| REGIONAL OUTLOOK |
| Northwest Europe E&P activity is steady |
| Regulations affect contractors in Northwest Europe |
| Asia Pacific region is one of strongest rig markets |
| DRILLING TECHNOLOGY |
| Managed pressure drilling controls pressure, annulus returns |
| Surface BOP guidlines nearing finalization |
| Automated technology for optimaizing directional drilling |
| Underbalanced Operations Committee promotes advancing technologies |
| Underbalanced Drilling in brownfields provides additional field life |
| Casing Drilling with retrievable assemblies is cost effective |
| Sidetracking with solid expandable tubulars overcomes challenges |
| FEATURES |
| Call for abstracts for IADC Drilling HSE Europe 2005 |
| Well Control Conference of the Americas set for 24 – 26 October |
| 2004 IADC Annual Meeting is 22 – 24 September in New Orleans |
| Coastal Drilling expands inland barge, land rig fleet |
| New land rig competes with new and refurbished rig costs |
| LTIs and recordable incidents fall to record low in 2003 |
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