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PUBLISHING & MARKETING

Chairman

Shaun Wymes

Editor’s Column [email protected]

President/Publisher

Brion Palmer

Colloquy [email protected]

Nina Rach

Associate Publisher

Neil Levett [email protected]

Scanning the

EDITORIAL

Editor

Nina Rach drilling ? uids market [email protected]

Managing Editor

Audrey Leon he drilling ? uids market is driven deepwater reserves, is expected to drive [email protected]

T by increasing worldwide drill- the global market for drilling ? uids. The

European Editor ing activities, focused on deepwater. future is in nanotechnology, the authors

Elaine Maslin [email protected]

Onshore, operators are increasing their say, which will be used to develop future

Associate Editor use of horizontal drilling in developing drilling ? uids.

Sarah Parker Musarra shale gas, CBM, and other unconven- [email protected]

Web Editor

Market players tional resources. Nanotechnology is an

Anthresia McWashington emerging tool in ? uid development. Founded in 1940, M-I Swaco became part [email protected]

Several drilling ? uid market reports of Schlumberger in August 2010. It now

Contributing Editors

Meg Chesshyre have been issued recently. They all has more than 13,000 employees and

Stephen Whit? eld review factors expected to drive (or of? ces in more than 75 countries.

Alan Thorpe

Editorial Intern restrain) the global and regional drilling Schlumberger’s Patrick Schorn,

Greg App ? uids markets. President, Operations and Integration,

ART AND PRODUCTION

TechNavio released its “Global Drilling told an investor conference in December

Bonnie James

Fluids Market 2014-2018” in February. 2013 that the latest Spears survey listed

Marlin Bowman

The report forecasts that the global M-I Swaco as the market leader for drill-

CONFERENCES & EVENTS market will grow at 8%/year. One of ing ? uids. Schorn also said the company

Events Coordinator

Jennifer Granda the key factors contributing to market foresees “growth in 2014, driven by [email protected] growth, they say, is increasing natural gas exploration and appraisal drilling activ-

Exhibition/Sponsorship Sales

John Lauletta exploration. A major challenge to market ity.” The company expects the demand [email protected] growth is the capital-intensive nature of for service-intensive deepwater drilling

PRINT drilling projects. to rise.

Quad Graphics, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA

The Freedonia Group in Cleveland, M-I Swaco’s 4Q 2010 revenue

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

Ohio, issued a report on oil? eld chemi- increased 4%, reaching $1.18 billion.

John Chianis,

Houston O