Pioneer Drilling Co. Ltd.'s newly built rig No. 7, shown at its construction site, incorporates a modular design and telescoping substructure and derrick. The rig has a smaller footprint than most ...

Kazem Javanmardi, Ken D. Flodberg Shell Offshore Inc. New Orleans James J. Nahm Shell Development Co. Houston A new mud-to-cement conversion technology has eliminated mud displacement problems, ...

Mud engineering designs, builds, operates, and continually optimizes the drilling fluid system to deliver wellbore stability, cuttings transport, pressure control, and equipment protection—safely and ...

Commissioning an offshore drilling rig verifies that every system—from well control to power and marine—is installed, cleaned, calibrated, function-tested, integrated, and proven safe for drilling ...