July/August 2014
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| IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges |
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| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT IADC launches KSA Competencies Program online database |
| Innovating While Drilling |
| Extreme drilling drives drill pipe innovations Advances target higher-strength materials, improved hole cleaning, wear life, hydraulic performance by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| Downhole shakeup Holistic approach, real-time monitoring dampen effects of shock, vibrations by Joanne Liou, Associate Editor |
| A fluid situation Hybrid OBM/WBM designs, flat-rheology systems among innovations in drilling fluids by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| Real-time drilling service halts twist-offs in Wolfcamp wells by Scott Masson and James Hood, Baker Hughes |
| Rolling PDC cutter enhances drill bit life in Granite Wash runs by Robert Ford, Smith Bits, a Schlumberger Company |
| Regional Focus: North Sea |
| Rally in the North Sea Rig demand, investment levels strong in short term, but tax changes may lead UK into choppier waters by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor with Reporting by Jesse Maldonado, Associate Editor |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Q&A’s with UK, Norwegian regulators |
| Well Control |
| Front-loaded approach to well control stresses planning, prevention by Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor |
| Automated well control: Industry gets ready for 20,000 psi and beyond by Paul Sonnemann and Helio Santos, SafeKick |
| Asset Integrity |
| Ensuring reliability, and proving it Industry addresses asset integrity through data-driven programs, focus on human factors, enhanced documentation by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor with Reporting by Jesse Maldonado, Associate Editor |
| Tubular integrity begins with assurance of robust connections by Scott Sivewright, Weatherford |
| Risk-informed decisions allow realization of rigs’ inherent reliability by Troy G. Schwartz, Life Cycle Engineering |
| Completions |
| Liner hanger systems bump up pressure ratings, load capacities by Joanne Liou, Associate Editor |
| Expandable liner gets deepwater well to TD past 3 sand zones by Maurilio Solano and Luis Mario Rodriguez, Baker Hughes |
| Health, Safety, Environment and Training |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT IADC ISP: LTI rate holds steady in 2013, TRIR down by 8% by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor |
| Drilling & Completion Briefs |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Onshore Drilling & Technology Briefs: Unit Drilling launches new rig design; China preps for large-scale shale development |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Offshore Drilling & Technology Briefs: OMV details Barents Sea success; CSB report cities pipe buckling as cause of BOP failure in Macondo |
| IADC Connection |
| From the President/CEO: Tools to improve performance are there, but it’s up to the industry to use them by Stephen Colville, IADC President/CEO |
| News Cuttings |
| Wirelines |
| Departments |
| Drilling Ahead: Want good news? Don’t read this column! by Mike Killalea, editor & publisher |
| D&C News |
| D&C Tech Digest |
| HSE&T Corner: Quantitative method can guide competency programs, determine value of assessment by Joanne Liou, associate editor |
| People, Companies and Products |
| Perspectives: Martin Culen – In future, MPD equipment on rigs will be as common as seat belts in cars by Linda Hsieh, managing editor |