On this month's cover: PathFinder offers its customers worldwide, innovative drilling technologies for formation evaluation. PathFinder technologies are designed manufactured and tested in-house for increased reliability and accuracy. Product offerings include directional drilling, measurement while drilling, logging while drilling and formation evaluation services.
World News
World News
A Maturing Market
Sarah Crombie and Ben Thuriaux-Alemán, Arthur D. Little, UK, discuss future opportunities and threats for the subsea sector
Contracts of the Future
Thomas Leaver, DME, Dubai, discusses a mechanism for crude oil price discovery in the Middle East
Managing Geopolitical Risks
David Waldorf, Aon Risk Services, USA, provides an overview of the global political risk insurance market
Energy Politics
Elizabeth Stephens, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ltd, UK, discusses political risk in the energy sector
Dodging Dry Holes
Ramoj Paruchuri and Gary Jones, Seismic Micro-Technology Inc., USA, discuss how advances in 3D visualisation and interpretation can make a noticeable difference
A True Perspective
Sara Poulton, DigitalGlobe, USA, discusses the impact of imagery for a variety of applications in the industry
Global Services
Heather Heacock, Pathfinder, USA, describes the company’s drilling and formation evaluation services
Profit or Loss?
Bret Boteler, EnerMax Inc., USA, looks at the importance of leveraging technology to maintain profitability in a challenging economy
Making Bigger Bores
Carl Hills, Caledus, UK, discusses a new well construction system that can enhance NPV and improve bore size
An Expandable System
James W. Williford, Halliburton, USA, reviews the latest expandable liner hangers
Setting Standards for Expandables
Chris Rodger, READ Well Services, UK, discusses harmonised qualification of expandables
Ever Expanding
Greg Noel, Enventure, USA, discusses how expandables are growing in both number and range of application
A Smart Solution Towers Ahead
Arie Vliegenthart, UK, Swellfix, discusses a multi-element swellable elastomer and its applications
Towers Ahead
Jim Yu, Pieter Wybro and Bob Kipp, INTECSEA, USA, discuss a multifunctional riser tower system
Operating Onboard
Gareth Richards, i-Tech, highlights an approach to improving safety, efficiency and reliability of ROV operations
Without Wireline
Gary Smith, Red Spider Technology, UK, discusses how wireline could be a thing of the past