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Recent Rotary Rig Count May 10th, 2013



AREA

 LAST
COUNT
DATE

COUNT 

CHANGE FROM
PRIOR COUNT
 

DATE OF
PRIOR COUNT 

 CHANGE FROM
LAST YEAR

DATE
OF LAST
 YEARS COUNT 

UNITED STATES 

5/10/13 

1769

+5

5/3/13

-205

5/11/12

CANADA 

5/10/13

118

-3

5/3/13

-2

5/11/12 

USA OFFSHORE

5/10/13 

 50

-1

5/3/13

 +5

5/11/12 

INTERNATIONAL

04/2013 

1301

 +33

3/2013 

 +123

4/2012 

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May 2010 Blog Posts (3)

Prediction...........

Just a prediction...............When the sages of the Potomac get thru throwing their weight around, the outcome will be that any well drilled in the deep GOM, or possibly in any federal waters, will require an identical relief well to be drilled just short of TD simultaneously.

This prediction took a lot of thinking on my part, and will now require a much needed nap.

Fill your tanks this evening......it…

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Added by DeeperCheaper on May 31, 2010 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Deepwater Horizon Blowout

If they where using a Hydril preventer to displace the well to sea water and the riser was full of mud, you have to know that the well pressure is pushing the Hydril bag up in closed position. Even when the pressure is released from the closing unit.

When the pressure on top of the Hydrill bag is higher then the pressure under the bag it will start opening and leaking, the same for the BOP Rams.(Cameron "U" type…

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Added by ron van de sande on May 31, 2010 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Your Thoughts On The BP Spill

I have started this blog as a place for everyone to post any off topic stuff concerning the Deepwater Horizon spill and efforts to contain it.

 

Some think BP is doing a good job-others think they are not doing enough.

 

Some appreciate all the efforts with containment domes and the likes while others call them crazy worthless time-wasting ideas.

 

What do you think of…

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Added by Drilling Ahead on May 15, 2010 at 4:00pm — 68 Comments

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