{"id":42084,"date":"2017-03-10T14:49:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T20:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/?page_id=42084"},"modified":"2017-03-10T14:49:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T20:49:53","slug":"marchapril-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/dc-archive\/marchapril-2017","title":{"rendered":"March\/April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Innovating While Drilling<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Fulfilling the need for speed: Drill bit designs drilling farther, faster<\/strong><\/a>
\n Manufacturers continue to adapt cutter shapes, improve fluid circulation characteristics and alter depth-of-cut elements to achieve higher ROPs and less bit wear, particularly in hard and interbedded formations <\/strong><\/em>
\n by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Extended life, quicker make-up and gas tightness among key innovation areas as operators seek larger tubulars, lower costs of ownership<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New drill stem rotary shoulder connection incorporates innovative single start shark thread shape<\/strong> <\/a>
\n by Marta Lafuente, Vallourec Drilling Products; and Fabien Carrois, Vallourec Oil and Gas France<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Influx management envelope deployed during planning phase
\nfor 3 sections of deepwater MPD well<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Martin Culen and Oscar Gabaldon, Blade Energy Partners<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coiled-tubing cementing operation on HPHT well uses MPD technique to lower costs, ensure integrity<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Elvin Mammadov, Nadine Osayande, Ali Yousefi Sadat and Muhammad Murtaza, Weatherford <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Experimental setup at Texas A&M Dual Gradient Drilling Lab aims
\nto study riser gas migration in controlled mud level drilling system<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Omer Kaldirim and Jerome J. Schubert, Texas A&M University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Completions <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Evolution of intelligent coiled-tubing technologies drives
\nneed for better sensors, data interpretation tools to aid
\nreal-time decision-making <\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regional Focus: Asia Pacific<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Asia Pacific rig market: Distressed and oversupplied<\/strong><\/a>
\n Rig demand, dayrates still trending down, although Thailand and India have fared better while Indonesia is eyed as next high-growth candidate<\/strong><\/em>
\n by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Light annular mud cap drilling, downhole isolation valve help to drill fractured gas reservoir in Indonesia<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Enos Eben Ezer and Andi Pratama, SKK Migas; Fikri Irawan, Weatherford<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MODU Power Systems <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Transocean develops hybrid power plant to improve dynamic load compensation, continue drawworks operation through power disruptions<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Yin Wu, Transocean<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rig Automation <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
UT Austin-based drilling automation consortium builds data visualization templates, develops data-driven top drive monitoring techniques <\/strong><\/a>
\n by Rick von Flatern, Contributing editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC Connection <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
From the President: Lessons learned from previous downturns can help uphold safety as market recovers<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Jason McFarland, IADC PResident<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC partners with Texas A&M to launch 1st student chapter<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News Cuttings<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wirelines<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nDepartments\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Drilling Ahead: Big data brings insights but also cybersecurity exposure<\/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>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HSE&T Corner: Involving employees in JSA development, making corrective actions visible increase buy-in to incident prevention programs<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People, Companies and Products<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perspectives: Thad Dunham, Flat Time Reduction – Drilling industry should look to industrial engineering to reshape operations, reduce waste<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Innovating While Drilling Fulfilling the need for speed: Drill bit designs drilling farther, faster Manufacturers continue to adapt cutter shapes, improve fluid circulation characteristics and alter depth-of-cut elements to achieve higher ROPs and less bit wear, particularly in hard and interbedded formations by Alex Endress, Editorial Coordinator Extended life, quicker make-up and gas tightness among …<\/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-42084","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMarch\/April 2017 - 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\/marchapril-2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March\/April 2017 - 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