March/April 2011
| Innovating While Drilling |
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| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Minimizing uncertainty: Geosteering advances keep wellbores in sweet spot by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Deeper, more deviated wells push pipe limits by Thomas M. Redlinger and John McCormick, Weatherford International |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Stick-slip workshop highlights mitigation technologies, needs by Keith WomeR, KWTS; Dustin Torkay, Gino Villanueva, Seawell Americas; Thomas Geehan, M-I SWACO; Jan Brakel, Shell; Dimitrios Pirovolou, Schlumberger; David Reid, National Oilwell Varco; Mike Killalea, IADC |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Remote workflows put digital resources to work to reduce NPT by Hamayun Raja and Rich Dodds, Halliburton |
| 2-in-1 bit: Dual cutting structure boosts ROP by Keith Smelker, Shell; Connie Burch, Mark Freeman and Floyd Felderhoff, Baker Hughes |
| Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT UBD unlocks pay in North Sea wells by Geoff Gough, Steven Talbot and Hasse Moos, DONG Energy |
| Managing kick/loss cycles in East Java by Ganesha Rinku Darmawan, Surjanto Djoko Susilo, Pertamina EP Indonesia; Julmar Shaun S. Toralde, Andi Eka Prasetia and Sisworo, Weatherford International |
| Regional Focus: Brazil |
| Brazil: On the straightaway in an energy marathon by Diane Langley, editorial coordinator |
| Completions |
| Sand control case histories: Shape memory polymers, resins, shunt tubes by Diane Langley, editorial coordinator |
| Coiled Tubing |
| CT logging service leverages powers of fiber-optic telemetry by Mubarak Dhufairi, Saudi Aramco; Vidal Noya, Schlumberger |
| Drilling Technology |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Low-force shear rams add value to today’s BOPs by Frank Springett, Eric Ensley, Darrin Yenzer, National Oilwell Varco; Scott Weaver, Noble Drilling Corp |
| IADC Connection |
| From the President: We’ve only just begun… |
| Wirelines |
| News Cuttings |
| Departments |
| Drilling Ahead: Industry must engineer for simplicity, standardization |
| D&C News |
| D&C Tech Digest |
| HSE Corner: Ten secrets that can raise your company’s organizational safety quotient by Doug Brown, BST |
| People, Companies and Products |
| Perspectives: Joe Eustace, Pioneer Drilling – Making a difference in well servicing, safety |