Volume 74, Issue 1

Closed-loop cementing (CLC) is considered a fringe benefit of managed pressure drilling (MPD).

Operators and their service partners frequently use hole enlargement while drilling (HEWD) in deepwater Gulf of Mexico wells as a way to deploy additional, or larger, casing sizes...

The US Gulf of Mexico has long served as a staging ground for offshore drilling and completion technologies and methodologies.

Pressure data including, but not limited to, hydrostatic pressure, pore pressure, overburden pressure, fracture limit, and effective stress are invaluable to engineers and drillers...

Once Brazil's bold, dynamic embodiment of the promise of its presalt reserves, the ongoing difficulties of OGX have brought its share price plummeting and left similar-sized companies...

Exploration and production work in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to be robust this year, as drilling activities ramp up and a number of field development projects come online...

A number of factors have converged to contribute to the increase in oil prices since 2000.

Gridlock in the United States Congress has caused many bills to languish and die.

CGG's Viking II should be wrapping up the La Bella 3D Marine Seismic Survey of Otway basin permit VIC/P67 offshore Australia.

Geoscientists got an early look at the latest state-of-the-art CoreFlow digital rock and fluid analytics services offered by the Schlumberger Reservoir Laboratory in Houston.

Ensco has ordered the fourth in a series of ultra-premium, harsh environment jackups from Keppel FELS.

Manufacture of the one-off tubes that connect subsea tree valves and other hydraulic components can be an expensive and time-consuming task.

Seadrill's semisubmersible rigWest Capricorn drilled the exploration well that led to the Gila discovery, in approximately 4,900 ft (1,493 m) of water. (Image courtesy Seadrill...

EnQuest is forging ahead with Kraken, the second full-scale heavy oil field development in the UK northern North Sea.

Global spending on offshore maintenance, modifications, and operations services totaled $113 billion in 2013, according to a report by Douglas-Westwood.

This month Infield Systems looks at the operators in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and their upcoming projects over the next five years.

David Paganie • HoustonTo respond to articles in Offshore, or to offer articles for publication, contact the editor by email([email protected]).This yearOffshore magazine turns...