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Regional Focus: North Sea and Europe<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Small signs hint at possible recovery in still-sluggish North Sea<\/strong><\/a>
\n Rig demand and dayrates remain challenging, but exploration appears to be slowly picking up as operators push breakeven levels lower and smaller E&Ps acquire assets from supermajors <\/strong><\/em>
\n by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor, and Eva Vigh, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Momentum builds in UK for major ramp-up in shale development<\/strong><\/a>
\n Hurdles remain, but plans for several shale exploration wells are under way as the industry pushes toward high-volume hydraulic fracturing<\/strong><\/em>
\n by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor, and Eva Vigh, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Sea wells prove efficiency, function of multistage ball-actuated, sleeve-based stimulation system<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Catherine Mehus, Tore Sørheim, Petter Lønning, Tom Rune Koløy and Stephen Forrester, National Oilwell Varco <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Statoil adopts integrated, trilateral partnership in search of ‘perfect wells’ on Johan Sverdrup field<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Eva Vigh, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UK government, industry look toward collaboration to drive down decommissioning costs on UKCS<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Eva Vigh, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Innovating While Drilling<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
No room for failure in RSS performance as cost pressures persist<\/strong><\/a>
\n Industry looks to rig integration, real-time monitoring, autosteering to help rotary steerable systems drill faster, last longer <\/strong><\/em>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Associate Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Study targets potential for gas loading in drilling fluids to improve influx detection, management<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Harald Linga, Knut Steinar Bjørkevoll and Jan Ole Skogestad, SINTEF Petroleum Research\/DrillWell; Arild Saasen, Aker BP<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trial well onshore Canada verifies dual drill string drilling method, enables managed gradient drilling <\/strong> <\/a>
\n by Ola M. Vestavik and John Thorogood, Reelwell; Etienne Bourdelet, Total; Bernd Schmalhorst and Jan Petter Roed, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New section milling technology designed for restricted IDs restores access to leached area of cavern in highly abrasive Texas salt dome<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Michael T. Smalley, Christopher Hay, David W. Teale and Mohammed A. Haq, Weatherford International <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Well Control <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Casing-integrated, surface-activated well control tool supplements BOP in uncontrolled blowout scenarios <\/strong><\/a>
\n by Zach Owens, Brian Smyth, Nicoli Ames, John Pye and Brun Hilbert, Exponent; Bob Brooks, RM Taber; Hector Mendez, Shell International Exploration and Production<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fire on closely spaced six-well pad illustrates heightened need for well control risk mitigation in pad drilling <\/strong><\/a>
\n by Arash Haghshenas, Andy Cuthbert and Leonardo Portillo, Boots & Coots, A Halliburton Service<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asset Integrity & Reliability<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
In-situ riser inspection system provides ultrasonic wall thickness, crack detection in a single run <\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Employing the three T’s — testing, timing and technology — can increase equipment reliability through maintenance strategies<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Jennifer Eckert, Ingersoll Rand Material Handling<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Completions <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Open-hole, multizone completions drive development of single-trip sand control technologies <\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Associate Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC Connection <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Editorial: With eyes on a better future, IADC forges ahead with student chapters, advocacy<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Jason McFarland, IADC President<\/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: Study – New digital age may disrupt traditional business models<\/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: Hubler – Organizations must lower tolerance for exposures and risks to reduce occurrence of serious injuries and fatalities<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Kelli Ainsworth, Associate Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People, Companies and Products<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perspectives: Harris Reynolds, Diamond Offshore Drilling – Boom or bust, offshore industry must focus on innovations to drive down costs<\/strong><\/a>
\n by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regional Focus: North Sea and Europe Small signs hint at possible recovery in still-sluggish North Sea Rig demand and dayrates remain challenging, but exploration appears to be slowly picking up as operators push breakeven levels lower and smaller E&Ps acquire assets from supermajors by Linda Hsieh, Managing Editor, and Eva Vigh, Editorial Coordinator Momentum builds …<\/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-43510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nJuly\/August 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\/julyaugust-2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"July\/August 2017 - 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