| Innovating While Drilling |
Riser, subsea innovations push technical capabilities to new heights, but the work is never finished
by Linda Hsieh, assistant managing editor |
Monobore wellbore design: Bangladesh exploration program highlights pros, cons
by Brian King, Tullow Oil |
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Continuous improvement leads to Maersk Oil Qatar’s longest horizontal well in the world
by Kumud Sonowal, Maersk Oil Qatar, et al |
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Riserless drilling with casing: GOM well design model requires change for deepwater drilling
by David Pritchard, Successful Energy Practices International, et al |
Understanding yield point: Effect on pressure surges can be critical to managing deep, difficult MPD wells
by Shifeng Tian, signa Engineering, et al |
| North Sea Drilling & Technologies |
Market is way down, but North Sea companies already warming up for the rebound
by Jeremy Cresswell, contributing editor |
New water-based drilling fluid with treated micronized barite slurries may help reduce ECDs
by Ole Iacob Prebensen, M-I Swaco |
Norwegian PSA tracks negative trend in attitudes toward safe lifting, urges radical change
by Kristin Hoffman, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway |
| Well Control |
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Snubbing power tong may provide cost-effective alternative to workover rigs while maintaining safety
by Huge Valdez, ODS International, et al |
Well control faces new complexities with deep, HPHT, horizontal, deepwater, multiwell drilling
by Dan Eby, Cudd Well Control |
A case study in relief-well drilling: using a modified drillers method as well intervention alternative
by Ray Oskarsen, John Wright Company, et al |
| Completions |
Beyond bumping the plug: Wyoming project improves cementing by measuring real value
by Deborah Duckworth, BJ Services Co |
New liquid microsphere design simplifies HPL cementing, enhances density flexibility
by David Kulakofsky, Halliburton |
| Drilling Engineering Association |
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Part 1 of 2: Performance drilling – definition, benchmarking, performance qualifiers, efficiency and value
by Graham Mensa-Wilmot, Chevron, et al |
| Industry Trends |
Survey reveals contractors’ employee benefits status
by Brett Haugh, Employee Benefit Solutions |
| iadc connection |
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Guest editorial: Burden is on industry to prove it can drill Marcellus without harming environment
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| News Cuttings |
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| departments |
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Drilling Ahead |
| D&C News |
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| HSE Corner |
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People, Companies & Products |
| Perspectives: Christine Rixen McGee, Weatherford International |
