March/April 2013
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| Completions: Cementing |
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| Cementing: Taking in lessons learned Industry engaged in all-out effort to strengthen standards, testing, placement for better wellbore integrity by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| Plug locator system mitigates cement plug displacement risks by Rebecca Caldwell and Bill Putman, Weatherford |
| New cementing method uses pipe movement to maximize displacement by Calvin Holt, Nilesh Lahoti and Vince Fortier, Tesco Corp |
| Drill Pipe |
| Harsh environments, extended drilling envelopes steer drill pipe evolution Need for higher efficiency, lower repair costs, real-time downhole data drive innovations in pipes, hardbanding by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| Regional Focus: Latin America |
| Latin America: Growth expected across the board Brazil remains forerunner in diverse continent of expanding E&P by Katherine Scott, associate editor |
| Logging data linked in real time mitigate drilling complications by M. Ribeiro, V. Costa, R. Guedes, P. Bittencourt, OGX; Paolo Ferraris, Ana Beatriz Guedes Domingues, Schlumberger |
| Innovating While Drilling |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT GOM deepwater well puts dual-gradient drilling on the map by Katherine Scott, associate editor |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Steering capabilities broaden drilling with casing/liner applications by Katie Mazerov, contributing editor |
| Upfront planning, operational strategy key to MPD success by Hassan Malik, Evantage Energy Inc |
| Coiled Tubing |
| Real-time capabilities, inspection systems fine-tune coiled tubing by Joanne Liou, associate editor |
| Environmental Stewardship |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Environment and drilling: It’s not one or the other Industry building environmental stewardship into rigs, technologies, operations, enhancing emergency preparedness and public outreach by Joanne Liou, associate editor |
| Emergency response: Industry builds an equipped community by TJ Engstrom, Clean Harbors |
| Well Control |
| Improving well control calls for continuous evaluation of barriers by John Shaughnessy, Signa Engineering |
| IADC Connection |
| Guest Editorial: Time is right for US to expand OCS access by Randall Luthi, president of the National Ocean Industries Association |
| IADC introduces the Red Thread by Amy Rose, IADC director of external relations |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT IADC pushes forward on KSA project, calls for more industry participation by Katherine Scott, associate editor |
| IADC kicks off technical pubs projects by Amy Rose, IADC director of external relations |
| IADC updating Drilling Manual, Deepwater Well Control Guidelines by Amy Rose, IADC director of external relations |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT News Cuttings |
| Wirelines |
| Departments |
| Drilling Ahead: Webinar on competency clarifies complex topic by Mike Killalea,editor & publisher |
| D&C News |
| D&C Tech Digest |
| Accident precursor program under development to prevent major hazards by Smarty Mathew John, ABS; Ole Magnus Nyheim and Jan Dahlsveen, Safetec Nordic AS, ABS Group People, Companies & Products Advertisers Index |
| People, Companies and Products |
| EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Perspectives: Trent Latshaw, Latshaw Drilling – Lessons learned in setbacks lead to greater success by Joanne Liou, associate editor |