November/December Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2018/novemberdecember-2018 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:12:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 News Cuttings /news-cuttings-63-49021 /news-cuttings-63-49021#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49021 ULL Student Chapter members complete training In August, members of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (ULL) IADC Student Chapter completed the IADC WellSharp well control level 3 (Driller) course after an extensive four-day training, held 6-10 August. The following month, 28 members of the chapter toured Parker Drilling’s 2,000-hp Rig 55B in Amelia, La. The students …

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]]> /news-cuttings-63-49021/feed 0 49021 Drilling & Completion Tech Digest /drilling-completion-tech-digest-36-49031 /drilling-completion-tech-digest-36-49031#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49031 Halliburton sets record depth for expandable liner hangers on Stampede project in Gulf of Mexico Halliburton’s XtremeGrip liner hangers were recently installed to a depth of 30,924 ft in the Gulf of Mexico Hess-operated Stampede deepwater development. This set a record depth for the system. To facilitate the completions, the company installed 37 XtremeGrip expandable …

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]]> /drilling-completion-tech-digest-36-49031/feed 0 49031 IADC: Paving the path to better, safer industry /iadc-paving-the-path-to-better-safer-industry-49041 /iadc-paving-the-path-to-better-safer-industry-49041#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49041 By Jason McFarland, IADC President In the following pages, you will be able to read through a snapshot of IADC’s activities over the course of 2018. It’s an impressive list of accomplishments, and ones that I am personally proud of in my role as president of this association. I hope that you are able to …

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]]> /iadc-paving-the-path-to-better-safer-industry-49041/feed 0 49041 People, Companies & Products /people-companies-products-52-48938 /people-companies-products-52-48938#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=48938 Ensco, Rowan Agree to Merge in All-Stock Transaction Ensco and Rowan Companies jointly announced that the companies have entered into a definitive transaction agreement under which Rowan will combine with Ensco in an all-stock transaction. The agreement was unanimously approved by each company’s board of directors. The Saudi Aramco partner to the ARO Drilling joint …

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]]> /people-companies-products-52-48938/feed 0 48938 2018 IADC efforts in advocacy, training, safety all providing direct, positive impact /2018-iadc-efforts-in-advocacy-training-safety-all-providing-direct-positive-impact-49018 /2018-iadc-efforts-in-advocacy-training-safety-all-providing-direct-positive-impact-49018#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49018 By Steven Brady, 2018 IADC Chairman It has been my honor to serve as your IADC Chairman in 2018. As Chairman, I have had the opportunity to talk with and meet a diverse slice of our membership. As we close out this year, I am thankful for those experiences. They showed me that, as an industry, …

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]]> /2018-iadc-efforts-in-advocacy-training-safety-all-providing-direct-positive-impact-49018/feed 0 49018 Celine Martin, Total: Sidestepping life’s ‘disappointments,’ turning differences into strengths can help to build diverse career /celine-martin-total-sidestepping-lifes-disappointments-turning-differences-into-strengths-can-help-to-build-diverse-career-49019 /celine-martin-total-sidestepping-lifes-disappointments-turning-differences-into-strengths-can-help-to-build-diverse-career-49019#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49019 By Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor For Celine Martin, not being selected for an engineering program with the French Navy when she was a teenager came as a huge disappointment. She had undergone three years of post-secondary studies in specialized military classes in preparation for a selective entrance exam to the elite national engineering school, Prytanée National …

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]]> /celine-martin-total-sidestepping-lifes-disappointments-turning-differences-into-strengths-can-help-to-build-diverse-career-49019/feed 0 49019 Shell bolsters well control training with incorporation of human factors principles /shell-bolsters-well-control-training-with-incorporation-of-human-factors-principles-49020 /shell-bolsters-well-control-training-with-incorporation-of-human-factors-principles-49020#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49020 By Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor Shell is forging ahead with its Leading Advanced Well Control and Front-line Barrier Manager programs, which both incorporate human factors/crew resource management, as the operator seeks to reach its goal of working without any incidents. Such training courses have come a long way since the late 1990s, when they used to …

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]]> /shell-bolsters-well-control-training-with-incorporation-of-human-factors-principles-49020/feed 0 49020 Putting people first: Oil and gas industry should consider a system thinking approach to IIoT revolution /putting-people-first-oil-and-gas-industry-should-consider-a-system-thinking-approach-to-iiot-revolution-49028 /putting-people-first-oil-and-gas-industry-should-consider-a-system-thinking-approach-to-iiot-revolution-49028#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49028 Leaders must realize that digital transformation will be 20% technology and 80% how people work together By John F. Carrier, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Michael Fry, Deepwater Subsea “Are you digitalizing your business?” This is the question that people working in the field are being asked at every available opportunity. But is this …

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]]> /putting-people-first-oil-and-gas-industry-should-consider-a-system-thinking-approach-to-iiot-revolution-49028/feed 0 49028 Risk aversion shouldn’t be used as excuse not to innovate /risk-aversion-shouldnt-be-used-as-excuse-not-to-innovate-49030 /risk-aversion-shouldnt-be-used-as-excuse-not-to-innovate-49030#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49030 By Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor The drilling industry stands at the doorstep to a vast digital transformation. Yet, in many ways, it remains hesitant to fully cross the threshold. On the other side is Industry 4.0, characterized by things like smart machines, artificial intelligence, data-enabled efficiency and decentralized decision making. To take that great leap, …

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]]> /risk-aversion-shouldnt-be-used-as-excuse-not-to-innovate-49030/feed 0 49030 NOV rig census shows global rig market entering expansion cycle /nov-rig-census-shows-global-rig-market-entering-expansion-cycle-49037 /nov-rig-census-shows-global-rig-market-entering-expansion-cycle-49037#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:10:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=49037 Onshore, tightness of top-tier rigs will drive new rig orders, upgrades; offshore drilling growing modestly, but oversupply to sustain pressure on fleet utilization By Carlos Huerta, National Oilwell Varco As rig demand grows across land markets and offshore drilling recovers from its cyclical bottom, the industry will look to reactivate, upgrade and add rigs to suit …

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