Jerry Lee reports on new guidelines for managed pressure drilling operations due out this year from both ABS and API. Pacific Drilling’s Pacific Santa Ana drillship, classed by ABS, has been outfitted…
James Onifade discusses how the first managed pressure drilling operation for an African operator accurately detected and circulated a small influx out of the well, without having to shut it in or threatening the safety of the rig crew. The…
Petrobras spud the second appraisal well at its Carcará pre-salt discovery in the Santos Basin south of Rio de Janeiro, partner Queiroz Galvão announced on 8 January 2015. Queiroz Galvão said Odebrecht Oil & Gas' ODN II drillship, equipped for managed pressure drilling…
Weatherford Secure Drilling services contracted 2H Offshore to manage the design and delivery of the riser equipment for its managed pressure drilling (MPD) system. The system is expected to be delivered by 2015. The project award follows a feasibility study conducted by 2H Offshore…
Chevron and Statoil are launching new solutions to a growing challenge in the Gulf. Bruce Nichols reports. The GE (Hydril) MaxLift pump aboard the Pacific Santa Ana drillship. Photos: Pacific Drilling…
GustoMSC’s sixth-generation Magellan-class drillship.Images from GustoMSC Ferdinand Magellan became the first to circumnavigate the globe with a brutal three-year journey beginning in 1519…
As the deepwater prospects being drilled today address ever more complex conditions, the drilling industry needs to adjust its technology to address the challenges that arise. The use of conventional “open to atmosphere” drilling methods…
Norway-based Enhanced Drilling has completed a pilot, managed-pressure-drilling project with Statoil. Enhanced Drilling’s EC-Drill system, a managed-pressure-drilling system for use off floating rigs, was used to drill three branches…
Offshore drilling solutions provider AGR Enhanced Drilling (AGR ED)has further secured its position in the Caspian after BP signed a two-year contract extension with the Norwegian company. The contract was signed by BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd…
AGR Enhanced Drilling, entered into a NOK120m (USD20m) Letter of Intent (LOI) with Statoil to deliver an EC-Drill® managed pressure drilling (MPD) system. The EC-Drill® system combines control system capability, enhanced riser integration and multiple other features…
Norway-based oilfield services firm Aker Solutions has bought Managed Pressure Operations International (MPO).MPO, registered in Cyprus with operations in Singapore, Dubai, Jakarta and Houston, has developed a next generation of continuous circulation…
Houston-based managed pressure drilling systems specialist Managed Pressure Operations International reports that it is expanding its delivery of the innovative Non-Stop Driller (NSD) continuous circulation system.Devoloped to maintain…
Ocean Riser Systems has joined forces with Enhanced Drilling Solutions, a division of AGR Group, to form AGR EDS-ORS. The move follows AGR’s agreement to purchase the entire shareholding in ORS, subject to financing and board approvals. The transaction was expected to complete in late August…
The 'digital oilfield' has been talked about for decades, been in practice for several years, but has not yet become a complete reality. despite its early promise, one issue that has consistently impeded the digital oilfield is the management…
Managed pressure drilling methodologies evolved over the years to address operational and economic problems inherent to conventional circulating systems that are open to the atmosphere. Most recently, the advanced closed-loop technology has swept into deepwater operations to help reduce risk…
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