Carrolton, Texas,-based Varel International l a u n c h e d i t s Katana-series steel body polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bits. Varel’s PDC Product Manager Cary Maurstad describes the line as a definitive enhancement for the company’s fixed cutter…
Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd announced the release of the 1171 Series Multi Frequency High- Resolution Fan/Cone Sonar Head.The operating frequency of the cone transducer can be selected by choosing one of four frequencies and the frequency of the…
Produced Water Absorbents of Ohio launched its Osorb technology at OTC 2013 for the treatment of oil and gas wastewater streams. Osorb is a regenerable granular media, which PWA says removes up to 99% of free, dispersed, emulsified and soluble hydrocarbons…
At OTC Fincantieri unveiled a new next generation drillship design, Overdrill, created with support from Norway’s Aker Solutions. The vessel, at 208m long and 40m wide, accommodating 210 people, aims to be smaller than existing units through…
After Macondo people are more conscious about the risks that exist and are looking for technology to help. The workforce culture has changed a lot and hazards are being indentified. We as a company train for hazard identification. After Piper Alpha…
Macondo is another oilfield tragedy that serves to reinforce that we – as an industry – have to commit to continuous improvement of safety systems and technology. Even more importantly, we must commit to continuous rigorous compliance to…
The energy industry really rose to the challenge following Macondo, including with investments made in Helix Containment Solutions and Marine Well Containment. In 2011, we refocused the Department of Energy research and development program towards environmental stability and safety…
Learning opportunities laid in our people, our technologies and our processes. We recognized there were five specific areas that could and would be realized: prevention and drilling safety, containment, relief wells, spill response, and crisis management…
A key learning post-Macondo is how effective the industry is when it collaborates. The creation and support of new organizations like the Center for Offshore Safety demonstrates the commitment, capacity, and capability of the industry to continuously enhance safety and environmental protection…
There’s been a much greater focus on well integrity since Macondo. However, well integrity is still viewed as a reactive process, with an increased focus on well monitoring and problems dealt with only after occurring. There is a real need…
The complexity of well design and drilling requires teams of talented individuals, yet individual decisions can make or break a well. We have learned that any individual on the team can be liable for the well and that we need even stronger…
Engineering capacity and a lack of standardization are serious challenges to the subsea industry, says a keynote speaker at this week's UTC in Bergen. Werner Menz, president subsea controls in newly formed joint venture OneSubsea, says…
UK-based exploration firm Ithaca Energy has agreed farm-out deals with Edison International and Shell on North Sea blocks. Shell is to take a 50% stake from Ithaca in production license P2048, covering central North Sea blocks 29/24, 29/25…
Oilfield services firm Archer is expanding its coverage in the eastern hemisphere region with the opening of a support office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), a downhole tool repair center in Jebel Ali, UAE and a country office in Doha…
Sakhalin-II is an intergrated, export-oriented oil and gas development, and Russia’s first offshore gas project. It handles production from Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field in the Okhotsk Sea, and is managed and operated by Sakhalin Energy Investment Co…
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