March/April Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2020/marchapril-2020 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 Brian Piccolo, AFGlobal: Vision for safer, more autonomous drilling guides his work as Chairman of IADC UBO/MPD Committee /brian-piccolo-afglobal-vision-for-safer-more-autonomous-drilling-guides-his-work-as-chairman-of-iadc-ubo-mpd-committee-55406 /brian-piccolo-afglobal-vision-for-safer-more-autonomous-drilling-guides-his-work-as-chairman-of-iadc-ubo-mpd-committee-55406#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:46 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55406 By Jay Stracke, Editorial Assistant What defines the mind of an engineer? Is it curiosity? Is it the desire to understand the world around them? Is it the motivation to constantly improve? For Brian Piccolo, Technical Sales Director of Advanced Drilling Systems at AFGlobal, it was all three. As a kid growing up in Boston, …

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]]> /brian-piccolo-afglobal-vision-for-safer-more-autonomous-drilling-guides-his-work-as-chairman-of-iadc-ubo-mpd-committee-55406/feed 0 55406 News Cuttings /news-cuttings-71-55404 /news-cuttings-71-55404#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:45 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55404 IADC meets with house members at oil and gas caucus event On 11 February, IADC’s Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs Liz Craddock attended a Congressional Oil and Gas Caucus event in Washington, DC. The Caucus comprises a group of House Democrats dedicated to educating members of Congress about oil and gas production. During the …

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]]> /news-cuttings-71-55404/feed 0 55404 Drilling & Completion Tech Digest /drilling-completion-tech-digest-44-55422 /drilling-completion-tech-digest-44-55422#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:44 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55422 Siemens to modernize drilling-drives package for jackup Siemens is working to modernize a complete and integrated drilling-drives lineup, including auxiliaries and controls, that will be installed on a jackup drilling rig in the Middle East. The work is being done under a contract with Arabian Drilling Company, and delivery of the new system is planned …

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]]> /drilling-completion-tech-digest-44-55422/feed 0 55422 Wirelines /wirelines-73-55420 /wirelines-73-55420#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55420 Industry provides information to NOGEPA as nitrogen emissions policy causes delays Nitrogen emissions (NOx and ammonia) in The Netherlands are among the highest in the EU, not least because of the country’s dense population, with both very high industrial and agricultural production. As is the case in other countries, a ceiling is in place in …

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]]> /wirelines-73-55420/feed 0 55420 Drilling & Completion News /drilling-completion-news-45-55425 /drilling-completion-news-45-55425#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:43 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55425 Noble, ExxonMobil execute agreement for drilling services in Guyana-Suriname Noble Corp and ExxonMobil have announced the execution of a commercial enabling agreement for drilling services in the Guyana-Suriname Basin. The agreement defines contract terms for the continuation of drilling services using certain drilling units in Noble’s fleet. The ultra-deepwater drillships Noble Bob Douglas, Noble Tom …

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]]> /drilling-completion-news-45-55425/feed 0 55425 After slow period, South America now brims with potential /after-slow-period-south-america-now-brims-with-potential-55415 /after-slow-period-south-america-now-brims-with-potential-55415#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55415 As 2020 kicks into full gear, some of the more intriguing prospects in the drilling market lay in South America, where offshore exploration and production activity has heated up, and some of the onshore prospects hold great potential...

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]]> /after-slow-period-south-america-now-brims-with-potential-55415/feed 0 55415 NIOSH: Implementation of engineering controls may help reduce worker exposure to drill site hazards, long-term risks /niosh-implementation-of-engineering-controls-may-help-reduce-worker-exposure-to-drill-site-hazards-long-term-risks-55398 /niosh-implementation-of-engineering-controls-may-help-reduce-worker-exposure-to-drill-site-hazards-long-term-risks-55398#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:41 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55398 Life on the rig can present a number of challenges, and without proper monitoring, these challenges could lead to long-term health hazards for workers. These hazards might be difficult to identify at times, but there are steps companies can take...

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]]> /niosh-implementation-of-engineering-controls-may-help-reduce-worker-exposure-to-drill-site-hazards-long-term-risks-55398/feed 0 55398 Stena Drilling: A journey from zero MPD capability to fully integrated, ‘owned and operated’ MPD service /stena-drilling-a-journey-from-zero-mpd-capability-to-fully-integrated-owned-and-operated-mpd-service-55417 /stena-drilling-a-journey-from-zero-mpd-capability-to-fully-integrated-owned-and-operated-mpd-service-55417#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:41 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55417 Having functionally identical systems across MPD fleet and taking collaborative approach to develop procedures cited as key success factors By Nick Ward and Stuart Wyse, Stena Drilling Responding to a competitive deepwater rig market, as well as operators’ increasing requests for managed pressure drilling (MPD) capability in rig tenders, Stena Drilling identified a requirement to …

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]]> /stena-drilling-a-journey-from-zero-mpd-capability-to-fully-integrated-owned-and-operated-mpd-service-55417/feed 0 55417 Gyro-while-drilling technology enables wellbore collision risk management in ERD application /gyro-while-drilling-technology-enables-wellbore-collision-risk-management-in-erd-application-55395 /gyro-while-drilling-technology-enables-wellbore-collision-risk-management-in-erd-application-55395#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:40 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55395 Gyroscopic surveying system combined with advanced RSS helps operator to drill new well to access bypassed oil from aging Gulf of Thailand field By Manchukarn Naknaka and Praisont Prasertamporn, Mubadala Petroleum; Adrián Ledroz and Jayaneethe Naranasamy, Gyrodata; and Kesavan Ramasamy, Baker Hughes In complex oilfields with diminishing production values, accessing untapped reservoir areas is one …

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]]> /gyro-while-drilling-technology-enables-wellbore-collision-risk-management-in-erd-application-55395/feed 0 55395 In evaluating the business case for implementing MPD, well design optimization is too often overlooked /in-evaluating-the-business-case-for-implementing-mpd-well-design-optimization-is-too-often-overlooked-55385 /in-evaluating-the-business-case-for-implementing-mpd-well-design-optimization-is-too-often-overlooked-55385#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:39 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=55385 Dynamic formation mapping and design kick tolerance among critical enablers to fully realize benefits of MPD By Oscar Gabaldon, Romar Gonzalez Luis, Patrick Brand, Sherif Saber, Anton Kozlov and William Bacon, Blade Energy Partners; and Catherine Sugden, Sugden Consulting Inherent to the unpredictable nature of high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) reservoirs and exploratory wells, especially in deepwater, …

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