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S-shaped profile for relief wells may reduce risk of missing target well
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Drilling It Safely, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, News
Relief well planning has become a required safety measure for the drilling industry to ensure readiness in the event of a blowout. The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental…
Predictive analysis software identifies mud motor failures in high-intensity drilling environments
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Exclusive Video, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, News, Videos
The manufacturing approach to drilling is delivering greater efficiency in US unconventional plays, but intensified campaigns in more abrasive formations are pushing downhole…
H&P secures contracts with YPF to deploy 10 FlexRigs to Argentina
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Helmerich & Payne (H&P) has entered into new drilling contracts with YPF Sociedad Anonima. The company plans to deploy 10 existing FlexRigs from the US to work in the Vaca…
Environmental concerns, infrastructure and economic viability challenge global unconventional markets
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, News, Onshore Advances
A world map of the total unconventional reserves that have been found illustrates a broader potential beyond the US, although that market…
Drilling efficiency, optimized completion key to Schlumberger’s Factory Drilling
Posted on 06 March 2014 in IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, News, Videos
Schlumberger’s Factory Drilling approach brings together technologies targeted at high-intensity drilling operations, such as those found in North American unconventionals…
Automated planning software helps NASA track resources, safety constraints for high-risk activities
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Drilling It Safely, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling, News
From the ground to the seabed – and even outer space – a common thread links the space and drilling industry: Our operations are challenging and hazardous…
Keep engineers engaged in horizontal well control, Flaherty urges
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, News
Horizontal drilling has been around for more than 25 years, yet the extent and intensity to which horizontal wells with extended lateral sections are being drilled today bring new…
Wintershall well complexity index helps assess risk, contingency planning
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Global and Regional Markets, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, News
An index defining a broad range of surface and subsurface well complexity parameters has been developed and implemented by German operator Wintershall to assess risk, cost…
Drilling with liner isolates depleted zone in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Exclusive Video, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier, Videos
In September 2013, Weatherford worked with its client to apply drilling with liner technology in a deepwater Gulf of Mexico well to isolate a depleted sand zone…
Systematic approach ensures drilling system synergy for deepwater drilling program
Posted on 06 March 2014 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, News, The Offshore Frontier
Pre-planning and offset well review were critical factors to a systematic approach taken to improve a deepwater drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico, Reisha Bouska, Project Manager…
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...