December 2005 ///
Special Focus
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 2005 has been a good year, and the 2006 outlook is bright Robert L. Potter , President, Energy Transportation and Measurement Div
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Busy, eventful year in prospect for UK Continental Shelf Professor Alex Kemp, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Consultants strive to keep pace with operators’ plans William Donald (Donnie) Harris III , CEO, Forrest A. Garb & Associa
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Doom and optimism co-exist in deepwater Mike Weill, President, Operations & Technology, Americas/ Australia, BHP Billiton Petr
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Is it a brave new world, or back to the future? Robert E. Warren , Vice President, Pride International, Inc., Houston
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Many ideas remain, but they require more work Dr. D. Nathan Meehan, President, CMG Petroleum Consulting Ltd., Houston
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Norway takes a longer view offshore Dr. Terje Overvik, Executive Vice President, Exploration & Production Norway, Statoil, Sta
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Other than that Mrs. Lincoln... Doug Nester, COO, F-W Oil Exploration L.L.C. , Houston Once again, our inabi
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 The teachable moment: A chance to alter OCS energy policy Jon Marshall, President and CEO, GlobalSantaFe, and Chairman, National O
Vol. 226 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2006 Today is great, but what about next year and 2010? Dale W. Steffes, Founder, Planning & Forecasting Consultants, Houston
Activity in many cases is at 20-year highs, as operators take advantage of high oil and gas prices to explore and develop a greater variety of properties. However, this wave of prosperity is straining service and supply capabilities.
Features
Improved technology means that regulations requiring use of this monitoring may spread. Whether its use is necessary remains to be seen.
Lightweight, compact and simple in design, a new separator technology with high throughput is making its way into oilfield markets.
While public and private data yield a remarkable GOM database, geostatics and real time drilling data complete the look-ahead pressure prediction.
During sea trials, a new waste heat recovery plant has exceeded expectations in its role of reducing exhaust emissions.
Special Report
This special section of World Oil focuses on the latest advancements in rig design, as well as recent innovations in equipment and tools for working on and around the rig floor.
Vol. 226 No. 12 New Rig Designs Automated rig gaining attention
Vol. 226 No. 12 New Rig Designs Composite vessels offer deepwater structure flexibility
Vol. 226 No. 12 New Rig Designs Sixth-generation drilling rig is under construction Ake
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment ATC cleans mud tanks, lowers costs M-I Swaco has i
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Continuous circulation system goes into operation T
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment DirectDrive top drive improves performance, reduces downtime
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Drilling simulator reduces unplanned events Interna
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Dual elevator system increases efficiency and safety
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment King Cobra II offers automatic shaker control Solid
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Liquid-cooled brakes dissipate very high heat With
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment New system offers simpler, safer approach to running tubulars
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Next-generation top drive designed for 50,000 ft wells
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Positive pressure transfer system moves cuttings Dr
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Power slip is set low for safer drilling
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Power tong snubbing unit rides the jack
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Rotary table reduces downtime The LeTourneau Ellis
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig Floor Equipment Two-stage mud cooler is air cooled Task Environment
Vol. 226 No. 12 Rig information tables The tables on these pages show the fleet sizes of the major offshore
Columns
Tis the season for reflecting on drilling issues of the day
What determines oil prices?
High oil prices do not necessarily mean economic expansion
A win-win strategy for production vs. the environment enters a new phase
Barents Sea to become more open. New seafloor dating technique
News & Resources
Vol. 226 No. 12 Halliburton’s Energy Services Group will purchase Easy Well Solutions AS, a Norwegian company specializing in downhole technologies. Easy Well
Vol. 226 No. 12
Last month, IEA estimated average global demand for 2005 at 83.4
million bopd. IEA also forecast 2006 d
Vol. 226 No. 12 Disinfect injection water
Vol. 226 No. 12 Alison B. Whiteley joined Dominion Exploration and Production, Inc., in the newly-created position of managing director, Planning and Engineering. Whitel
Vol. 226 No. 12 KURT S. ABRAHAM, MANAGING/INTERNATIONAL EDITOR
Supplement
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.