More and more companies in the land drilling sector are looking to alternative, lower-carbon solutions to power their operations. In this video from the 2021 Offshore Technology Conference, DC speaks with Dave Bosco, Senior Sales and Business Development Manager, Global Oil & Gas at MTU, a Rolls Royce solution, about the company’s efforts in hybrid drilling and electric fracturing (e-frac) technologies.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions – and demonstrating that commitment to these efforts – has become a critical goal for drilling contractors. However, many challenges remain to be overcome, including data. Anton Rushakov, Senior Consultant at Global Affairs Associates, explains in this interview with DC why drilling contractors often lack reliable data to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions.

The relationship between digital technologies and sustainability is symbiotic. Digitalization can serve as a catalyst for companies looking to build sustainable businesses, while the search for sustainable energy solutions is inspiring innovative systems that can power the industry of the future. In this interview with DC, Chiara Perotti, Onshore Drilling Environmental Manager at Saipem, and Luca Motti, Onshore Drilling Digital Transformation and Innovation Manager at Saipem, provides highlights from their presentation at the 2021 IADC Sustainability Conference on 9 February. This includes a review of the company’s sustainability efforts and the role played by digitalization, as well as how rig design factors into emissions reduction.

Since 2019, the Human Performance in Oil and Gas (HPOG) initiative has provided a platform for industry stakeholders to promote the application of human performance in every aspect of oil and gas operations, including drilling. In this interview with DC, Chris Parker, Human Performance Lead Adviser at BP and a member of the HPOG Steering Committee, speaks about the development of the initiative. Among other things, Mr Parker discusses the launch of HPOG’s website, which provides a wealth of resources that can assist companies as they work to develop their own human performance management systems, even if they lack the in-house expertise or framework to guide their decision-making.

In this interview with DC, Erik Roesen Larsen, Vice President and Head of HSSE at Maersk, talks about the implementation of Safety as a Capacity, as well as the role that technology and safety can play in building a strong safety culture...

IADC recently resigned from the SafeLandUSA Board. In this video interview with DC, Brooke Polk, IADC Senior Director of Accreditation Operations, provides some background as to why IADC made this decision...

In this video interview with DC, Elizabeth Craddock, Vice President of Government and Industry Affairs for IADC, provides a brief overview on actions from both Congress and the White House, which may have significant impacts on the energy industry. Watch the full interview to learn more...

To service current and prospective members in the Latin America region, IADC has established a Latin America Chapter, which launched virtually on 19 August. Learn more in this video interview with DC...

During the 2020 IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston, Texas, Halliburton announced the commercial launch of NitroForce, a drilling motor that it says can increase drilling speed...

At the 2020 IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston, Adrián Ledroz, Vice President of Technology at Gyrodata, spoke with DC about a paper that examined the possibility of planning a wellbore trajectory solely with gyroscopic measurements...