2014 Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2014 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:19:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 Drilling & Completions Tech Digest /drilling-completions-tech-digest-4-32292 /drilling-completions-tech-digest-4-32292#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:28:26 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32292 BP has begun operating the world’s first robotic core-flooding system. The Core Flood Robot is the most recent addition to the operator’s program of enhanced oil recovery...

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]]> /drilling-completions-tech-digest-4-32292/feed 0 32292 Troubled waters /troubled-waters-31328 /troubled-waters-31328#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:04:27 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31328 The ingredients for a troubled deepwater market – flattening rig demand, increasing costs and falling oil prices – have been brewing in the past year. A number of deepwater projects have been postponed, and the industry...

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]]> /troubled-waters-31328/feed 0 31328 The other precious resource /the-other-precious-resource-31267 /the-other-precious-resource-31267#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:03:22 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31267 What happens when a world thirsty for hydrocarbons meets a world competing for water? In the unconventionals sector, that collision of commodities is playing out across a variety of environmental and usage issues...

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]]> /the-other-precious-resource-31267/feed 0 31267 Fertile grounds /fertile-grounds-2-31394 /fertile-grounds-2-31394#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:02:09 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31394 The onshore market has been a beacon for the global drilling industry, reflecting growth and improved efficiencies in the past year. This momentum is expected to guide the industry in the coming year...

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]]> /fertile-grounds-2-31394/feed 0 31394 Business as usual, but with caution /business-as-usual-but-with-caution-31240 /business-as-usual-but-with-caution-31240#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31240 Geopolitical concerns, notably worrisome aggression from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across northern Iraq, is signaling a cautionary mood in the Middle East. However, it is business as usual for the oil...

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]]> /business-as-usual-but-with-caution-31240/feed 1 31240 Analyst: Drilling sees little impact, for now, from Russian sanctions /analyst-drilling-sees-little-impact-for-now-from-russian-sanctions-31481 /analyst-drilling-sees-little-impact-for-now-from-russian-sanctions-31481#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31481 When the US and European Union expanded sanctions on Russia in September, the energy industry took note. Companies such as ExxonMobil have announced their compliance…

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]]> /analyst-drilling-sees-little-impact-for-now-from-russian-sanctions-31481/feed 0 31481 Reduce, control, recycle at heart of smart water management strategy /reduce-control-recycle-at-heart-of-smart-water-management-strategy-31286 /reduce-control-recycle-at-heart-of-smart-water-management-strategy-31286#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31286 Water is essential to oilfield operations. However, already limited water resources are increasingly in demand. Growing populations, climate change, water limitations and increasing water demand are resulting in unmet needs...

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]]> /reduce-control-recycle-at-heart-of-smart-water-management-strategy-31286/feed 0 31286 Drilling & Completion News /drilling-completion-news-22-31487 /drilling-completion-news-22-31487#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31487 Drillmec has designed an automated drilling rig called AHEAD, Advanced Hydraulic Electrical Automated Driller. It reduces the rig footprint by approximately 50%...

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]]> /drilling-completion-news-22-31487/feed 0 31487 Geometric evolution /geometric-evolution-31289 /geometric-evolution-31289#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31289 In an industry not prone to taking leaps of faith, multilateral completions have yet to make that pivotal niche-to-mainstream transition. Instead, it has remained a slow, steady and evolving market driven by...

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]]> /geometric-evolution-31289/feed 0 31289 Drilling Ahead: IADC workshops shed light on new EU rule /drilling-ahead-iadc-workshops-shed-light-on-new-eu-rule-31520 /drilling-ahead-iadc-workshops-shed-light-on-new-eu-rule-31520#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31520 The European Union has implemented the offshore regulatory version of Einstein’s elusive Grand Unified Theory, and IADC is there to help its members understand...

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