January/February Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2015/januaryfebruary-2015 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:03:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 People, Companies & Products /people-companies-products-34-32177 /people-companies-products-34-32177#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:06:39 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32177 Carey Lowe has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Ensco, reporting to CEO and President Carl Trowell. Mr Lowe will be responsible for overseeing investor relations, public relations, employee communications and branding...

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]]> /people-companies-products-34-32177/feed 0 32177 Saturated market, policy challenges push KCA Deutag eastward /saturated-market-policy-challenges-push-kca-deutag-eastward-32326 /saturated-market-policy-challenges-push-kca-deutag-eastward-32326#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32326 There are several challenges – one of the most significant being the increased number of rigs and drilling contractors now available in Europe, combined with...

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]]> /saturated-market-policy-challenges-push-kca-deutag-eastward-32326/feed 0 32326 Amid cost constraints, industry must guard against drift into failure /amid-cost-constraints-industry-must-guard-against-drift-into-failure-32370 /amid-cost-constraints-industry-must-guard-against-drift-into-failure-32370#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32370 The industry is really moving ahead on human factors, which affects everything. IADC’s initiative to hold a conference on this (21-22 October in Galveston, Texas)...

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]]> /amid-cost-constraints-industry-must-guard-against-drift-into-failure-32370/feed 0 32370 Perspectives: Moji Karimi, Weatherford: Millennials to lead charge on increasing speed of industry evolution /perspectives-moji-karimi-weatherford-millennials-to-lead-charge-on-increasing-speed-of-industry-evolution-32416 /perspectives-moji-karimi-weatherford-millennials-to-lead-charge-on-increasing-speed-of-industry-evolution-32416#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32416 Growing up in Iran in the 1990s and early 2000s, Moji Karimi remembers being fascinated by the oil and gas industry. It was no surprise, then, that he decided to move to the oil and gas hub of Lafayette, La., in 2008 after earning a bachelor’s degree...

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]]> /perspectives-moji-karimi-weatherford-millennials-to-lead-charge-on-increasing-speed-of-industry-evolution-32416/feed 0 32416 Now more than ever, performance becomes the name of the game /now-more-than-ever-performance-becomes-the-name-of-the-game-32227 /now-more-than-ever-performance-becomes-the-name-of-the-game-32227#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32227 Rob Saltiel has served as President and CEO of Atwood Oceanics since December 2009 and as a Director on the Board since February 2010...

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]]> /now-more-than-ever-performance-becomes-the-name-of-the-game-32227/feed 0 32227 2015 IADC Officers /2015-iadc-officers-32441 /2015-iadc-officers-32441#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32441 Ed Jacob, Chairman Independence Contract Drilling Ed Jacob is Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Independence Contract Drilling (ICD). Mr Jacob joined ICD in February 2013 and was promoted to his current position in May 2014. Prior to joining ICD, Mr Jacob was President and CEO of Keen Energy Services. Prior to that, he …

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]]> /2015-iadc-officers-32441/feed 0 32441 Well control should be a standard, not part of the competitive space /well-control-should-be-a-standard-not-part-of-the-competitive-space-32241 /well-control-should-be-a-standard-not-part-of-the-competitive-space-32241#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32241 The greatest challenge in well control is working to a consistent standard. We have a standard but no standardization. API Standard 53 was introduced in 2012, but its impact is still inconspicuous, in my view...

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]]> /well-control-should-be-a-standard-not-part-of-the-competitive-space-32241/feed 1 32241 Wirelines /wirelines-43-32502 /wirelines-43-32502#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32502 API recently published API Recommended Practice 2D, Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes, Seventh Edition. It establishes general principles for the safe operation and maintenance of offshore pedestal-mounted revolving cranes on fixed or floating offshore platforms...

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]]> /wirelines-43-32502/feed 0 32502 HSE&T Corner: Maersk training, Weatherford team up for true-to-life, simulator-based MPD training /hset-corner-maersk-training-weatherford-team-up-for-true-to-life-simulator-based-mpd-training-32543 /hset-corner-maersk-training-weatherford-team-up-for-true-to-life-simulator-based-mpd-training-32543#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:24:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32543 The ’60s, as a decade, was a world-changer in many ways, not least in technology. The computer mouse, RAM, the handheld calculator, bar-code scanning and then the halogen lamp...

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]]> /hset-corner-maersk-training-weatherford-team-up-for-true-to-life-simulator-based-mpd-training-32543/feed 0 32543 Small-scale focus yields big value for Shell’s rig operational performance /small-scale-focus-yields-big-value-for-shells-rig-operational-performance-32317 /small-scale-focus-yields-big-value-for-shells-rig-operational-performance-32317#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:23:59 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=32317 Safety remains our top priority and boundary condition in our drive for performance. Beyond that, right now the biggest challenge is cost. The industry is in the midst...

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