Issue: June 1998

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How well control equipment is advancing to meet deepwater needs

Part 1 - Deepwater drilling has prompted many equipment changes. Examples of riser tensioners, torque tools, diverters, fill-up valves are shown

Snubbing workover of a subsea well under pressure proves concept

Here's how a unique rig-up of a snubbing unit on a floater provided complete well control during clean-out and flow test operations

Trends extracted from 1,200 Gulf Coast blowouts during 1960 - 1996

Comprehensive analysis of reports from four U.S. gulf Coast states and OCS includes data handling procedures, well control failure causes

Underbalanced operations: Available research/ training opportunities

An overview of Gas Research Institute supported industry work leading to preparation of an underbalanced drilling manual and a short course

Features

A well-service pump with a new dimension

Drilling contractor and service company team up to test compact quintuplex well service pump in drilling/ MWD logging applications

Harding field: A North Sea success story

Part 4 – How using pressure-while-drilling data optimized the drilling process when downhole dynamics were difficult to obtain or interpret

Russia's E&P sector undergoes a slow transition

The Russian upstream industry is trying to recover and opportunities abound; but politics and capital shortages remain major hurdles

Technology at work: Proven new technologies for offshore/ onshore applications

Asgard field riser buoyancy * Offshore H2S removal system * Deepwater multi-function barge concept * Single-pile platform for marginal fields * Poly lining for high-pressure injection piping

Special Report

World Oil's Fluids '98: Classification of fluid systems

Exclusive annual listing shows trade names, generic descriptions, recommended usage and suppliers of 3,000 fluid systems/additives for drilling / completion/ workover, as offered by 125 companies

Issue: June 1998

How well control equipment is advancing to meet deepwater needs

Snubbing workover of a subsea well under pressure proves concept

Trends extracted from 1,200 Gulf Coast blowouts during 1960 - 1996

Underbalanced operations: Available research/ training opportunities

A well-service pump with a new dimension

Harding field: A North Sea success story

Russia&#39;s E&amp;P sector undergoes a slow transition

Technology at work: Proven new technologies for offshore/ onshore applications

World Oil&#39;s Fluids &#39;98: Classification of fluid systems

New equipment

New literature

Comment

Editorial Comment

International

Oil and gas in Washington

What&#39;s happening in drilling

What&#39;s happening in exploration

What&#39;s happening in production

What&#39;s happening offshore

Companies in the news

Industry at a glance

Looking ahead

Oil country hot line

People in industry

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