1/2 2011 (Issue SOGM)

Feb 11, 2011
Contents, 1/2 2011

Check out the contents of our latest issue - 1/2 2011 - published 11 February.

Commentary, 1/2 2011
Feb 11, 2011

Turnaround

When Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Bente Nyland, presented the NPD’s review of NCS activities in 2010 mid January, most of the popular media reports focused on the reduction of the estimated, undiscovered resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

From the Editor... 1/2 2011
Feb 11, 2011

Out With the Old...

It’s a new year with new possibilities.

Thankfully, we’ve begun to see increasing activity offshore, and many agree that this year will see even more. Traditionally a primary focus of this first issue of the new year is toward upcoming activities, and this time around it hasn’t been difficult to list what 2011 is expected to bring.

Yes, they CAN – Fixing the Weak Link in Subsea Well Design
Feb 11, 2011
Suction anchors have been in use in the oil and gas industry for more than a quarter century to provide solid and secure mooring in deep waters. Over the last decade, NeoDrill has worked to take the concept further, developing an innovative approach to top-hole well construction. The company’s innovative CAN™ – Conductor Anchor Node – eliminates the “weak link” in current well design by providing a reliable foundation that mitigates the risk of conductor bending and fatigue – even with today’s heavier BOP stacks.

Swellable Packers Reduce Well Completion Costs
Feb 11, 2011
When a major North Sea operator evaluated the potential of using through tubing rotary drilling (TTRD) to sidetrack a 20-year-old well in a UKCS field, the design presented the operator with a completion challenge. As traditional cementing wasn’t practical for zonal isolation there would be difficulties in achieving a reliable cement job along the length of the horizontal section.

Media: Wikiwars
Feb 11, 2011
Julian Assange has become an international celebrity on the back of his controversial publishing of classified documents as well as the two cases of alleged rape he has been accused of committing. Assange has emerged as a kind of Internet supercelebrity, playing the role of the righteous activist, advocating revolution by disclosure, while claiming that every major government in the world is out to get him – and that the rape charges were art of a smear campaign aiming to discredit him and Wikileaks, the organisation he fronts.