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OTC Spotlight on Technology recognizes 13 innovations
… Aker Solutions ASA for an AC top drive . • Expro Group for a wireless safety ..... Solutions says its new MH MDDM 1000 top drive is the first true modular derrick ..... interrupting other systems of the top drive . Halliburton says its new InSite …
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Special Report: Unconventional basins require new rig types
… operations (Fig. 1). These rigs have a top - drive joystick that operates the pipe handler ..... roughneck, traveling blocks, and top drive . • Use of PLCs for monitoring and automatically ..... telescoping mast with integrated top drive . • Custom-designed BOP handling and …
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Well tests near in western Idaho's Boise basin
… 1 will drill as many as 10 wells in Al Baraka field, sole producing area in southern Egypt's Kom Ombo basin. The top drive -equipped rig is rated to 10,500 ft and is to spud Al Baraka-6 by the end of April. Al Baraka-5 will follow …
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BP's investigation finds series of failures in Macondo blowout
… likely the portion of the drill pipe (from above the eroded point), which broke off and fell down the riser when the top drive fell onto the rig floor or as the rig sank, and the riser collapsed," the report said. A right-hand pipe section …
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EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT FRONTIERS REPORT: World's frontier basins beckon exploration
… reservoirs. The field is producing 650 b/d from four wells, and only its northern part has been appraised. The Chinese top drive drilling rig is rated to 10,500 ft, deep enough to evaluate the basin's entire geologic section. Boise basin, Ida …
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EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE
… jacket AC drilling motor is a completely enclosed, water-cooled and flameproof AC version designed for drawworks and top drive applications for drilling rigs onshore and offshore. The new motor is cooled by circulating water instead of utilizing …
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BP's investigation finds series of failures in Macondo blowout
… likely the portion of the drill pipe (from above the eroded point), which broke off and fell down the riser when the top drive fell onto the rig floor or as the rig sank, and the riser collapsed,” the report said. A right-hand pipe section …
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Egypt
… 1 will drill as many as 10 wells in Al Baraka field, sole producing area in southern Egypt’s Kom Ombo basin. The top drive -equipped rig is rated to 10,500 ft and is to spud Al Baraka-6 by the end of April. Al Baraka-5 will follow. The …
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Equipment/Software/Literature
New top drive offers less downtime Here's the new 500t Model TD-500-HT top drive that promises less downtime combined with higher drilling performance and …
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Discoverer drillship starts operation for Chevron
… Seas while working for Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico. The dual-activity technology, along with a new and enhanced top drive system, a high-pressure mud system, and other unique features of the drillship target the drilling of wells up to …
