September/October Archives - Èý•NÌåÓý /2024/septemberoctober-2024 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:06:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 202015461 Proven 20K technologies set to help BP advance long-held opportunities in the Paleogene /proven-20k-technologies-set-to-help-bp-advance-long-held-opportunities-in-the-paleogene-69874 /proven-20k-technologies-set-to-help-bp-advance-long-held-opportunities-in-the-paleogene-69874#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:43 +0000 /?p=69874 By Jessica Whiteside, Contributor BP’s patience in the Paleogene formation in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico is paying off as the 20,000-psi technology needed to develop the high-pressure, high-temperature play catches up to the potential of the resource.  The company made its first discovery in the Paleogene, Kaskida, in 2006, and has been waiting ever …

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]]> /proven-20k-technologies-set-to-help-bp-advance-long-held-opportunities-in-the-paleogene-69874/feed 0 69874 Wayne Bauer, Vantage Drilling: Investments in AI poised to drive safety innovations /wayne-bauer-vantage-drilling-investments-in-ai-poised-to-drive-safety-innovations-69865 /wayne-bauer-vantage-drilling-investments-in-ai-poised-to-drive-safety-innovations-69865#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:43 +0000 /?p=69865 By Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor To quote a famous song from long ago, Wayne Bauer has been everywhere. He grew up in the mining industry of Western Australia, doing an apprenticeship in the mines as a teenager and spending his young adulthood as a seismic field worker and a boilermaker for various mining companies. He’s …

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]]> /wayne-bauer-vantage-drilling-investments-in-ai-poised-to-drive-safety-innovations-69865/feed 0 69865 Market fundamentals shifting, but massive need for more oil remains /market-fundamentals-shifting-but-massive-need-for-more-oil-remains-69868 /market-fundamentals-shifting-but-massive-need-for-more-oil-remains-69868#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:43 +0000 /?p=69868 By Linda Hsieh, Editor & Publisher Amid the world’s increasing attention on renewables and the energy transition, oil and gas often gets labeled as a “sunset industry.” But that label is misleading, considering the forecast that Rystad Energy gave at the recent IADC World Drilling Conference. One of the most eye-opening insights, given by Lars …

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]]> /market-fundamentals-shifting-but-massive-need-for-more-oil-remains-69868/feed 0 69868 To fully protect our people, mental health must be a safety essential /to-fully-protect-our-people-mental-health-must-be-a-safety-essential-69870 /to-fully-protect-our-people-mental-health-must-be-a-safety-essential-69870#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:43 +0000 /?p=69870 By Jason McFarland, IADC President Often when I think about safety in this industry, my mind goes to the physical realm of safety – reducing incidents, increasing safe operations, using proper PPE, training our workforce, etc. But what about the dangers that are less obvious, the ones that we can’t necessarily see?  Awareness of the …

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]]> /to-fully-protect-our-people-mental-health-must-be-a-safety-essential-69870/feed 0 69870 Designing for human performance is key to ensure AI deployments are safe, secure and trustworthy /designing-for-human-performance-is-key-to-ensure-ai-deployments-are-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-69943 /designing-for-human-performance-is-key-to-ensure-ai-deployments-are-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-69943#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:42 +0000 /?p=69943 By Kristian S. Teigen and Fredrik S. Dørum, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority – Havtil Did you know that 90% of the world’s data was created in the last two years? And that every other year, until now, the total volume of available data has doubled? In an era where many consider data as the new …

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]]> /designing-for-human-performance-is-key-to-ensure-ai-deployments-are-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-69943/feed 0 69943 Standardization of reliability processes benefits decision support for subsea technology /standardization-of-reliability-processes-benefits-decision-support-for-subsea-technology-69877 /standardization-of-reliability-processes-benefits-decision-support-for-subsea-technology-69877#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:42 +0000 /?p=69877 By Jessica Whiteside, Contributor Qualification of new technologies in oil and gas can take years — no surprise in a sector where equipment failure can have costly and catastrophic consequences. Crafting a robust reliability management program aligned with international standards has been an essential part of the technology qualification process for joint industry projects (JIPs) …

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]]> /standardization-of-reliability-processes-benefits-decision-support-for-subsea-technology-69877/feed 0 69877 Eye-tracking study shows trends in drillers’ task engagement and loads, interaction with HMIs /eye-tracking-study-shows-trends-in-drillers-task-engagement-and-loads-interaction-with-hmis-69880 /eye-tracking-study-shows-trends-in-drillers-task-engagement-and-loads-interaction-with-hmis-69880#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:42 +0000 /?p=69880 By David Lobdell, BP, and Diana Khatun, IOGP Eye trackers are used extensively in real-world, non-critical activities such as computing, but usage in safety-critical operations is rare. The positive experience of live eye tracking in aviation simulators and during actual operations has demonstrated that eye-tracking glasses can be used safely in real-world tasks within safety-critical …

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]]> /eye-tracking-study-shows-trends-in-drillers-task-engagement-and-loads-interaction-with-hmis-69880/feed 0 69880 Field experience, connecting with rig crews critical for young engineers to develop careers /field-experience-connecting-with-rig-crews-critical-for-young-engineers-to-develop-careers-69950 /field-experience-connecting-with-rig-crews-critical-for-young-engineers-to-develop-careers-69950#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:41 +0000 /?p=69950 By Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor Automation and digitalization are coming to define the oilfield of the future. The students and young professionals coming into the industry now are being trained to develop and operate the systems that will push drilling into the next several decades.  However, while companies are trying to attract the big brains …

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]]> /field-experience-connecting-with-rig-crews-critical-for-young-engineers-to-develop-careers-69950/feed 0 69950 Full-scale BOP electrification test rig shows benefits of electrified BOP, enables design optimization /full-scale-bop-electrification-test-rig-shows-benefits-of-electrified-bop-enables-design-optimization-69953 /full-scale-bop-electrification-test-rig-shows-benefits-of-electrified-bop-enables-design-optimization-69953#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:41 +0000 /?p=69953 By Brian Piccolo, Amine Abou-Assaad, Vijay Chatufale, Jeff Fisher, Viral Shah and Bob Judge, HMH; Magne Rød and John Dale, ESD Through internal engineering, testing and the acquisition of Electric Subsea Drilling, HMH has developed a fully electrified subsea BOP (SSBOP) system known as the E-BOP. In doing so, all hydraulic systems have been replaced with …

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]]> /full-scale-bop-electrification-test-rig-shows-benefits-of-electrified-bop-enables-design-optimization-69953/feed 0 69953 Industry hones in on human element to push rigsite safety to next level /industry-hones-in-on-human-element-to-push-rigsite-safety-to-next-level-69989 /industry-hones-in-on-human-element-to-push-rigsite-safety-to-next-level-69989#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:44:40 +0000 /?p=69989 By Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor Companies are constantly re-examining the mechanisms by which they can help their rig personnel avoid potentially dangerous incidents on the rig. In addition to training people to use equipment safely, they are examining the human factors that could lead to error. They have come to understand the importance of soft …

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