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Jan 2012

• Drilling with casing cuts top-hole time, sets length record

  Author Budi Utama and Richard Reading

  Drilling with casing in Australia’s Carnarvon basin saved 24 hours of rig time by drilling, casing and cementing the top-hole section to total depth in a single trip.

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Jan 2012

• High-resolution LWD imaging provides fresh insights into offshore Angola’s Pinda reservoir

  Author Andy Railton, Caroline Clark and Celia C. Santos

  New techniques for acquiring and interpreting the LWD imaging data revealed a complex sedimentological architecture.

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Jan 2012

• Integrated wellsite petrography solution proved by onshore test in Papua New Guinea

  Author David Haberlah and Mike Garrick

  A drilling project in remote Papua New Guinea utilized a mobile, ruggedized workflow solution for advanced mudlogging to provide near real-time data from drill cuttings, allowing on-site interpretation.

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Dec 2011

• China spews fire at India-Vietnam E&P pact

  Author Raj Kanwar

  ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), the overseas arm of India’s state-run oil major Oil and Natural Gas Corp., entered a historic cooperation agreement Oct. 12 with PetroVietnam, the national oil company of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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Dec 2011

• Dual-injection frac systems in horizontal wells

  Author Ali Daneshy

  Dual-injection frac systems include either a coiled or standard tubing string inside the casing and allow fluid injection through both the internal string and the casing-tubing annulus.

  Drilling and Completions, Onshore, Shale, North America Read More

Dec 2011

• If it can happen onshore, why not offshore?

  Author Jack B. Moore

  Vol. 232 No. 12   If it can happen onshore, why not offshore? JACK B. MOORE, President and CEO, Cameron, and Chairman, National Ocean Industries Association I recently read with interest an NBC news story about the Bakken shale oil boom in North D

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Dec 2011

• Rig Floor Equipment

  RIG FLOOR EQUIPMENT   New offshore drilling power module Cummins Inc.’s new QSK95 engine will be configured as a ready-to-install offshore drilling power module (ODPM) with 2.1-megawatt (MW) output. The 95-liter 16-cylinder engine is the world’s most powerful high-spe

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Dec 2011

• What industry leaders expect in 2012

  Despite high oil prices and a shale-driven boom in drilling activity, the approach of a new year brings with it plenty of reasons to be concerned for the future of the oil and gas industry.

  Deepwater, Drilling and Completions, Exploration, Industry Overview, Offshore, Onshore, Production, Shale, Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America Read More

Nov 2011

• Regional Report: West Africa

  Author Pramod Kulkarni

  On the heels of giant Nigerian and Angolan field developments and first oil in Ghana’s deep water, frontier exploration commences in Liberia and Sierra Leone

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Apr 2011

• OTC 2011 shifts gears to navigate post-Macondo landscape

  Author Nell Lukosavich

  Given the impact of the Macondo disaster on the offshore oil and gas industry, a special emphasis is being placed at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference on the industry response and operational changes following the spill last year.

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