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DRILLING FLUID PROPERTIES & FUNCTIONS
IntroductionThe rotary or air method of drilling is distinguished by two factors; (1) the bit is rotated or hammered against…
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Drilling Rig Systems
Introduction Although drilling rigs differ greatly in outward appearance and method of deployment, all rotary rigs have the same basic…
Basics 9 min read
Well planning
Well planning is perhaps the most demanding aspect of drilling engineering. It requires the integration of engineering principles, corporate or…
Basics 7 min read
Oil&Gas Well Drilling
The term drilling indicates the whole complex of operations necessary to construct wells of circular section applying excavation techniques. To…
Advanced Concepts 5 min read
Shell uses real-time data for early detection of underreamer failure in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
It’s no secret to the offshore drilling community that expandable underreamers are tremendously important tools in deepwater drilling, but underreamer…
Advanced Concepts 3 min read
Exxon Mobil’s Halsey: Oil patch’s digital transformation will be comparable to horizontal drilling’s tech revolution
The oil field’s digital transformation is bringing sweeping change to the upstream industry, from using data analysis to help companies find the…
Advanced Concepts 3 min read
WannaCry attack brings cybersecurity to front, center for upstream oil industry
The upstream oil and gas industry should take notice of the WannaCry ransomwareattack that hit companies across the globe last week,…
Advanced Concepts 3 min read
Statoil outlines digitalization strategy toward 2020, spearheads E&P effort
As more and more E&P companies, including supermajors and large independents, continue to praise the possibilities created by Big Data, Statoil is emerging…
Advanced Concepts 3 min read
Oil and gas industry lags new trend of chief digital officers
Companies from around the world are starting to establish new executive-level positions, as in “chief digital officers (CDOs),” to navigate…
Advanced Concepts 4 min read
Deloitte’s hacking report underscores cybersecurity threat to oil and gas companies
Cyber-attacks are developing into formidable threats within the oil and gas industry, and according to a recent study by Deloitte, the industry…
Advanced Concepts 3 min read
“Digital twin” defined for the oil field
The “digital twin” is one of many common colloquialisms used by data wizards during technical presentations on the virtues of…
Advanced Concepts 3 min read
Service companies vie for market share of digital technologies
The E&P industry’s oilfield service companies seem to be meeting the sector’s digital transformation head-on. Last week, three large service…
