Weatherford has brought to market a remote-activated, single-trip deepwater completion system. The system has been shown to reduce installation time 40-60% and rig time by four to six days. The TR1P system delivers 100% interventionless operation in both producer and injector wells...

In October 2013, Ocyan reached an agreement with an operator to deliver MPD packages on four of its seven rigs. In this video with Leandro Rocha, Rig Performance Coordinator for Ocyan, from the 2019 IADC International Deepwater Drilling Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 20 March, he talks about the drivers for this agreement, lessons learned and areas of improvement for future floating mud cap drilling (FMCD) operations. Watch the video for more information.

There are five V’s when it comes to Big Data: volume, velocity, variety, veracity and value. In this video with Robert Thibodeaux, VP of Technology Development for Frank’s International, at the 2019 IADC International Deepwater Drilling Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 20 March, he explains what each V means in relation to Big Data, as well as a real-world application of the five V’s in the connection makeup process...

In this video from the 2019 IADC International Deepwater Drilling Conference in Rio de Janeiro on 19 March, DC speaks with Samuel Miranda, Wells Executive Manager for Petrobras, about recent safety initiatives that Petrobras has implemented in offshore well construction...

The industry continues to see a shift in the planning and adoption of managed pressure drilling (MPD) practices. While not every well may need MPD, actively planning for it before drilling begins can provide cost reduction and other well construction benefits, even if MPD is not used at the well site, said Leiro Medina, VP of Technology with Beyond Energy, at the IADC Drilling Engineers Committee (DEC) Technology Forum on 12 March in Houston. In this video, Mr Medina discusses how MPD is being deployed to increase efficiency in Canada, the challenges to more widespread adoption of MPD, and the steps that companies can take to help MPD reach higher market maturity.

Achieving true integration of  managed pressure drilling (MPD) as a standard in drilling plans will require the industry to making changes in control systems, hardware, processes and training. With these steps, MPD use will likely see wider adoption, said Dwayne Barnwell, Sales Manager with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) at the IADC Drilling Engineers Committee (DEC) Technology Forum on 12 March in Houston. In this video, hear how the NOVOS system could be used to integrate MPD functions to improve operations, and other ways the complexity and cost of running MPD can be simplified.

Further to the announcement issued on 18 February, KCA Deutag announced the award of new contracts on the back of strong tendering activity in its land drilling business. These contracts, with a combined value of approximately $54 million, are for drilling operations in the Middle East, Russia, Europe and Africa...

Tenaris announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire from PAO TMK 100% of the shares of its wholly owned US subsidiary IPSCO Tubulars for $1,209 million, on a cash-free, debt-free basis, which includes $270 million of working capital...

The region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 252 generated $244,299,344 in high bids for 227 tracts covering 1,261,133 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 30 companies participated in the lease sale, submitting $283,782,480 in all bids...

Expro has announced the appointments of two key executive management roles. Current Executive Vice President, Alistair Geddes, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO) with immediate effect. Mr Geddes has been with Expro for six years, having previously fulfilled leadership roles with Weatherford, BG Group and ExxonMobil. Keith Palmer has been promoted to Executive Vice President – Product Lines and will be responsible for Expro’s product lines, technology and group engineering. Mr Palmer has worked at Expro for over 13 years, previously leading the company’s North America and ECIS regions, before assuming responsibility as the President of Asia Pacific region. “I look forward to working with both Alistair and Keith in their new roles within Expro, as we continue ...