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Aker’s versatile modular top drive can be repaired quickly
Posted on 21 May 2010 in OTC
Aker Solutions says its MH MDDM 1000™ top drive drilling system is the first true modular derrick drilling machine (MDDM) that meets 6th generation…
Derricks & Diamonds Charity Softball Tournament Raises over $200,000
Posted on 13 May 2010 in OTC
On May 1st and 2nd, 50 softball teams from companies throughout the oil and gas industry participated in the 2010 Derricks & Diamonds Charity Softball Tournament at…
Top tension riser systems developed for ATP’s Telemark Hub
Posted on 11 May 2010 in News, OTC
ATP Oil and Gas’ Telemark Hub in the Gulf of Mexico is being developed with a new deep draft floating production system, a triangular design with…
OTC panel: Surface BOPs can extend rig’s water-depth capability
Posted on 11 May 2010 in News, OTC
Surface BOP (SBOP) isn’t exactly a new technology; it’s been standard practice on jackups for decades. However, for floating rigs, the SBOP has been…
Statoil focuses on future subsea processing opportunities
Posted on 11 May 2010 in News, OTC
Subsea processing involves combinations of fluid conditioning and pressure boosting of well stream fluids and water at the seabed…
Deepwater Horizon Memorial Fund established
Posted on 07 May 2010 in News, OTC
The Deepwater Horizon Memorial Fund has been established to assist the families as they work through this difficult time.
Care, partnership, resilience, tenacity: driving ‘impossible’ frontier projects forward
Posted on 07 May 2010 in News, OTC
Taking a break from the usual technical tone of the Offshore Technology Conference, John Hollowell, vice president…
OTC 2010 keynote: Believing in the ‘impossible’ key to moving onto new frontiers
Posted on 07 May 2010 in News, OTC
At the 2010 Offshore Technology Conference Awards Luncheon on 4 May, Hugh Elkins was honored with the…
Video exclusive: FMC’s Multi Phase Meter
Posted on 07 May 2010 in OTC, Videos OTC
In an exclusive video, DC’s Mike Killalea talks with FMC Technolgies Vice President-Technology Brad Beitler about FMC’s award-winning Self…
Saudi Aramco builds up crude production, evaluating tight gas
Posted on 07 May 2010 in News, OTC
At the 2010 Offshore Technology Conference topical luncheon on 3 May, Saudi Aramco vice president of drilling and workover Zuhair Al Hussain…
Recent Drilling News
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...
15 May 2013
Different dual-gradient methods enable drilling in deepwater, depleted reservoirs
Dual-gradient technology continues to gain attention as an important solution to deepwater drilling and...