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Regional Focus: North Sea<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
North Sea industry learning to live in world of $60 oil<\/strong><\/a>
\nConcerted effort focused on ensuring that costs in this mature region remain sustainably lower even when oil prices increase again<\/strong>
\n by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Completions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Pushing the envelope in deepwater cementing<\/strong><\/a>
\nReverse cementing, liquid additives are addressing narrow pressure windows and shallow-water flows, while new centralizers, subs are being engineered to get casing through increasingly tight restrictions<\/strong>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Innovating While Drilling<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Along-string measurements enable critical decisions, understanding of open, cased hole on structurally complex Norwegian North Sea field<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Sanna Zainoune, Sahet Keshiyev and Neil Cardy, National Oilwell Varco<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GOM deepwater case studies: Hybrid bit minimizes vibrations, increases ROP, directional control<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Ryckman C. Callais, Jaime L. Butler, Baker Hughes<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Studies confirm performance of salt-free non-aqueous drilling fluid, bioremediation potential of cuttings<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Jonathan Walker, J.J. Miller and Kim Burrows, Halliburton; Timothy Mander and Jared Hovan, Formerly of Halliburton<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dual cutting structure on hybrid roller cone bit increases efficiency of bridge, frac plug drill-outs<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Matt Stroever, Varel Oil & Gas Drill Bits<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water Management<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Industry looks to mobile solutions, alternative transportation methods to reduce water management costs<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC Connection<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Safety culture taking root thanks to SEMS<\/strong><\/a>
\n Guest Column: Brian Salerno, BSEE<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wirelines<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC Gateway program prepares new-to-industry, entry-level employees for life on a drilling rig<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Amy Rose, Director-External Relations, IADC<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News Cuttings<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Departments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Drilling Ahead: Can US land repeat zero fatalities if market rallies?<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor<\/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 – Human-centered design pushes reliability, safety for offshore drilling<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People, Companies and Products<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perspectives – Siv Hilde Houmb, Secure-NOK: Fortify cybersecurity to avoid downtime<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regional Focus: North Sea North Sea industry learning to live in world of $60 oil Concerted effort focused on ensuring that costs in this mature region remain sustainably lower even when oil prices increase again by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator Completions Pushing the envelope in deepwater cementing Reverse cementing, liquid additives are addressing narrow pressure …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39867","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nJuly\/August 2016 - 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\/julyaugust-2016\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"July\/August 2016 - 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