2012 Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2012 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:46:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 Shale drilling reaps efficiency gains from MPD pressure control /shale-drilling-reaps-efficiency-gains-from-mpd-pressure-control-23264 /shale-drilling-reaps-efficiency-gains-from-mpd-pressure-control-23264#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 14:17:09 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23264 Managed pressure drilling (MPD) techniques that are used to drill some of the world’s most extreme conventional wells also have the capability to significantly improve drilling efficiency in unconventional shales...

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]]> /shale-drilling-reaps-efficiency-gains-from-mpd-pressure-control-23264/feed 0 23264 Glenda Wylie, Halliburton: Passion for solving challenges driven by love of science /glenda-wylie-halliburton-passion-for-solving-challenges-driven-by-love-of-science-3-21680 /glenda-wylie-halliburton-passion-for-solving-challenges-driven-by-love-of-science-3-21680#respond Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:52:18 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=21680 At the age of four, Glenda Wylie, now director of global technical marketing for Halliburton, was given three acres of land by her family on their farm in Missouri to do with as she pleased...

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]]> /glenda-wylie-halliburton-passion-for-solving-challenges-driven-by-love-of-science-3-21680/feed 0 21680 Rig count doubles in Utica Shale from year ago /rig-count-doubles-in-utica-shale-from-year-ago-19631 /rig-count-doubles-in-utica-shale-from-year-ago-19631#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:57:54 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=19631 The number of active oil and natural gas rigs in the Appalachian Basin's Utica Shale for the last week of October 2012 has doubled...

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]]> /rig-count-doubles-in-utica-shale-from-year-ago-19631/feed 0 19631 Multiphase simulations enhance well designs, contingency planning /multiphase-simulations-enhance-well-designs-contingency-planning-19014 /multiphase-simulations-enhance-well-designs-contingency-planning-19014#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:48:29 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=19014 Events in recent years have heightened industry awareness regarding well control issues, especially high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) and...

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]]> /multiphase-simulations-enhance-well-designs-contingency-planning-19014/feed 0 19014 MPD powers static pre-drill modeling with dynamic capacity /mpd-powers-static-pre-drill-modeling-with-dynamic-capacity-19028 /mpd-powers-static-pre-drill-modeling-with-dynamic-capacity-19028#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:48:24 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=19028 Managed pressure drilling (MPD) significantly reduces the likelihood of a well control event and associated wellbore problems by addressing two key...

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]]> /mpd-powers-static-pre-drill-modeling-with-dynamic-capacity-19028/feed 0 19028 Research expands as sour gas completion challenges increase /research-expands-as-sour-gas-completion-challenges-increase-19044 /research-expands-as-sour-gas-completion-challenges-increase-19044#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:48:17 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=19044 Like vinegar in a cylinder of honey, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is the industry’s ultimate party-pooper, a sour intruder that puts the damper on an otherwise...

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]]> /research-expands-as-sour-gas-completion-challenges-increase-19044/feed 0 19044 Wirelines /wirelines-30-19055 /wirelines-30-19055#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:48:12 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=19055 Following an August meeting with James Watson, director of the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), IADC, API, NOIA and the Offshore Operators Committee have...

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]]> /wirelines-30-19055/feed 0 19055 News Cuttings /news-cuttings-30-19058 /news-cuttings-30-19058#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:48:07 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=19058 IADC has launched an initiative for a comprehensive revision and update of the definitive rig-operations manual, the IADC Drilling Manual...

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]]> /news-cuttings-30-19058/feed 0 19058 Optimism strong despite market uncertainties /optimism-strong-despite-market-uncertainties-18958 /optimism-strong-despite-market-uncertainties-18958#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:48:01 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=18958 Trumpets or fireworks may be absent in celebrating substantial industry growth as 2012 concludes, but that’s no matter. Over the past 12 months, industry solidified its footing after facing significant regulatory and economical challenges over the previous couple of years...

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]]> /optimism-strong-despite-market-uncertainties-18958/feed 0 18958 Technology Development: A game of risks vs rewards /technology-development-a-game-of-risks-vs-rewards-19011 /technology-development-a-game-of-risks-vs-rewards-19011#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:47:55 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=19011 Industry investing in new generation of forward-thinking technologies even as it works to overcome old mindsets, barriers. When National Oilwell Varco (NOV) unveils its open-platform drilling automation system NOVA in 2014...

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