Foster Wheeler AG,
Zug, Switzerland, named Michelle Davies as general counsel for the firm, effective as of Nov. 1. She had served as acting general counsel for the last 22 months. She also is corporate secretary, a position that she has filled since April. With more than 25 years' experience in complex corporate legal matters, Davies joined Foster Wheeler in 2008 as general counsel of the company's subsidiary in the UK. Prior to that, she was group legal director, company secretary, and an executive committee member of the English, Welsh, & Scottish Railway Ltd. She was previously head of legal and regulatory affairs and company secretary for NIREX Ltd. She holds an LLB with Honors from the University of Reading.
GTC Technology US LLC,
Houston, announced a worldwide agreement with Rameshni & Associates Technology and Engineering (RATE), a privately held company in Monrovia, Calif., for gas processing and sulfur recovery solutions. RATE has extensive experience in designing large world-scale gas processing plants, sulfur removal units, sour water strippers, and sulfur degassing units, as well as sulfur recovery technologies, tail gas treating technologies, and total sulfur management for meeting new environmental regulations.
The agreement expands GTC's platform of acid gas removal technology. GTC expects this agreement to expand its offering to greater than 2,500 tons/day of sulfur and 4 bscfd. The Houston firm is a global licensor of innovative process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions.
Baker Hughes Inc.,
Houston, is marketing its trademarked Talon 3D high-efficiency vector-accurate PDC bit that drills faster and lasts longer in shale plays and handles curved and lateral sections in single run. Scott Schmidt, Baker Hughes' president of drilling and evaluation, said, "We have further refined the design of our bit to address all of customers' needs—enhanced directional control, improved run life, and reduced days on the well."
The bit has an efficient profile, application-specific cutting structures, and superior hard-facing material. Proprietary polished cutters also reduce balling to eliminate buildup on the cutting face and aid the evacuation of cuttings. Large-volume junk slots provide hydraulic efficiency in low horsepower per square inch situations, while patented torque management technology and a shorter bit length help operators drill directional wells quickly and accurately. All of these features work together to provide enhanced directional control, superior cutting through tough formations, and the ability to efficiently hit the pay zone, company officials said.
Baker Hughes also introduced a new version of its trademarked WellLink 3D Visualization service that converts wellbore data into real-time imagery for enhanced well planning and optimization, directional drilling, and reservoir navigation. Powered by the CoViz® platform from Dynamic Graphics Inc., the WellLink 3D visualization service provides a single, integrated 3D visualization and decision support solution that leverages the industry-standard protocol, wellsite information transfer standard markup language (WITSML). The ability to connect directly to other WITSML data sources enables operators to visualize both off-line and real-time datasets through a vendor-neutral, shared display.
"Our customers can now see a real-time synopsis of their drilling environment, including Earth models and tool diameters," Schmidt said. "Well data is now viewable within its geologic context allowing operators to make real-time corrections of well trajectory and drilling parameters, effectively optimizing wellbore placement and maximizing reservoir contact."
Displaying 1/5 Page1, 2, 3, 4, 5Next>
View Article as Single page
