May/June 2016
| Regional Focus: Gulf of Mexico |
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| GOM future unclear in face of Well Control Rule, falling rig count BSEE regulations could push costs up higher even as drilling contractors struggle with budget cutbacks, multiple early rig contract terminations by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator |
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Mexico’s CNH looks to flexibility, transparency ahead of deepwater auction planned for December |
| Offshore Market & Technologies |
| To support pre-salt drilling strategy, Petrobras converting 15 rigs to be MPD-ready by year-end 2016 by Marcos Coradini Tolfo, Emmanuel Franco Nogueira, Andre Alonso Fernandes, Felipe de Souza Terra, Guilherme Siqueira Vanni and Luiz Genaro Filho, Petrobras |
| Offshore industry, beset by project deferrals, rig contract terminations, looks to standardization, reliability for long-term cost reductions by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator |
| Adopting industrialized process of MODU projects can help platform drilling facilities avoid the money pit by David Reid and Tom Yost, National oilwell Varco; Ian Russell; T. O. Cheung, Keppel Offshore & Marine USA |
| Onshore Drilling |
| Onshore drillers pull all available cost levers to economize wells North America remains hardest-hit while Middle East sees more stability, but all regions challenged by rig rates that hover near operating costs by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator |
| Study looks at emissions, economic characteristics of dual-fuel, high-horsepower engine used in hydraulic fracturing application by Carolyn LaFleur, Asanga Wijesinghe, Richard Haut, Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program, Houston Advanced Research Center |
| Horizontal drilling optimization, high build rates lead to ‘mile-a-day’ record wells in Marcellus Shale by Denise Livingston, Drew Andes, McKenna Czerneski, Scott Bauer and Boris Castro, Baker Hughes; Kevin Gorr, Ryan Coffman and Luke Beebe, CONSOL Energy |
| Drilling Performance |
| Drilling to the limit: Operators Group for Data Quality aims to create common specifications by Nathan Zenero, Genesis RTS, and Michael Behounek, Apache |
| Completions |
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Reservoir complexity, corrosion, mobility drive innovation in pre-salt completion strategies |
| IADC Connection |
| From the President: Amidst economic hardship, IADC chapters, committees retain focus on safety, technical innovations by Jason McFarland, IADC President |
| Wirelines |
| News Cuttings |
| Departments |
| Drilling Ahead: I can tell you when oil prices will rebound… by Mike Killalea, Editor & Publisher |
| D&C News |
| HSE&T Corner – Health risk assessment identifies, remediates potential health hazards by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator |
| People, Companies and Products |
| Perspectives – Mel Whitby, Cameron: Simplification critical to future BOP performance by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator |