As the drilling industry adopts more digital and automated systems into their workflows, collaboration between companies has become paramount. However, the need to maintain competitive advantage remains even in a collaborative environment, said Austin Groover, Senior Director — NDS Operations at Nabors Industries. <\/p>\n
Speaking with DC <\/em>from the 2026 IADC\/SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston, Texas, on 16 March, Mr Groover discussed how a commercial misalignment between stakeholders can affect collaboration. He also presented a framework for productive collaboration – one in which companies acknowledge competing products and services yet still find space for mutual gain. Mr Groover spoke at a workshop preceding the conference co-hosted by SPE’s Drilling Systems Advancement Technical Section and the IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the drilling industry adopts more digital and automated systems into their workflows, collaboration between companies has become paramount. However, the need to maintain competitive advantage remains even in a collaborative environment, said Austin Groover, Senior Director — NDS Operations at Nabors Industries. Speaking with DC from the 2026 IADC\/SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":77517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rig","category-news","category-videos"],"yoast_head":"\n