| OFFSHORE OUTLOOK |
| US Gulf of Mexico rig market experiencing full employment |
| West Africa could face shortage of deepwater rigs |
| Southeast Asia contractors experience accelerating high dayrates |
| Offshore contractors face a storm surge of new regulations |
| IADC launches ballast control and stability program |
| Two new semisubmersibles delivered to GlobalSantaFe |
| CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR |
| Helmerich & Payne IDC’s Alan Orr named Contractor of the Year |
| ONSHORE DRILLING AND EQUIPMENT |
| US onshore activity nearing its 2001 level |
| New lightweight rig is built for European operations |
| New rig takes advantage of proven technologies to increase well value |
| Drilling Onshore America Conference Preview |
| DOWNHOLE FLUIDS |
| High performance water-base fluids improve drilling |
| Deep gas drilling fluid challenges |
| R&D validates effectiveness of aphron drilling fluids |
| Drilling fluid eliminates sag, other weight problems |
| Features |
| PDO’s Haz-ID contrasts safe/unsafe procedures |
| Malta becoming logistical jump-off point for Libya |
| Basic Energy Services gets its feet wet with inland dill barges |
| DEA projects updated at 2005 first quarter meeting |
| IADC World Drilling 2005 is set for 9-10 June in Rome |
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