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From the March/April 2006 issue of Drilling Contractor:

ROTARY STEERABLES

 RSS ready to open new worlds of drilling

DOWNHOLE TOOLS

 New BHA connection enhances fatigue performance for difficult drilling applications
 Tubular connection finds perfect harmony with MPD system Exclusive web extras!
 Improved design, matrix materials reduce costs while drilling interbedded formations Exclusive web extras!

LAND DRILLING

 Onshore America: The new E&P frontier

COMPLETIONS

 Uniform flow profiles improve recovery in horizontal wells

MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING

 MPD - what's in a name?
 Managing wellbore pressure while drilling
 Comparative risk using MPD techniques
 Underbalanced equipment meets challenges in MPD applications offshore Norway

HSE & LIFTING

 CRI aims to reduce reinjection risk, liability
 OGP raises bar on lifting, hoisting performance
 Putting the industry on the road to safety
 Floor hoist system - safety, function, operation

DEPARTMENTS

  Drilling Ahead
  Capital Wirelines
  Editorials

 Contractor News

  • Pride Hawaii wins Rig of the Year

  • Pride boosts interest in Angola joint venture

  • Transocean awarded numerous rig contracts

  • Rowan awarded new offshore contracts

  • ENSCO to provide new ultra-deepwater rig

  • TESCO sells 4 Casing Drilling rigs to Turnkey E&P

  • Diamond Offshore upgrading semisubmersible Garden Banks

 IADC Connections

  • IADC recognizes efforts of outgoing HSE and Training committees chairmen

  • Iraqi delegation to Houston headwuarters in the works

  • IADC launching new accreditation programs

  • Drilling Contractor takes on new associate editor

 IADC Calendar

 People, Companies and Products

 IADC People

  • Arun Karle leads the way for India's oil and gas industry through innovation, out-of-the-box thinking

 Advertisers Index

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