{"id":77262,"date":"2026-03-04T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/?page_id=77262"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:23:07","slug":"march-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/dc-archive\/march-april-2026","title":{"rendered":"March\/April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"whtTbl\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">Looking for the Digital Reader version of this issue? <a href=\"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/reader\/2026\/03\/index.html\">Click here!<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/reader\/2026\/03\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DR-Hero-MA26-web.png\" alt=\"Digital Reader edition\" width=\"296\" height=\"179\" align=\"right\"><\/a><em>DC<\/em>&#8216;s Digital Reader is a faithful recreation of the printed magazine, in digital form! 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Drilling Services<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77202\"><strong>News Cuttings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77202#nc1\"><strong>Nigeria Chapter elects new leaders, engages with Petroleum Training Institute Student Chapter<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77202#nc2\"><strong>APU students receive first certification from WellSharp University program<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77202#nc3\"><strong>2nd annual 2-gun match scheduled for April to raise funds for IADC DrillersPAC<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77202#nc4\"><strong>Family Day held as part of UTP Student Chapter meeting<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77251\"><strong>Wirelines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77251#w1\"><strong>US relaxes sanctions to ease path for energy companies to work in Venezuela<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77251#w2\"><strong>USDA Forest Service updates oil and gas leasing rule<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77251#w3\"><strong>Trump administration sues California cities over oil and gas HSE regulations <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77251#w4\"><strong>ConocoPhillips, Chevron CEOs to lead petroleum council<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Departments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77125\"><strong>Drilling Ahead: Amid market volatility, partnership and understanding of pain points can create win-win<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>By Linda Hsieh, Editor &amp; 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Gas Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77198#ogmar1\"><strong>Transocean, Valaris deal shakes up offshore market <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77198#ogmar2\"><strong>Syrian oil, gas production set to recover in 2026 <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246\"><strong>People, Companies and Products<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl1\"><strong>Transocean, Valaris agree to $5.8 billion merger<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl2\"><strong>Devon and Coterra to combine, forming US shale giant<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl3\"><strong>Chevron, Tenaris deals highlight Turkish E&amp;P strategy <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl4\"><strong>Arabian Drilling appoints Fahad Al-Bani as CEO<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl5\"><strong>Brandon Pye takes on VP position at Patterson-UTI<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl6\"><strong>Intellicess selects Michael Behounek as new CEO<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl7\"><strong>Maxwell to lead Halliburton Western Hemisphere <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl8\"><strong>Abaco acquisition finalized by Superior Energy Services <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl9\"><strong>Cognite, Snowflake partner on AI technology adoption <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl10\"><strong>Aquaterra awarded subsea work offshore Spain <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl11\"><strong>Weatherford to support completions in Denmark <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl12\"><strong>Harbour Energy finalizes $3.2 billion buy-out of LLOG <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#ppl13\"><strong>Bardasz, GEOLOG join forces on RTOC solutions <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em> Products<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#prods1\"><strong>Well construction system unifies AI, data analytics<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#prods2\"><strong>New frac fluid delivery system introduces electric actuation, automation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#prods3\"><strong>Quartet of new technologies launched to support fracs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77246#prods4\"><strong>Electric completion system delivers faster actuation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drillingcontractor.org\/?p=77207\"><strong>Perspectives: Peter Smith, Seadrill &ndash; 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