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GOM deepwater well puts dual-gradient drilling on the map
Top left: Saipem’s Scarabeo 9 rig was retrofitted with an umbilical winch, a control container and office/tool container to use the EC-Drill dual-gradient drilling system. Top right: A modified riser...
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IADC pushes forward on KSA project, calls for more industry participation
Click here to view the embedded video. Bob Newhouse, member of the KSA steering committee and vice president – learning & development for Noble Drilling, speaks with Drilling Contractor associate...
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Logging data linked in real time mitigate drilling complications
By M. Ribeiro, V. Costa, R. Guedes, P. Bittencourt, OGX; Paolo Ferraris, Ana Beatriz Guedes Domingues, Schlumberger The Brazilian petroleum industry has entered a new era of success exploiting...
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Latin America: Growth expected across the board
Petroserv’s Victoria semisubmersible is working in the Roncador field in Brazil’s Campos Basin drilling development wells under a seven-year contract with Petrobras. The rig can operate in up to 3,000...
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Harsh environments, extended drilling envelopes steer drill pipe evolution
Need for higher efficiency, lower repair costs, real-time downhole data drive innovations in pipes, hardbanding By Katie Mazerov, contributing editor VAM Drilling’s Hydroclean productsprovide...
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Plug locator system mitigates cement plug displacement risks
Figure 1: A 13 5/8-in. autofill float collar was part of a plug locator system used in a deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico. The system provides a positive indication on the rig floor of the top...
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Drilling & Completion News
UMW, Vision Drilling jackups delivered early Keppel FELS has delivered the UMW Naga 4 jackup to UMW Oil & Gas five days ahead of schedule in February, on budget and with a perfect safety record....
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Cementing: Taking in lessons learned
Industry engaged in all-out effort to strengthen standards, testing, placement for better wellbore integrity By Katie Mazerov, contributing editor Schlumberger’s FUTUR active set-cement technology...
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Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Pumping equipment for fracturing switched to dual fuels Halliburton, Apache Corp and Caterpillar have developed dual-fuel technology to safely and efficiently power the pumping equipment used for...
View ArticleDrilling Ahead: Webinar on competency clarifies complex topic
By Mike Killalea, editor & publisher Technology is our industry’s defibrillator. Without it, we would have shared the same calamitous demise that befell blacksmiths and buggy makers. Unable to...
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People, companies and products
SCAA names Clean Harbors’ Scott Metzger as new president The Spill Control Association of America (SCAA) has named Scott Metzger as its new president. Mr Metzger is senior vice president of field...
View ArticleExclusive video: Chemical-free water treatment system recovers petroleum,...
Click here to view the embedded video. To help operators extract more petroleum from process water and reduce the need to use fresh water in the fracturing operations, OriginOil has developed a...
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Case study: Planning enables remote-area drilling campaign
Operators share rig, services for exploratory, appraisal program offshore Falkland Islands By J.W. Jenner, A. Morrison, Rockhopper Exploration; R. Lyons, Desire Petroleum; L. Phillips, AGR Petroleum...
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Craighead: E&P in ultra-deepwater is like ‘going to mars’
By Joanne Liou, associate editor Martin Craighead, president and CEO, Baker Hughes In the not so distant past, with deepwater exploration still in its infancy, the fear of shrinking oil and gas...
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Real-time data, reservoir model combination addresses GOM challenges
Schlumberger is focusing on addressing geological and reservoir challenges in the Gulf of Mexico that lead to narrow operating environments, Wallace Pescarini, vice president, deepwater operations at...
View ArticleDOI to encourage RD&D of oil shale, tar sands resources
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has finalized a plan to encourage research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and tar sands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
View ArticleASTM subcommittee to develop hydraulic fracturing standards
By Katie Mazerov, contributing editor ASTM International has formed a subcommittee to develop standards for hydraulic fracturing. Subcommittee D18.26, which held its first meeting in January, includes...
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Automated control system integrates preventive and predictive maintenance...
Integrated Drilling Equipment’s second-generation, automated Centurion drilling system has been installed on a rig for Lewis Energy in the Eagle Ford play. By Katie Mazerov, contributing editor...
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Environmentally friendly proppant technology to improve hydraulic fracturing...
Preferred Sands uses non-phenolic, resin-coating technology at its plant in Genoa, Neb. The technology is designed to be more environmentally friendly and efficient than conventional phenolic-based...
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Permanent production packer pushes limits of ultra-HPHT wells
Upper completion technology for as-rolled casing sets new technological boundary at 20,000 psi, 470°F By James Doane, Guijun Deng, Scott Collins, Gary Anderson, Goang-Ding Shyu, Baker Hughes Inc Figure...
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