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Updates provided on DEC JIPs on sensors, barrier management, drilling automation roadmap

Linda Hsieh — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:00:25 +0000

A new joint industry project (JIP) has been established under the IADC Drilling Engineers Forum (DEC), driven by the growing importance of verifying and validating sensor data in situ, or during drilling operations...

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Offshore drilling at a crossroad, must take action for change now

Linda Hsieh — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:13:29 +0000

The industry is at a crossroad, and the decisions that companies are making now will impact the profitability and competitiveness of the oil and gas industry for years to come, said Morten Kelstrup, Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer for Maersk Drilling...

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IADC International Onshore Advisory Panel considers Middle East VAT, API 53 concerns

Linda Hsieh — Wed, 23 May 2018 11:00:12 +0000

The Middle East land rig market has been among few bright spots in the global drilling market since the 2014 oil price downturn, with the rig count showing more stability versus markets like Latin America and Canada...

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Sidewinder’s Gallegos: People will pose biggest challenge for drilling industry

Linda Hsieh — Wed, 23 May 2018 11:00:09 +0000

The recruitment, training and retention of workers will pose the single biggest challenge for the drilling industry in the next few years...

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Maersk Training: Worker skills must keep pace with technology advances

Linda Hsieh — Tue, 22 May 2018 17:45:58 +0000

As drilling technology advances enable more complex wells to be drilled, training needs to be updated not only to allow employee skills to keep up with technology advances but also to prevent tragedies such as Macondo...

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Drilling optimization platform makes recommendations based on real-time well-site data

Linda Hsieh — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:42:04 +0000

Over the past year, Pason Systems and ExxonMobil have been testing a real-time, well-site based software platform for drilling optimization. The system produces performance maps and makes recommendations to the driller based on input from surface sensors. In this video from the 2017 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 14 March, Lars …

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New interface protocols drive communication efficiencies between subsea control modules and subsea sensors

Linda Hsieh — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:35:45 +0000

The Subsea Instrumentation Interface Standardization (SIIS) network released its Recommended Practice and Standard Text for inclusion in API17F, the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Standard for Subsea Production Control Systems. The three instrument interface protocols, covering analogue devices, digital serial devices and Ethernet TCP/ IP devices, will help improve subsea reliability by standardizing communications between subsea …

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Diamond Offshore develops Floating Factory drillship concept using lean manufacturing principles

Linda Hsieh — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:40:24 +0000

By Kelli Ainsworth, Associate Editor As part of its efforts to lower offshore drilling costs, Diamond Offshore has developed the Floating Factory drillship concept. The rig features a Huisman drill tower, a dual mud pit system and 50% more rig space than typical sixth-generation drillships, James Hebert, Director of Operations and Technical Support for Diamond …

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New control software aims to optimize water treatment processes

Linda Hsieh — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:22:00 +0000

Water Planet has deployed its new IntelliFlux control software at California’s first merchant facility designed to treat oil and gas produced water for beneficial reuse. Operated by Sweetwater Tech Resources (STR), this regional water treatment facility gives local oil and gas producers a reliable, economic and sustainable option for converting billions of gallons of produced …

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New drill bit adjusts to downhole conditions for smoother, faster drilling

Linda Hsieh — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:27:34 +0000

Baker Hughes’ newly released TerrAdapt adaptive drill bit is expected to deliver dramatic improvements in drilling economics by using automation to mitigate downhole dysfunctions that cause inefficient drilling and costly tool failures. With the industry’s first self-adjusting depth-of-cut (DOC) control elements, the TerrAdapt bit automatically changes its aggressiveness based on the formation through which it is drilling to mitigate vibrations, stick-slip and impact loading...

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