Alcoa Oil & Gas

06/07/2013

Check out our new website! Visit it often for updates on what’s going on with Alcoa Oil & Gas, and with our partners.

06/04/2013

Our Prime Time event was a huge success! Held at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Houston, Texas on May 7, 2013. Present were Alcoa Oil & Gas leadership, as well as many movers and shakers in the energy industry. Steak and lobster, fine wine, and even better company. Looking forward to next year.

10/26/2012

Held at the Renaissance Hotel, Houston, Texas.

10/26/2012

It's been an exciting day - and several exciting weeks - as the management team of AOG prepared for today's presentation to Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and CEO of Alcoa. The team put together key product displays, including aluminum alloy drill pipe, core barrels, sand screens, riser assemblies, conveying pipe, and casing. Product presentations were made, as well as presentations detailing AOG's developmental projects, and details of AOG strategic and commercial plans were shared. The team did a great job of preparing!

08/17/2012

Jay Grissom, Marketing Director of Alcoa Oil and Gas, watching aluminum drill pipe running in offshore Brunei. Read more about the AADP deployment here:http://aognews.com/docs/shell-oil-gas-press-release.pdf

08/07/2012

The discussion about fracking causing pollution of the groundwater is very complex and highly contentious. Here is another perspective.

PITTSBURGH — New research on Marcellus Shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania may only add fuel to the debate over whether the industry poses long-term threats to drinking water.

07/27/2012

Deepwater drilling activity is rapidly expanding, both in the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the world. This article sheds more light on this positive development for the industry.

After a yearlong oil drilling moratorium, BP and other companies have intensified exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico, and drilling will soon expand to Mexican and Cuban waters.

07/27/2012

This article by Jon Ruszka of Baker Hughes INTEQ provides some interesting insights into enhancing the safety of ERD operations.

Technology advances continue to push the boundaries of extended reach drilling (ERD) to access stranded reserves, reduce environmental impact, improve both production and recovery, and lower field development costs. These technical advances include continuous improvements in rotary steerable systems...

06/21/2012

Want to know more about ultra-deep drilling in ultra-deepwater? Check out the Offshore Technology Conference discussion regarding the challenges to drilling into the Earth’s mantle to take a 500 m (1,640 ft) sample.

HOUSTON – An Offshore Technology Conference session on designing of the world’s deepest offshore well has featured a discussion of the challenges to drilling into the Earth’s mantle to take a 500 m (1,640 ft) sample.

06/21/2012

For those interested in the technology of Extended Reach Drilling, you might want to join this group on LinkedIn.

Extended Reach Drilling Technology Forum

06/21/2012

Alcoa Oil and Gas has been selected to supply aluminum drill pipe to TL Geosciences Sdn Bhd in Southeast Asia. TL Geosciences will be drilling in 800 – 1,000 meters of water, with an ultimate drilling depth of 40 to 200 meters, in order to determine the geologic feasibility of specific offshore drilling sites.