July/August 2011
| Innovating While Drilling |
|---|
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Drilling automation: Is resistance futile? by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT No longer niche: Expandables finally going mainstream by Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor |
| Expandable liner hanger goes big in deep Gulf by Michael (Rick) Johnson and Kevin Ardoin, Halliburton; Bill Bullard, Eni |
| Optimization: Taking a holistic approach by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| RCD for DP drillship takes MPD deeper by Julmar Shaun S. Toralde, Weatherford International |
| Statoil: Automatic MPD a coming reality by Alexey Pavlov, Glenn-Ole Kaasa, Statoil Research Centre |
| Regional Focus: Europe |
| European shale gas: a long road ahead by Linda Hsieh, managing editor |
| Tax increase hits UK North Sea sector hard by Jeremy Cresswell, contributing editor |
| LWD maps path to new pay on old field by Eirik Stueland, Talisman Energy; Matthew Spotkaeff, James Dolan and Christophe Dupuis, Schlumberger |
| Completions |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Merged multilaterals system cuts time, risk by Christopher Guidry, Charles Pleasants and Joseph Sheehan, Baker Hughes |
| Multilateral completions on rise but still a niche by Diane Langley, editorial coordinator |
| Fluids |
| Drilling mud solutions: Cracking the shale code by Diane Langley, editorial coordinator |
| Bits |
| Steel-body PDC bit targets shale drilling by Charles Douglas and Brian Stanley, Smith Bits, a Schlumberger Company |
| Well Control |
| JIP rethinks BOP leak detection for deepwater by C Mark Franklin and Rick Cully, IPT Global; Tim Sargent, Noble Energy; Charles Brown, Hamilton Engineering; Gary W Owen, Devon Energy; Steven Griffith, Shell; Jerry Osmond, Hess Corp; Tore Grønås, Statoil |
| Health, Safety, Environment & Training |
| 2010 ISP reports slight rise in LTIs, fatalities |
| IADC Connection |
| Editorial: Center for Offshore Safety a key step for industry to embrace real change by Matt Ralls, 2011 IADC chairman |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Editorial: Who broke this? The fine art of finger-pointing when a rig fails by David Reid, chairman, IADC ART Committee |
| IADC environmental conference spurs first-time industry dialogue with Cuba by Diane Langley, editorial coordinator |
| Students get eye-opening experience at IADC Environmental Conference by Diane Langley, editorial coordinator |
| Wirelines |
| News Cuttings |
| Departments |
| Drilling Ahead: Shale revolution shifts to oily & international phase |
| D&C News |
| D&C Tech Digest |
| HSE Corner: Operator takes proactive approach to human-factors evaluation of equipment by Sam Ranasinghe and Vikki Sanders, Atkins |
| People, Companies and Products |
| Perspectives: Brady Long, Ensco – Dynamic drilling industry best experienced from the inside |