Features

In this section, you’ll find the main articles and features that appear in Momentum, the newsletter for M-I SWACO.

The Southern U.S. Regional Tech Services Group recognized problems with conveying cuttings to one part of the rig from another using an angled auger. The solution was simple—a flex coupling.

The Production Technologies business line aggressively started to develop business in the Central Asia region in 2007 and went from market analyses, products and services selection to the determination of customers’ needs and expectations.

The Epcon team, together with the QHSE department in Norway, has done a tremendous job the past year to implement ISO 9001 and 14001 Quality Management Systems.

In 2008, a lot of the media focused on the air pollution in Beijing, thanks to the Beijing Olympics.

Saudi Aramco has been quick to see the benefits of the Well Commissioner.

UP CLOSE recently visited with Alan McLean, VP of Deepwater for M-I SWACO, to look at the growing global deepwater market drilling and the role that M-I SWACO is playing.

ES Denmark has expanded dramatically over the last 18 months in order to support major operators Maersk Oil and Dong Energy, as they increase their oil-base mud (OBM) operations.

A Continuous Improvement event was held in Riverton, Wyoming, Nov. 2–6 and focused on Inventory Reduction and 6S Visual Management.

October turned out to be an exciting month and a unique opportunity for those leading and helping to shape Continuous Improvement within M-I SWACO.

"The key to successful sales is building relationships," said Charles Wayte, Director of International Sales, "and that takes face-to-face contact, listening to the client to learn the issues and then providing a viable, timely solution."

As far as the eye can see, across countless acres of salt marshes filled with cranes and smooth cordgrass, is the center of activity for deep­water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.