November/December Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2014/novemberdecember-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 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 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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]]> /drilling-ahead-iadc-workshops-shed-light-on-new-eu-rule-31520/feed 0 31520 Africa Briefs: Industry educates employees amid Ebola outbreak; Angola, Nigeria to lead Africa growth /africa-briefs-industry-educates-employees-amid-ebola-outbreak-angola-nigeria-to-lead-africa-growth-31297 /africa-briefs-industry-educates-employees-amid-ebola-outbreak-angola-nigeria-to-lead-africa-growth-31297#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31297 West Africa has been hit hard by the largest Ebola epidemic in history. Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia have seen the highest number of infections…

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]]> /africa-briefs-industry-educates-employees-amid-ebola-outbreak-angola-nigeria-to-lead-africa-growth-31297/feed 0 31297 Mexico sets sights on foreign investment through energy reform /mexico-sets-sights-on-foreign-investment-through-energy-reform-31307 /mexico-sets-sights-on-foreign-investment-through-energy-reform-31307#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31307 Mexico has vast oil and gas reserves but not enough capital resources to drill for it. Consider this: In the US-controlled part of the Gulf of Mexico, more than 300,000 bbl…

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]]> /mexico-sets-sights-on-foreign-investment-through-energy-reform-31307/feed 0 31307 Editorial: It’s been an honor to lead IADC through a year of powerful accomplishments /editorial-its-been-an-honor-to-lead-iadc-through-a-year-of-powerful-accomplishments-31354 /editorial-its-been-an-honor-to-lead-iadc-through-a-year-of-powerful-accomplishments-31354#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31354 It is with a great sense of accomplishment that I wrap up my year as Chairman of IADC. As a member of the association for more than 23 years, and with previous experience on the Executive Committee...

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]]> /editorial-its-been-an-honor-to-lead-iadc-through-a-year-of-powerful-accomplishments-31354/feed 0 31354 Drilling potential abounds in Mexico, but so does uncertainty /drilling-potential-abounds-in-mexico-but-so-does-uncertainty-31358 /drilling-potential-abounds-in-mexico-but-so-does-uncertainty-31358#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31358 The tides are turning in Mexico after the government ended PEMEX’s 76-year monopoly over the country’s oil and gas market. On 20 December 2013, Mexico’s energy reform bill became a law…

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]]> /drilling-potential-abounds-in-mexico-but-so-does-uncertainty-31358/feed 0 31358 2014 operational summary: Year of delivery for IADC divisions /2014-operational-summary-year-of-delivery-for-iadc-divisions-31388 /2014-operational-summary-year-of-delivery-for-iadc-divisions-31388#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:42:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=31388 The IADC Operational Integrity (OI) Division, comprising the Onshore, Offshore, Drilling and Well Servicing, QA/QC, and Accreditation and Credentialing Divisions, devoted time and expertise to promoting the interests...

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