The second day’s plenary session of the 2009 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference discussed technology advancement and its evolutionary and revolutionary potentials.

Wednesday’s technical session at SPE/IADC “Drilling Automation: Technologies, Terminology, and Parallels with Other Industries” suggests the creation of a new, standardized terminology when designing and constructing automated drilling systems.

Does the drilling industry have the right people in the sufficient number to carry it through the next 30 years?

SPE/IADC Conference opens its first session on the needs, methods, and modes of automating the drilling process.

The list of E&P Magazine's MEA award winners.

Sicily gets new look, SeaBird awarded Agbami field node survey by Chevron, SMT expands relationship with OpenSpirit

StatoilHydro has taken stock of world financial crisis, and though the company has decided to postpone some of its projects, it is continuing to invest in technology.

Ola Morten Aanestad, vice president for media relations at StatoilHydro, talks to E&P about drilling restrictions on the Norway Continental Shelf (NCS).

The demand for oil and gas is going up as production from some of the world’s largest fields is starting to decline. The time is ripe for re-evaluating drilling in areas previously designated as off limits.

Keppel adds to global fleet; Dropping rig count good news for CFPA; Investment continues in deepwater