May/June Archives - 三昇体育 /2019/mayjune-2019 Get the latest oil drilling news with 三昇体育 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:43:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 Wirelines /wirelines-68-51600 /wirelines-68-51600#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51600 Gulf of Mexico lease sale proposed for August Officials with the US Department of Interior announced in early March a proposed offer of 78 million acres for a regionwide lease sale scheduled for August 2019. The sale would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Lease sale 253 will …

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]]> /wirelines-68-51600/feed 0 51600 People, Companies & Products /people-companies-products-54-50120 /people-companies-products-54-50120#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=50120 Chevron announces acquisition of Anadarko Chevron has entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum to acquire all outstanding shares of Anadarko. This will strengthen Chevron’s positions in shale, deepwater and natural gas resource basins. Roy Martin, Senior Analyst, Corporate Analysis for Wood Mackenzie, commented: “Chevron now joins the ranks of the UltraMajors – and …

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]]> /people-companies-products-54-50120/feed 0 50120 Drilling & Completion News /drilling-completion-news-40-51604 /drilling-completion-news-40-51604#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51604 Transocean lands drillship contracts from Petrobras Transocean announced that Petrobras has awarded contracts to two of the company’s ultra-deepwater drillships, with work commencing in Brazil in November. The Ocean Corcovado received a 629-day contract, representing an estimated firm contract backlog of $123 million; priced options for 680 days are included. The Ocean Rig Mykonos received …

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]]> /drilling-completion-news-40-51604/feed 0 51604 Data-driven underbalanced CTD improves real-time decision making in Texas Panhandle re-entry wells /data-driven-underbalanced-ctd-improves-real-time-decision-making-in-texas-panhandle-re-entry-wells-51568 /data-driven-underbalanced-ctd-improves-real-time-decision-making-in-texas-panhandle-re-entry-wells-51568#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51568 Underbalanced coiled-tubing drilling offers operators a way to capture extra value out of known reserves and makes maximizing returns from declining fields a viable proposition. Such technologies have been shown to deliver increased production rates at reduced cost compared with traditional methods.

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]]> /data-driven-underbalanced-ctd-improves-real-time-decision-making-in-texas-panhandle-re-entry-wells-51568/feed 0 51568 Drilling & Completion Tech Digest /drilling-completion-tech-digest-39-51606 /drilling-completion-tech-digest-39-51606#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51606 Johan Sverdrop record lift completed in three days Equinor announced that it has set a record with a three-day lift of two final platform topsides, a bridge and a flare stack for Johan Sverdrop. It was the heaviest lift ever performed offshore, according to Equinor. “Putting the final building blocks of this gigantic project into …

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]]> /drilling-completion-tech-digest-39-51606/feed 0 51606 To build better future, industry must do more to collaborate /to-build-better-future-industry-must-do-more-to-collaborate-51570 /to-build-better-future-industry-must-do-more-to-collaborate-51570#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51570 By Linda Hsieh, Editor & Publisher Humans are creatures of habit. While some people are more open to new ideas than others, at some level we all look at big changes with some trepidation. Will it remove something important from my control? Do I understand what the consequences will be, and who will bear those …

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]]> /to-build-better-future-industry-must-do-more-to-collaborate-51570/feed 0 51570 IADC strengthens next-gen engagement with new student chapter, YP Committee /iadc-strengthens-next-gen-engagement-with-new-student-chapter-yp-committee-51574 /iadc-strengthens-next-gen-engagement-with-new-student-chapter-yp-committee-51574#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51574 By Jason McFarland, IADC President In the last issue of DC, I talked in this space about how our industry must commit to the next generation just as it’s committed itself to innovation and safety. As IADC travels throughout the world, the topic of how to engage with, attract and retain the next generation of oil …

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]]> /iadc-strengthens-next-gen-engagement-with-new-student-chapter-yp-committee-51574/feed 0 51574 Simulator-based training can help crews better prepare for complex MPD operations /simulator-based-training-can-help-crews-better-prepare-for-complex-mpd-operations-51584 /simulator-based-training-can-help-crews-better-prepare-for-complex-mpd-operations-51584#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51584 By Linda Hsieh, Editor & Publisher As the drilling industry increasingly deploys managed pressure drilling (MPD) technologies, particularly in the deepwater arena, the potential for simulator-based training to step in and enhance both the safety and efficiency of such operations is also increasing. “When we look at the (knowledge) retention pyramid, the most efficient way …

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]]> /simulator-based-training-can-help-crews-better-prepare-for-complex-mpd-operations-51584/feed 0 51584 News Cuttings /news-cuttings-66-51586 /news-cuttings-66-51586#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51586 IADC holds human performance in well control workshop IADC held a human performance in well control workshop in conjunction with the 2019 SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 4 March. More than 50 human factors, well control and HSE professionals attended the event. It featured sessions on the foundation principles of …

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]]> /news-cuttings-66-51586/feed 0 51586 Rig count rising: Bakken drillers appear positioned for fresh growth /rig-count-rising-bakken-drillers-appear-positioned-for-fresh-growth-51602 /rig-count-rising-bakken-drillers-appear-positioned-for-fresh-growth-51602#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:57:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=51602 Bakken rig count hits 60 for first time since 2015 just as production reaches record high By Julie Francis, Wood Mackenzie The state of North Dakota reached a milestone in the last week of March 2019 – the rig count rose to 60 for the first time since December 2015. The achievement comes on the …

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