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Operational experience, contingency planning fill gaps in deepwater cementing
Posted on 08 May 2012 in Completing the Well, News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier
Two questions need to be asked when considering cement as a primary barrier in a deepwater well: 1) Will the job be…
From the OTC exhibit floor: Directional control system offers alternative for wellbore navigation
Posted on 08 May 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News, OTC, Videos OTC
Chris Maranuk, new product launch manager for Weatherford International, talks about Weatherford’s…
‘Virtual presence’ technology enhances productivity safety
Posted on 08 May 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, News, OTC, Videos OTC
Virtual technology is making the oil patch smarter. Driven by the continued push into unconventional and deepwater environments and the anticipated…
Program chairman Joseph Reilly: Operation integrity is big theme at 2012 OTC
Posted on 17 April 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, OTC, The Offshore Frontier
Drilling Contractor recently spoke with ExxonMobil Upstream Research’s Joseph Reilly, who is program chairman…
Visit IADC at OTC
Posted on 17 April 2012 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News, OTC
Visit IADC at the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference, 30 April – 3 May in Houston, at booth S14. IADC’s booth is located on the ground-floor lobby of Reliant Center…
Partnerships with NOCs key to IOCs’ future success
Posted on 04 June 2010 in News, OTC
International oil companies (IOCs) should pursue opportunities to create and solidify partnerships with national oil companies (NOCs) and internationalizing…
Reelwell telemetry system enables high-speed two-way data transmission
Posted on 27 May 2010 in OTC
The Reelwell Telemetry System (RTS) was developed in combination with…
Expro’s wireless safety valve system provides alternative to workovers
Posted on 27 May 2010 in OTC
When a control line becomes plugged due to contaminants in the hydraulic…
World’s first in-riser system with SIL 2 certification
Posted on 24 May 2010 in OTC
The Schlumberger SenTURIAN* subsea landing string electrohydraulic operating system is an innovative, shorter modular system that allows safe…
New automated system for monitoring flexible riser integrity
Posted on 21 May 2010 in OTC
Schlumberger and TOTAL jointly developed the subC-racs* riser annulus condition surveillance for monitoring of flexible riser integrity to assess…
Recent Drilling News
21 May 2013
Chesapeake taps Anadarko senior VP as new CEO
Robert Douglas (“Doug”) Lawler, will join Chesapeake Energy as its CEO and a member of the Board of Directors, effective 17 June, the company announced...
15 May 2013
BP commits to renewed focus on upstream oil and gas over next decade
Over the next decade, as much as 75% to 80% of BP's majority group capital expenditure will be spent in upstream...
15 May 2013
Statoil sanctions Julia development in GOM with ExxonMobil, pushes ahead with Logan
Pursuing further growth in its US offshore portfolio, Statoil has sanctioned its fourth field development in the Gulf of Mexico...
15 May 2013
Exclusive video: New composite wireline cable contains seven-conductor electrical core
Serko Sarian, telemetry and conveyance portfolio manager for Schlumberger, talks with Drilling Contractor...
15 May 2013
PETRONAS: NOCs expand globally with increasing autonomy, financial strength
National oil companies (NOCs) continue to assume an increasingly meaningful role in the oil and gas industry...