Safety enhanced in NOV’s ST-120 iron roughneck

Posted on 15 October 2010 in Drilling It Safely, News, The Efficient Rig, Videos

Drilling Contractor attended a demonstration of National Oilwell Varco’s (NOV) ST-120 iron roughneck at one of its Houston manufacturing facilities…

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Generations: Meet the Springetts: a father and son in industry

Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, September/October, Videos

Charlie Springett is an industry veteran who retired from Santa Fe International Corp (now Transocean) in 2002. Charlie dedicated his entire career…

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Contractor, vendor team up to improve training, fall protection, strength of derrick-riding basket

Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Drilling It Safely, September/October, The Efficient Rig, Videos

Collaboration is a beautiful thing, especially when it extends beyond the parties involved to create a standard of practice for a safer workplace…

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Triple-deck shale shaker, mobile processing trucks push solids control capacity, efficiency

Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Features, Onshore Advances, September/October, Videos

Safety. Environmental footprint. Cost efficiency. In the oil and gas industry’s ever-expanding lexicon, no terms have become as top of mind as these critical watchwords that factor into every decision on every well…

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Open-hole applications testing multi-zone completions, expandable tools to new limits

Posted on 13 July 2010 in Completing the Well, July/August, Videos

Completions have never been simple. But for today’s wells, the industry has had to push the envelope to develop game-changing technologies to operate in increasingly complex…

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Interview with Tony Marszalek, president of Schlumberger Italiana, at IADC World Drilling 2010 in Budapest

Posted on 18 June 2010 in Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, Videos

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IADC Generations: Bob Palmer, former Rowan CEO, and Danny Rehg of Anadarko Petroleum

Posted on 04 May 2010 in Videos

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OEC MOLUs bring offshore to Jane Long Elementary

Posted on 04 May 2010 in Videos

DrillingContractor.org caught up with the Offshore Energy Center’s Mobile Offshore Learning Units (MOLU) at Jane Long Elementary School, Richmond, Texas. Check out these fun and educational learning tools in action, and hear reactions of students and teachers.

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Curtis Lohr, spar and mooring team leader, describes the innovative mooring system that allows the spar to move over wells on the ocean floor.

Posted on 15 April 2010 in Videos, Videos OTC

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Dale Snyder, Perdido project manager, talks about the project from discovering oil to project delivery.

Posted on 15 April 2010 in Videos, Videos OTC

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