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Critical Issues in Drilling & Completions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Fenton, Executive VP of Upstream, EQT Corp: Vertical integration improves capital efficiencies through scale, stability, goal alignment<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carey Ford, President and CEO, Precision Drilling: Drillers keep eye on technologies for tomorrow even as investors focus on getting returns today <\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Dawson, Chief Corvanaut, Corva: Tech adoption becomes easier when incentives align with economic realities of business<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff Fisher, VP – Products & Innovation (Pressure Control), HMH: Transparency on risks, vendor flexibility among OEM strategies to drive technology adoption <\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mohamed Farouk, Group CEO & Vice Chairman, ADES Group: Aging jackup fleet, dim potential for newbuilds set scene for supply scarcity in coming years<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Linda Hsieh, Editor & Publisher<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Advancing HSE&T<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Real-time dashboard integrates data across systems to quantify, visualize barrier degradation<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Garrett Reinert, Valaris<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Innovations in Real-Time Centers<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
RTOC brings together multiple AI platforms to make data-driven predictions, recommendations <\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Not just monitoring centers: RTOCs should unify planning, execution, after-action reviews <\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Chris Schneider, Corva<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC Connection<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
From the Chairman: Your involvement directly impacts the collective success of our industry — it all starts with us<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Roddie Mackenzie, 2026 IADC Chairman<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADC Board of Directors elects 2026 officers<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transocean’s Roddie Mackenzie aims to keep focus on advocacy, sustainability as IADC Chairman<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News Cuttings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Wirelines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Departments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Drilling Ahead: AI is hot, but industry leaders remain firm that drilling is a people business<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Linda Hsieh, Editor & Publisher<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D&C News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
D&C Tech Digest<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
News Briefs: Environmental, Social and Governance<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Oil & Gas Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
People, Companies and Products<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Perspectives: Robert Roell, Valaris – Industry can benefit from standardized cybersecurity risk assessment <\/strong><\/a>
\n By Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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