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IADC UBO/MPD Committee developing operating guidelines for different types of MPD
Posted on 16 April 2014 in Exclusive Video, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News, The Offshore Frontier, Videos
One of the most significant initiatives being undertaken by the IADC Underbalanced Operations and Managed Pressure Drilling (UBO/MPD) Committee is to develop operating…
Chevron’s deepwater assets highlight value of dual-gradient drilling
Posted on 15 April 2014 in News, Videos
The “un-drillable” is becoming drillable by using dual-gradient drilling (DGD) to remove the impact of water depth. Dale Straub, Senior Drilling Advisor at Chevron, discussed…
KCA Deutag awarded its first Canadian contract for Hebron Project
Posted on 14 April 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
KCA Deutag has entered into the offshore Canadian drilling sector following the award of its first contract in Canada with ExxonMobil Canada Properties. KCA Deutag was awarded…
Statoil makes oil, gas discovery in the Valemon Nord prospect
Posted on 11 April 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Statoil has together with the Valemon Unit partners made a gas and oil discovery in the Valemon Nord prospect in the North Sea. The discovery wells 34/10-54 S and 34/10-54 A…
Rynd elected as NOIA Chairman
Posted on 11 April 2014 in News
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Board of Directors has elected John T. Rynd as Chairman of NOIA and Cindy B. Taylor as Vice Chair of NOIA for the 2014-2015…
UMW: New academy trains diverse talents with varying backgrounds
Posted on 09 April 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
For Abdul Samad Yusof, Head of UMW Drilling Academy, an understanding of where trainees come from is essential if one is to be able to teach them effectively, particularly…
Linking personnel wellness to HSE: A healthier workforce is a safer workforce
Posted on 09 April 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
Whereas responsibilities for employee safety and employee health within a drilling company typically fall to separate departments – generally the HSE department for the former…
HSE program identifies, trains ‘influencers’ to be champions for change
Posted on 09 April 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
After 20 years of staggering growth, mostly through acquisitions, Weatherford had become a company with more than 300 different management systems within the organization…
Preemptive, tailored planning key to well control risk management
Posted on 09 April 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
“Prevention is better than cure” is an ancient saying, but it still applies as well today as it ever did, especially when it comes to well control. “It’s in everyone’s interest…
PTTEP makes its first investment in Brazil deepwater
Posted on 09 April 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
A subsidiary of Thailand’s PTTEP has signed a farm-in agreement with BG E&P Brasil for four predominantly deepwater blocks, marking PTTEP’s initial foray into South American…
Recent Drilling News
22 April 2014
Noble names Steven Manz as Senior VP And CFO of Paragon Offshore
Steven A. Manz will serve as Senior VP and CFO of Noble Corp’s spinoff company Paragon Offshore, a standard specification offshore drilling company, Noble announced today...
17 April 2014
Shell makes deepwater gas discovery offshore Malaysia
Shell has made an exploration discovery offshore Malaysia in the Rosmari-1 well located 135 km offshore Malaysia in Block SK318. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,123...
16 April 2014
Maersk Drilling takes delivery of ultra-deepwater drillship
Maersk Drilling has taken the delivery of its second drillship, Maersk Valiant from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South-Korea. Maersk Valiant has begun its voyage toward the...
16 April 2014
Ensco orders new jackups from Lamprell
Ensco has ordered two high-specification jackups, ENSCO 140 and ENSCO 141, for delivery in mid-2016 from Lamprell’s shipyard in the United Arab Emirates. The rigs will also...
16 April 2014
MPD/UBD successfully drills sidetrack after 6 failed conventional drilling attempts
In the Brookeland Field in East Texas, conventional drilling methods failed in six attempts to drill a “straightforward” horizontal wellbore. The original well had surface casing installed...