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Exclusive video: How leaders can achieve and sustain safety excellence
Posted on 21 May 2013 in Drilling It Safely, Exclusive Video, News, Videos
Leaders can achieve more in safety excellence by focusing on what they want employees to…
Exclusive video: Steerable drilling liner service drills, evaluates wellbore while installing liner
Posted on 08 May 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, OTC, Videos, Videos OTC
Baker Hughes has introduced SureTrak, a steerable drilling liner service that was among the latest technologies launched at the…
Exclusive video: New system automates completion services for safer operations
Posted on 07 May 2013 in Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, News, OTC, Videos, Videos OTC
For onshore and offshore completion services, Superior Energy Services recently launched the Complete Automated Technology…
Exclusive video: Chemical-free water treatment system recovers petroleum, saves water
Posted on 03 May 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, May/June, Onshore Advances, Videos
To help operators extract more petroleum from process water and reduce the need to use fresh water in the fracturing operations…
KSA project on pace for 2013 completion
Posted on 03 May 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, Exclusive Video, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, May/June, Videos
The IADC Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) project is well under way, with several key tasks completed and other initiatives in development…
Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Technology Center focuses on the future of drilling
Posted on 03 May 2013 in 2013, Drilling It Safely, Exclusive Video, May/June, Videos
Addressing the increasing complexity of drilling technology and equipment, Diamond Offshore Drilling recently opened its 15,000-sq-ft Ocean Technology Center in Houston…
Exclusive video: Downhole reservoir testing system fit for temperatures up to 410˚F
Posted on 10 April 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Videos
Rasik Bahadur, vice president of subsurface testing services for Schlumberger, speaks with Drilling Contractor…
New technology center dedicated to proppant innovation
Posted on 10 April 2013 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances, Videos
Vinay Mehta, vice president of technical excellence & innovation for Fairmount Minerals, speaks with Drilling Contractor associate editor Katherine Scott…
Trent Latshaw, Latshaw Drilling: Lessons learned in setbacks lead to greater success
Posted on 18 March 2013 in 2013, Departments, Exclusive Video, March/April, Recent Drilling News, Videos
Arriving in Alaska in 1971, just three years after the Prudhoe Bay discovery, Trent Latshaw, now president and owner of…
Video exclusive: Schlumberger launches new technologies at Drilling Conference
Posted on 12 March 2013 in IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling, Videos, Videos - IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Schlumberger’s Ian Falconer, marketing and technology manager, introduced technologies, such as the slim-hole PowerDrive Archer rotary steerable system and the Stinger conical diamond technology, at the 2013 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, 5-7 March in Amsterdam. Starting with the drill bit, the new technologies are a part of the company’s integrated drilling system approach.
Recent Drilling News
23 May 2013
Honghua developing new-generation shale-drilling rig, plans testing of frac pump
Honghua Group and its US subsidiary Honghua America are developing a next-generation onshore rig...
21 May 2013
Exclusive video: How leaders can achieve and sustain safety excellence
Leaders can achieve more in safety excellence by focusing on what they want employees to...
21 May 2013
Exclusive video with Marshall Adkins: Bearish on oil, relatively more bullish on natural gas
Marshall Adkins, managing director of Raymond James & Associates, speaks with...
21 May 2013
Marathon Oil: 3,000-plus wells possible in Eagle Ford acreage
Marathon Oil has determined that it may drill more than 3,000 wells in its Eagle...
21 May 2013
Noble Energy moves toward mixed fleet of LNG-dedicated, dual-fuel rigs
After a pilot program initiated in early 2011 to compare the use of LNG versus diesel to power...