November/December Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2007/novemberdecember Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:47:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 For Exxon retiree Leon Robinson, drilling continues to be an addictive fascination he just can’t quit /for-exxon-retiree-leon-robinson-drilling-continues-to-be-an-addictive-fascination-he-just-can%e2%80%99t-quit-1475 /for-exxon-retiree-leon-robinson-drilling-continues-to-be-an-addictive-fascination-he-just-can%e2%80%99t-quit-1475#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:49:52 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1475 By Linda Hsieh, associate editor If there’s one thing Leon Robinson learned during his 39-year career with Exxon, it’s that drilling isn’t a science. For all the textbook learning he did to earn three degrees in physics, it still wasn’t enough to truly understand drilling. “Drilling is equal part science and art,” he said. The …

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]]> /people-companies-products-2-1473/feed 0 1473 WellCAP Plus is ‘top of crown’ for IADC’s WellCAP /wellcap-plus-is-%e2%80%98top-of-crown%e2%80%99-for-iadc%e2%80%99s-wellcap-1471 /wellcap-plus-is-%e2%80%98top-of-crown%e2%80%99-for-iadc%e2%80%99s-wellcap-1471#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:48:25 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1471 By Steve Kropla, IADC At the Well Control Conference of the Americas in late August, keynote speaker David Payne, Chevron vice president of drilling & completion, drew attention to IADC’s WellCAP Plus program as a key tool for dealing with some of the industry’s complex training needs. WellCAP Plus provides a high-level skill set for …

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]]> /wellcap-plus-is-%e2%80%98top-of-crown%e2%80%99-for-iadc%e2%80%99s-wellcap-1471/feed 0 1471 D&C Tech Digest /dc-tech-digest-2-1469 /dc-tech-digest-2-1469#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:47:43 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1469 Hughes Christensen PDC bits set field record in Mexico’s challenging southeast marine region Hughes Christensen has set a field record using its Genesis XT PDC bits in Mexico’s southeast marine region. Historically, the Ixtal field’s Cretaceous formation, consisting of fractured mudstone and wackstone and 5% to 10% interlays of bentonite and chert, had been drilled …

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]]> /dc-tech-digest-2-1469/feed 0 1469 D&C News /dc-news-2-1467 /dc-news-2-1467#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:46:48 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1467 Noble takes delivery of new jackup from Chinese shipyard Noble Corp has taken delivery of a new high-specification jackup drilling rig constructed by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry in Dalian, China. The Noble Roger Lewis, the first of three such rigs being built for the company, is in transit to its inaugural drilling assignment in Qatar, where …

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]]> /dc-news-2-1467/feed 0 1467 Industry getting in deeper in GOM /industry-getting-in-deeper-in-gom-1465 /industry-getting-in-deeper-in-gom-1465#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:46:17 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1465 Mike Killalea, Editor & Publisher Go deep, young man, might be the advice of a 21st-century Horace Greeley. In the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico, BP estimates that some 22 billion bbl remain to be discovered – this beyond the 18 billion bbl already found, of which that major participates in about a fourth. “We’re …

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]]> /industry-getting-in-deeper-in-gom-1465/feed 0 1465 News Cuttings /news-cuttings-2-1463 /news-cuttings-2-1463#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:44:50 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1463 IADC Technology Meet held in Vizag on India’s east coast For the first time, the IADC South Central Asia Chapter has held its Technology Meet outside of Mumbai — this time in Vizag (Visakhapatnam) on India’s east coast in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Recent oil/gas discoveries by ONGC, RIL, GSPC and Cairn Energy have …

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]]> /news-cuttings-2-1463/feed 0 1463 ‘Safety is the most important decision we make. Everything comes after safety.’ /%e2%80%98safety-is-the-most-important-decision-we-make-everything-comes-after-safety-%e2%80%99-1461 /%e2%80%98safety-is-the-most-important-decision-we-make-everything-comes-after-safety-%e2%80%99-1461#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1461 For H&P’s John Lindsay, safety must remain top priority as drilling industry balances focus on people, security, environment By Linda Hsieh, associate editor In 1986, average crude oil prices fell to $14.64 per barrel and the average US rig count dipped below 1,000 for the first time since 1972. It was a tough year for …

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]]> /%e2%80%98safety-is-the-most-important-decision-we-make-everything-comes-after-safety-%e2%80%99-1461/feed 0 1461 Wirelines /wirelines-2-1459 /wirelines-2-1459#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:43:16 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1459 Supreme court to hear Exxon appeal The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up ExxonMobil’s appeal of a Ninth Circuit Court decision made after the 1989 Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska. The circuit court had said that the company, as shipowner, could be held liable vicariously for punitive damages for the actions of the …

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]]> /wirelines-2-1459/feed 0 1459 From the President: IADC Ethics and Corporate Compliance Committee leads way to higher standards /from-the-president-iadc-ethics-and-corporate-compliance-committee-leads-way-to-higher-standards-1457 /from-the-president-iadc-ethics-and-corporate-compliance-committee-leads-way-to-higher-standards-1457#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:42:36 +0000 http://briancparks.com/drillingcontractor/?p=1457 There’s no doubt that the drilling industry is global. Drilling contractors who used to operate in just one region or one country might now operate in five or six countries, or even 10 to 20. Each country comes with its own unique set of laws and customs that the drilling contractor must comply with. It …

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