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Exclusive video: Open-platform initiative pushing automation to new level
Posted on 07 March 2013 in IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling, Videos, Videos - IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Tony Pink, vice president of drilling automation applications for National Oilwell Varco (NOV), speaks with Drilling Contractor associate editor Katherine Scott at the 2013 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in Amsterdam on 6 March. Mr Pink discussed the company’s NOVA initiative, which NOV considers the next generation in drilling controls and automation. Integrated within operating systems, NOVA drives well execution plans from a single source, executing automatic control and connection to drill and to…
Exclusive video: Drilling automation workshop features leading mining innovators
Posted on 05 March 2013 in IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Innovating While Drilling, The Efficient Rig, Videos, Videos - IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Drilling Contractor associate editor Katherine Scott speaks with John de Wardt, president of De Wardt and Company, at the SPE/IADC Drilling Systems Automation symposium on 4 March, jointly held by the SPE Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS) and the IADC Advanced Rig Technology (ART) Committee. The symposium preceded the 2013 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference [...]
Exclusive video: Overcoming the plateau in safety performance
Posted on 13 February 2013 in Drilling It Safely, News, Videos
More effective leadership will help the industry move beyond plateaued safety performance, Joe White, senior consultant for DuPont…
IADC awards recognize work of Jackup Rig Committee, Mike Hoyle
Posted on 13 February 2013 in IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, News, Videos
IADC presented awards to the Jackup Rig Committee and Mike Hoyle of GL Noble Denton at the 2013 IADC HSE and Training…
Exclusive video: Competency isn’t just training or experience
Posted on 13 February 2013 in Drilling It Safely, News, Videos
Drilling Contractor associate editor Katherine Scott speaks with John Tustin, Petrofac operations director of competence…
Exclusive video: How to make SPCC plans effective and practical
Posted on 13 February 2013 in Drilling It Safely, News, Videos, Videos - IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Ken Murphy, CEO of Enviro Clean Products & Services, talks about spill prevention, control and countermeasure (SPCC)…
Complex well construction challenges require collaborative focus
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Completing the Well, News, Videos
Well engineering and project management services are providing a powerful collaborative interface with…
Glenda Wylie, Halliburton: Passion for solving challenges driven by love of science
Posted on 20 December 2012 in 2012, Exclusive Video, Innovating While Drilling, November/December, Recent Drilling News, Videos
At the age of four, Glenda Wylie, now director of global technical marketing for Halliburton, was given three acres of land by her family on their farm in Missouri to do with as she pleased…
Independence Drilling showcases dual-fuel rig with integrated walking system
Posted on 13 December 2012 in Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances, The Efficient Rig, Videos
Independence Contract Drilling introduced its newest-design 1,500-hp ShaleDriller Rig 201 in Houston on 7 December…
Exclusive video: DC tours Maersk’s MOSAIC II simulator training complex
Posted on 29 November 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News, Videos
In a special extended webcast, IADC managing editor Linda Hsieh tours the recently inaugurated…
Recent Drilling News
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Noble Energy moves toward mixed fleet of LNG-dedicated, dual-fuel rigs
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