Drilling
News
December 15, 2020
Home to the Bakken shale formation, North Dakota won’t see any sustained growth in production sooner than the second half of 2022, Lynn Helms, director of the state’s Department of Mineral Resources, said.
Article
December 2020
A survey-while-drilling service performs definitive dynamic analysis as the BHA rotates, providing significant rig-time savings compared to conventional static MWD surveys. The ability to see continuous real-time borehole conditions optimizes drilling, reduces risks and eliminates survey-related NPT.
Article
December 2020
A new triangulation method, using MWD survey data, provides operators a viable ranging and homing option for well control contingency planning.
Article
December 2020
Unique geomechanical modeling technique mitigates geological and drilling-related risk in basins with layered evaporite sequences, which are not amenable to traditional structural analysis methods.
News
December 04, 2020
Total has been selling assets to curb debt as plunging oil and gas prices sap earnings, including oil field assets in Brunei and the UK, as well as a stake in a renewables subsidiary in France.
News
December 03, 2020
A formal “notice of sale” is set to be published in the Federal Register on Dec. 7. The move is in keeping with a congressional mandate to hold two auctions of oil and gas leases in the refuge’s coastal plain by Dec. 22, 2024.
Article
October 2020
World Oil talks with PESA President Leslie Beyer about the key issues facing the sector in 2020 and beyond.
Article
October 2020
A new solution offers tool-free, 8-min. setup and reduces NPT in multi-well pad operations, thereby yielding more drilling time and lowering costs.
Article
October 2020
Dependable rotary steerable systems, tied to an effective drilling engineering process through digitalization and automation, are the foundation of a new era in directional drilling.
Article
October 2020
A capsized market achieves what activists couldn’t.
Article
October 2020
Continuous innovation in liner hanger development assists operators in overcoming liner installation and hanger integrity challenges.
Article
October 2020
An innovative PDC bit technology is improving motor and downhole tool reliability, while setting new performance records.
Article
September 2020
Integrating imaging methods reveals sub-seismic features in the reservoir section and leads to a more accurate structural model of the subsurface.
Article
September 2020
Latshaw Drilling and Double Eagle Energy hosted a rig site event, where President Trump reiterated that oil and gas E&P is a centerpiece of his energy and economic policy.
Webcast
Drilling Innovations & Technology Forum: Fall 2020
October 14, 2020
Schlumberger, Volant, Actenum
During this 60-minute live webcast, we will discuss the following topics: 1) “Allegro Casing and Liner While Drilling Services”, with presenter, Hesham Darwish, Drilling Tools Business Development Manager, Schlumberger. 2) “Reducing Costs, Improving Efficiency and Eliminating Invisible Lost Time in the Tubular Running Process”, with presenter, Brad Kwasnycia, Director, Sales and Marketing, Volant. 3) “Clearing Up the DUCs: Evaluating Schedule Scenarios for Intensive Completion Activity”, with presenter, Owen Plowman, Vice President, Actenum Corporation.
Article
September 2020
Gas Prospects Rise in Concert with Oil Woes
Article
September 2020
Cloudy, but plowing ahead
Article
September 2020
The future lies in integrating the drilling, completion and production phases. This life-of-well approach will deliver the next-generation well intelligence needed to reduce the cost of asset ownership, while maximizing profitability.
Article
August 2020
Ever wonder what goes on, when President Trump makes a trip to West Texas, especially when it features a visit to an oil field location? Well, one of our editorial advisors got to witness a full day of logistics, when the President visited one of his company’s rigs near Midland, Texas.
