July/August Archives - 三昇体育 /2014/julyaugust-2014 Get the latest oil drilling news with 三昇体育 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:54:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 Drilling & Completion News /drilling-completion-news-21-29683 /drilling-completion-news-21-29683#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:36:12 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29683 KCA Deutag鈥檚 land division has been awarded a contract worth more than $90 million by Russia鈥檚 second-largest oil company, Lukoil, for the supply of two arctic cluster...

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]]> /drilling-completion-news-21-29683/feed 0 29683 Drilling Ahead: Want good news? Don鈥檛 read this column! /drilling-ahead-want-good-news-dont-read-this-column-29769 /drilling-ahead-want-good-news-dont-read-this-column-29769#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:36:12 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29769 鈥淚t鈥檚 not my job to give you good news,鈥 declared spunky Susan Mackenzie, head of the Energy Division of the UK Health & Safety Executive. When Ms Mackenzie began...

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]]> /drilling-ahead-want-good-news-dont-read-this-column-29769/feed 0 29769 Extreme drilling drives drill pipe innovations /extreme-drilling-drives-drill-pipe-innovations-29880 /extreme-drilling-drives-drill-pipe-innovations-29880#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:36:11 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29880 Drill pipe, like everything else in well construction, is rapidly evolving to match an ever-expanding operational window. Whether operators are drilling longer laterals in resource plays, launching high-stakes...

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]]> /extreme-drilling-drives-drill-pipe-innovations-29880/feed 1 29880 Downhole shakeup /downhole-shakeup-30002 /downhole-shakeup-30002#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:36:11 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=30002 Rumblings, from surface to TD, are omnipresent throughout a drilling operation. From long-reach horizontal wells onshore the US to the deepest offshore wells around the world, shock and vibration takes...

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]]> /downhole-shakeup-30002/feed 0 30002 Drilling & Completion Tech Digest /drilling-completion-tech-digest-22-29750 /drilling-completion-tech-digest-22-29750#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:36:11 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29750 Maersk Drilling has placed an order with GE Oil & Gas for the industry鈥檚 first 20,000-psi rated deepwater BOP and riser systems. The order, which is subject to a final investment...

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]]> /drilling-completion-tech-digest-22-29750/feed 0 29750 IADC launches KSA Competencies Program online database /iadc-launches-ksa-competencies-program-online-database-29782 /iadc-launches-ksa-competencies-program-online-database-29782#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:36:11 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29782 IADC officially kicked off its Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) Competencies Program at IADC World Drilling 2014 in Vienna in June. The goal of the project is to ensure...

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]]> /iadc-launches-ksa-competencies-program-online-database-29782/feed 0 29782 IADC ISP: LTI rate holds steady in 2013, TRIR down by 8% /iadc-isp-lti-rate-holds-steady-in-2013-trir-down-by-8-29558 /iadc-isp-lti-rate-holds-steady-in-2013-trir-down-by-8-29558#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:35:52 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29558 The global drilling industry saw its lost-time incidence (LTI) rate and its number of fatalities unchanged from 2012 to 2013, at 0.26 and 22 fatalities, respectively. Improvements...

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]]> /iadc-isp-lti-rate-holds-steady-in-2013-trir-down-by-8-29558/feed 0 29558 Rally in the North Sea /rally-in-the-north-sea-29604 /rally-in-the-north-sea-29604#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:35:52 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29604 Despite myriad challenges such as rising costs, mature fields and increasingly tougher regulations, the European drilling market continues to exhibit strength in terms of contract backlogs, rig utilization and a general feeling of...

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]]> /rally-in-the-north-sea-29604/feed 0 29604 Expandable liner gets deepwater well to TD past 3 sand zones /expandable-liner-gets-deepwater-well-to-td-past-3-sand-zones-29923 /expandable-liner-gets-deepwater-well-to-td-past-3-sand-zones-29923#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:35:52 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29923 Deep and ultra-deepwater exploration activities continue to set records as new wells are drilled in deeper waters and in more complex reservoirs. At the same time, the...

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]]> /expandable-liner-gets-deepwater-well-to-td-past-3-sand-zones-29923/feed 0 29923 Ensuring reliability, and proving it /ensuring-reliability-and-proving-it-29640 /ensuring-reliability-and-proving-it-29640#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:35:52 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=29640 From reliability-centered maintenance programs to integrated sensors to advanced risk modeling, the drilling industry is dedicating more resources than ever to ensuring the integrity of its assets...

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