May/June Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2013/mayjune-2013 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:06:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 Low-cost radial jet drilling helps revitalize 40-year-old oilfield /low-cost-radial-jet-drilling-helps-revitalize-40-year-old-oilfield-23377 /low-cost-radial-jet-drilling-helps-revitalize-40-year-old-oilfield-23377#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 21:17:39 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23377 Upward trends in oil prices and the proliferation of new technologies are enabling operators to capitalize on new opportunities...

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]]> /low-cost-radial-jet-drilling-helps-revitalize-40-year-old-oilfield-23377/feed 4 23377 Depth perception /depth-perception-23529 /depth-perception-23529#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 21:14:59 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23529 The business of finding and producing oil and gas is all about safe and responsible recovery, reliability and return on investment. Nowhere is that mission more important than the world of subsea completions. Today’s subsea completion operations...

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]]> /depth-perception-23529/feed 0 23529 Permanent production packer pushes limits of ultra-HPHT wells /permanent-production-packer-pushes-limits-of-ultra-hpht-wells-23556 /permanent-production-packer-pushes-limits-of-ultra-hpht-wells-23556#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 21:12:27 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23556 As operators continue to drill in deeper and more extreme formations, the demand for technologies to suit these environments will...

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]]> /permanent-production-packer-pushes-limits-of-ultra-hpht-wells-23556/feed 0 23556 Environmentally friendly proppant technology to improve hydraulic fracturing efficiency /environmentally-friendly-proppant-technology-to-improve-hydraulic-fracturing-efficiency-23514 /environmentally-friendly-proppant-technology-to-improve-hydraulic-fracturing-efficiency-23514#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 19:05:30 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23514 Preferred Sands has launched a non-phenolic, resin-coating technology designed to be more environmentally friendly and efficient than conventional phenolic-based resins...

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]]> /environmentally-friendly-proppant-technology-to-improve-hydraulic-fracturing-efficiency-23514/feed 0 23514 Automated control system integrates preventive and predictive maintenance functions /automated-control-system-integrates-preventive-and-predictive-maintenance-functions-23503 /automated-control-system-integrates-preventive-and-predictive-maintenance-functions-23503#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 19:03:27 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23503 ntegrated Drilling Equipment (IDE) has introduced the second-generation, automated Centurion drilling control system on a new 1,500-hp AC Sparta rig...

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]]> /automated-control-system-integrates-preventive-and-predictive-maintenance-functions-23503/feed 0 23503 ASTM subcommittee to develop hydraulic fracturing standards /astm-subcommittee-to-develop-hydraulic-fracturing-standards-23496 /astm-subcommittee-to-develop-hydraulic-fracturing-standards-23496#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 19:00:24 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23496 ASTM International has formed a subcommittee to develop standards for hydraulic fracturing. Subcommittee D18.26, which held its first meeting in January, includes 230 volunteer...

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]]> /astm-subcommittee-to-develop-hydraulic-fracturing-standards-23496/feed 0 23496 DOI to encourage RD&D of oil shale, tar sands resources /doi-to-encourage-rdd-of-oil-shale-tar-sands-resources-23487 /doi-to-encourage-rdd-of-oil-shale-tar-sands-resources-23487#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 18:55:14 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23487 The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has finalized a plan to encourage research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and tar sands resources on Bureau of Land Management...

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]]> /doi-to-encourage-rdd-of-oil-shale-tar-sands-resources-23487/feed 0 23487 Real-time data, reservoir model combination addresses GOM challenges /real-time-data-reservoir-model-combination-addresses-gom-challenges-23475 /real-time-data-reservoir-model-combination-addresses-gom-challenges-23475#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 18:50:03 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23475 Growing activity in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) reflects the industry’s capability to meet increasing operational challenges in deepwater, where activity has returned to pre-moratorium...

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]]> /real-time-data-reservoir-model-combination-addresses-gom-challenges-23475/feed 0 23475 Craighead: E&P in ultra-deepwater is like ‘going to mars’ /craighead-ep-in-ultra-deepwater-is-like-going-to-mars-23467 /craighead-ep-in-ultra-deepwater-is-like-going-to-mars-23467#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 18:46:38 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23467 In the not so distant past, with deepwater exploration still in its infancy, the fear of shrinking oil and gas supplies frequently ran high. Today, however, industry has embraced the challenges...

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]]> /craighead-ep-in-ultra-deepwater-is-like-going-to-mars-23467/feed 0 23467 Case study: Planning enables remote-area drilling campaign /case-study-planning-enables-remote-area-drilling-campaign-2-23365 /case-study-planning-enables-remote-area-drilling-campaign-2-23365#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 18:30:57 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=23365 Operators share rig, services for exploratory, appraisal program offshore Falkland Islands By J.W. Jenner, A. Morrison, Rockhopper Exploration; R. Lyons, Desire Petroleum; L. Phillips, AGR Petroleum Services; I. McBean, Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Offshore the Falkland Islands, approximately 650 km southeast of the South American continent, two small UK operators with limited in-house operational resources conducted …

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