IADC has issued V2.0 of the DDR Plus for final comment, after receiving and considering wide-ranging input from across the industry over the past eight months since V1.0 was launched earlier this year...

Loss of knowledge over time presents challenges to an organization’s workforce and to employees’ ability to do their jobs. To address this issue within the drilling industry, IADC is developing the Knowledge Retention and Education for our Workforce (KREW) program. Watch the video for more information...

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Ken McQueen has announced EPA and the Department of the Army are repealing a 2015 rule that impermissibly expanded the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act...

The Director of the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Scott Angelle wants to take his agency beyond being an organization that writes regulations. He wants to ensure that regulations are appropriate and drive performance...

The IADC Well Control Committee works to provide a global, industrywide forum dedicated to the collaboration and exchanging of best practices related to well control. In this video with DC, Mr Bennett discusses the Well Control Practices Subcommittee and how companies can become more active in this important work...

Making sure that everyone who works on a rig receives the right training at the right time to successfully complete their job functions day in and day out is crucial. To help the industry in this effort, IADC is developing the Knowledge Retention and Education for our Workforce program...

Advocacy, government affairs, or policy and industry affairs – these are different names that describe the same work that goes into gaining support for a particular cause or policy. At IADC, we seek to serve as an educative resource for legislators, regulators and the public...

Amid a challenging market and decreased rig demand, the drilling industry saw a pullback in its safety performance last year. According to the 2018 report of the IADC Incident Statistics Program (ISP), the industry’s lost-time incidence (LTI) rate reached 0.21...

Pipe handling is a routine task in drilling and completion activities where tubulars of different types and diameters are assembled, disassembled and moved using systems with different levels of automation, safety and integration...

The IADC ART Drilling Control Systems (DCS) Subcommittee and IADC Maintenance Committee are kicking off a Rig Sensor Stewardship initiative and seeking volunteers to participate...