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Bromwich defends BSEE jurisdiction expansion at IADC Annual General Meeting
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
Michael Bromwich took the podium at the 2011 IADC Annual General Meeting last week to defend the agency’s recent…
Dan Rabun, Ensco, elected 2012 IADC chairman
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
Dan Rabun, Ensco, was elected as the new IADC chairman at the 2011 IADC Annual General Meeting last week in Austin, Texas. The IADC Board of Directors also…
Raspino, Rynd named IADC Contractor of the Year
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News, Videos
IADC presented two IADC Contractor of the Year awards this year to John Rynd of Hercules Offshore and Louis Raspino, who led Pride International prior to its…
Onshore and offshore drilling activity points to active future
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
The 2012 drilling forecast calls for a rising energy demand and healthy commodity prices; however, the positive market trend is accompanied by challenges…
Forecast: Shale oil, gas may make US world’s top producer by 2020
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
Given shale activity that far exceeds other countries around the world, compounded with the growth in the…
Automation answers call for well efficiency, safety
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
Automation is not a new idea and is widely used in many industries. Yet, the idea of translating best practices, engineering principles and human experience…
Annual rig census finds drilling activity in upward trend
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
Land rig utilization is looking up, or at least steady, in the US and most markets around the world as contractors continued to replace older-style mechanical rigs…
SEMS is here! View exclusive videos on drillingcontractor.org
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
SEMS is here for operators and contractors in the US Gulf of Mexico. The compliance deadline for the US BSEE’s new regulations is 15 November…
Watson to succeed Bromwich as BSEE director
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar this week named Rear Admiral James A Watson IV as director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement…
2012-2017 OCS program proposal outlines 15 potential lease sales in GOM, offshore Alaska
Posted on 15 November 2011 in News
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced the proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas…
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