Integrating an MPD System on a Jack-Up Rig; Why You Should and How You Can

The benefits of Managed Pressure Drilling are well understood in the drilling industry, but until now, they have never been integrated into a Jack-Up rig. For a UK North Sea HPHT campaign, the Drilling Contractor, Operator and MPD Service Provider collaborated for what is believed to be the World's first fully integrated, permanently installed MPD system for a Jack-Up, capable of drilling the most challenging narrow-margin HPHT wells. Overcoming the perceived complexity and cost of MPD are common obstacles. Integrating MPD systems into jack-up rigs addresses both challenges by simplifying logistics planning and operations and reducing costs. Putting MPD at the heart of the rig's drilling system offers a wealth of advantages to both the Operator and Drilling Contractor and provides ‘MPD on demand’ for all operations undertaken from the rig.

DESARROLLO DE UN PLAN DE LOGÍSTICA INTERNA PARA LA DISTRIBUCIÓN Y ALMACENAMIENTO DE MERCANCÍA EN LA BODEGA DE TECHNOLOGY WORLD GROUP S.A.S

A good logistics plan generates within companies an adequate development of their activities without having any inconvenience, which implies improving the quality of the company and its growth in the industrial and commercial world. The proposed project will generate a favorable performance and structuring in order to allow managers to direct and make decisions with greater efficiency in relation to the operation of the company and its logistics planning, orienting the processes to a better execution of the warehouses and the management of the distribution and storage of equipment, minimizing bottlenecks, reprocessing and actions that increase costs and waste the organization’s resources. On the other hand, the proposed methodology is based on the union of the different procedures carried out in the operational area and the interrelation with processes of the commercial and administrative area, to improve the execution of the procedures for the reception and dispatch of orders requested by distributors and stores, reducing the percentage level of errors made by mismanagement and control of the main Technology World Group warehouse. S.A.S.

Sustainable facility relocation in agriculture systems using the GIS and best–worst method

PurposeTo avoid sub-optimization in wheat storage centers, one of the most strategic facilities, it is necessary to review and relocate them to be optimized regularly. The present study aims to propose an integrated method using geographic information systems (GISs) and an appropriate weighting algorithm for the relocation of wheat storage facilities.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the goal mentioned above, sustainability pillars in facility location and relocation are initially developed; afterward, a set of suitable criteria are obtained from various scientific resources. Then, the weight of each sustainable development pillar and its corresponding sub-criteria were identified through utilizing the best–worst method (BWM). By applying the obtained weights in the ArcGIS software package, various geographical layers were designed, and land-use planning, logistics planning and sustainable logistics planning are carried out in the regions. The regions are ranked based on the scores obtained in the processes, and the best regions are selected for sustainable relocation problem.FindingsA case study including 430 regions (counties) in Iran is conducted to evaluate the efficiency of the suggested approach. The study results indicate that Iran possesses a superior state for establishing wheat storage centers in terms of infrastructural and social aspects. Also, it is established that 16% of counties are recognized as sustainable locations for relocating the wheat storage facilities.Research limitations/implicationsThere is no most suitable analysis of the wheat storage facilities, as well as their strategic position in the supply chain, and there is a lack of considering sustainability in wheat storage facility location, despite the particular importance of it to the supply chain.Practical implicationsThis framework is applied in an Iranian wheat-bread supply chain to find the best sustainable facilities. It is noted that this algorithm can be applied in other strategic facilities by minor and some major changes.Originality/valueDecision-makers can apply the proposed methodology to find the best relocation sites for wheat storage facilities as the main part of wheat-bread supply chain in order to prevent sub-optimization and improve the efficiency of their supply chain.