November/December 2013
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| IADC: Catalyzing Improved Performance |
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| Setting industry standards IADC KSAs for 70-plus rig-based positions near completion by Amy Rose, IADC director of external relations |
| Global Drilling Outlook |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Staying afloat Supply/demand imbalance, cost increases emerge as potential barriers for global offshore markets in 2014 by Joanne Liou, associate editor |
| Growth beneath the surface Increasing footage drilled, frac stages point to robust activity despite weak US rig count as unconventional drilling gathers steam worldwide by Joanne Liou, associate editor |
| Drilling Technologies and Training |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Integrating learning and operations Noble NEXT Center provides hands-on training through advanced simulators, creates space for cross-team collaboration by Linda Hsieh, managing editor |
| Well Control |
| Expanded system to enhance MWCC containment capacity by Don Armijo, Marine Well Containment Company |
| Study tackles industry’s shearing capabilities by Covey Hall, Ted Cole, Lloyd’s Register Energy – Drilling; Manfred Lin, Lloyd’s Register Global Technology Center |
| MPD opens door to new well control options in deepwater by Bhavin Patel, Weatherford |
| Micronized barite fluid helps Brazilian well walk narrow drilling window by Ramy Mahrous and Marcus Sobrinho, M-I SWACO; Bruno Pacheco Montoto, Schlumberger; J. Thomas Goncalves, Petrobras |
| Regional Focus: Asia Pacific |
| The rising East Demand growing for high-spec jackups, more deepwater rigs across energy-hungry Asia Pacific by Astrid Wynne, contributing editor |
| Completions |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Safety, versatility drive servicing innovations Often forgotten next to drilling, well servicing now attracts increasing investments to advance automation, HSE by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| Expandable cased-hole liners assist integrated casing remediations by Luis Godoy, Weatherford |
| IADC Connection |
| From the Chairman: Year of change – Multitude of initiatives shows IADC stepping up to challenges by David W. Williams, Noble Corp chairman, president and CEO |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Annual General Meeting Special: IADC – Connecting the world’s drilling community by Stephen Colville, IADC president and CEO |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT 2013 operational summary: New IADC is well under way by Amy Rose, IADC director of external relations |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT News Cuttings |
| Wirelines |
| Departments |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Drilling Ahead: IADC, API tackle people, safety – See DC’s webcasts by Mike Killalea,editor & publisher |
| D&C News |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT D&C Tech Digest |
HSE&T Corner: Avoiding complacency through chronic unease can help ensure process safety by Linda Hsieh, managing editor |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT People, Companies and Products |
| Perspectives: Louis Romo, BP – Finding common ground to advance deepwater well control practices by Katherine Scott, associate editor |