December 2011
Supplement
New Rig Design
An oilfield service company located in Suriname started operating its second hoverbarge-based swamp drill rig, Toucan II. KCA Deutag introduced its latest generation Arctic drilling rig in 2011, the HR 4000. IDE developed the IDE Sparta Recon Drilling System (SRDS). Nabors Drilling USA’s reinvented programmable A/C electric (PACE) model operates on multi-well pads in shale plays in the northern part of the US Lower 48.
