wintershall and TOTAL will be able to…
Texas Petro Index: State’s crude oil production up 18% in 2012
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News
A glimpse of Texas’ rig count and what those rigs are drilling for is showing a significant increase in oil production. “The tables have turned, and Texas has returned…
Keppel delivers first of 20 rigs slated for 2013
Posted on 28 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Vision Drilling, a subsidiary of Cyprus-based Dynamic Offshore Drilling, will receive KFELS B Class jackup, Dynamic Vision, two months ahead of time…
Deepwater market expands outside US with East Africa, Eastern Mediterranean hotspots
Posted on 23 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Deepwater activity in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is being overshadowed by the expansion of the floater market elsewhere…
Eni drills first oil delineation well of Sankofa East oil discovery offshore Ghana
Posted on 17 January 2013 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Eni has successfully drilled Sankofa East 2A, the first appraisal well of the Sankofa East oil discovery…
Recent Drilling News
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UK HSE report: Reportable hydrocarbon releases nearly halved over three years
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12 June 2013
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10 June 2013
Ensco orders its eighth Samsung DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship
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07 June 2013
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