March/April 2015

Coiled Tubing
EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT From intervention to innovation Coiled tubing provides greater reliability as it shifts to higher-profile role in completions by Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor
Native crude reduces formation damage in CT-drilled laterals by James Myatt, Stephen Lynn, Steven Craig, Stuart Murphy, Pedro Correa and Tomas Padron, Baker Hughes
Regional Focus: Canada
Canadian market cools as weather warms, prices fall Contractors, operators off to slow start in 2015, hopeful for recovery in 2016 by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator
Innovating While Drilling
Going full DGD: New system offers alternative well control approach by Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor
New electromechanical rotary steerable targets 15°/100 ft build rate by Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor
Middle East wells confirm high build-rate rotary steerable system by Ahmed Al-Essa, Mohammed Al-Naabi, Alex J. Forest, Baker Hughes
Multilaterals yield additional production from existing wellbores by Cliff Hogg, Weatherford; Stephane Huiban and Andy Timms, Salamander Energy
Completions
Innovations drive packers to new stages Shift to open-hole completions, rising stage counts push packer strengths, capabilities by Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor
Health, Safety, Environment & Training
EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT HSE&T Briefs: Industry efforts focus on drops, wellness, competency as BSEE looks to near-miss reporting Shell: Industry must enhance understanding of dynamic drops while not losing focus on static drops Wellness program aims to connect offshore workers’ home, work lifestyles Video: Process safety still at core of IADC Operational Risk Management Task Force Video: WADI program arms young talent with skills to succeed in drilling industry BSEE, BTS to launch voluntary, confidential near-miss reporting system Planning, assessor training essential to effective competency assurance programs Video: Anadarko’s “Eyes On” program reduces behavior-based spills Video: Fitness strategies tailored to offshore lifestyle could curb obesity in rig personnel Video: Proper fitness-for-duty evaluations can reduce medical evacuations
Drilling Rigs & Equipment
EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Rig Briefs: JDC looks to Middle East for growth; companies expand capabilities of walking rigs JDC inaugurates Hakuryu 12 jackup, looks to growth in Middle East, Myanmar and Russia Scandrill’s Scan Vision rig designed with safety, efficiency in mind (With Exclusive Video) Independence Contract Drilling deploys 11th rig to Permian Basin Wisco Moran debuts Padwise 1 walking rig in Texas
IADC Connection
From the Chairman: To address human factors challenges, industry must commit to put people first by Ed Jacob, IADC 2015 Chairman
Wirelines
News Cuttings
Departments
Drilling Ahead: Seizing the high ground: The moral case for fossil fuels by Mike Killalea, Editor & Publisher
D&C News
D&C Tech Digest
HSE&T Corner: Government mandates, industry innovation drive change in rig-site fall protection by Steve Kosch, 3M
People, Companies and Products
EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT Perspectives: David Pavel, Welling and Company: Impact of early-career field experience reverberates long after by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator

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