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IADC: Global Leadership<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC leads drilling industry into new era of well control training with launch of WellSharp<\/strong><\/a>
\n By Amy Rose, Director External Relations, IADC<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WADI advances in Brazil, Malta<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Amy Rose, Director External Relations, IADC<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Offshore Market and Technologies<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Five years after Macondo<\/strong><\/a>
\nSignificant progress has been made to improve offshore safety, but industry realizes that the journey is not over <\/strong>
\n By Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n
Moonpool dance on the Pacific Santa Ana: Subsea MudLift Drilling system deployments pave path to deepwater DGD<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Frédéric Jacquemin, Pacific Drilling, and Dale Straub, Chevron<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New riser safety system enables effective contingency riser gas handling, MPD in deepwater<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Max Yeo, Alex Macgregor, Henry Pinkstone, Managed Pressure Operations<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Industry needs standards for cement plug testing, placement to bump up deepwater efficiency<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Michael Trogus, Shell Exploration and Production, and Douglas Farley and Gregory Gaspard, Weatherford<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Integration of knowledge, experience make for effective relief well contingency planning<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy John Wright, Wild Well Control<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regional Focus: Gulf of Mexico<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Eyes on the long term in US Gulf of Mexico<\/strong><\/a>
\nUtilization, dayrates both sharply down, though floaters are seeing more insulation due to longer-term contracts<\/strong>
\nBy Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Onshore Drilling<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
US shale production expected to rise even as rig count tumbles<\/strong><\/a>
\nOperators, contractors focus on high-grading crews and rigs, drilling optimization to lower costs and prepare for the next upturn <\/strong>
\nBy Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coalition challenges data in US agencies’ sage grouse reports<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Global Drilling Outlook<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
No end in sight for market volatility<\/strong><\/a>
\nIn the face of continued supply increases, reduced CAPEX spending and record-high storage, industry begins to organize itself around lower prices for the longer term<\/strong>
\n By Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor<\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Completions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Open-hole completion innovations push efficiencies in shales <\/strong><\/a>
\nLonger laterals, rising stage counts drive uptake of open-hole systems in areas like Bakken, Granite Wash <\/strong>
\n By Katie Mazerov, Contributing Editor<\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC Connection<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
From the Chairman: Next upturn hard to see amid weak market, but industry must stay the course to come out stronger<\/strong><\/a>
\n By Ed Jacob, IADC 2015 Chairman<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wirelines<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News Cuttings<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Departments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Drilling Ahead: Collaboration reaps benefits for industry<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Mike Killalea, Editor & Publisher<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D&C News<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D&C Tech Digest<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HSE&T Corner: Applying lessons from golf to well control training: Practice must be strategic and reinforce the right habits<\/strong><\/a>
\n By Bill Murchison Jr, Murchison Drilling Schools<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People, Companies and Products<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT<\/span>
\nPerspectives – Ronald Sweatman, RS Consulting: ‘Well Cementing Operations’ to fill knowledge gap for engineers, rig crews<\/strong><\/a> By Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IADC: Global Leadership IADC leads drilling industry into new era of well control training with launch of WellSharp By Amy Rose, Director External Relations, IADC WADI advances in Brazil, Malta By Amy Rose, Director External Relations, IADC Offshore Market and Technologies Five years after Macondo Significant progress has been made to improve offshore safety, but …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34820","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMay\/June 2015 - Drilling Contractor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get oil and gas drilling news, videos, ebooks & more with the official magazine for the International Association of Drilling Contractors...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/dc-archive\/mayjune-2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May\/June 2015 - 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