Stay Connected  Workshop spotlights developments in tender-
assisted, deepwater drilling  New technologies that allow
operators to step out into deeper water and to drill deeper from
shallow water were the focus of the Drilling Engineering
Association Workshop recently held in Galveston.Restructuring
the worldwide tender rig fleet, adding newbuilds, and upgrading
existing semisubmersibles to tender-assisted drilling rigs, has
allowed tender rig operations to move into deep water. A new,
powerful jack up rig design facilitates deep drilling in shallow
water. New tubular designs and cementing techniques provide
safer, more cost-effective approaches to high pressure, high-
temperature (HPHT) drilling. The "Step Changes in Drilling
Technology" conference, held in June, was cosponso...  Why
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