

Outside the petroleum world, it has a very different meaning.

It is a steel pipe that is assembled and inserted into a wellbore and typically held into place with cement. “Casing” is a frequently used word in the drilling industry. After a while, he asked me, “Are you developing a casing design software?” He had obviously seen me write “casing wear” and thought it was “casing design.” I felt pleasantly surprised with his question. The man seated right next to me was quietly reading a book. During that 4-hour flight, I began sketching some interface designs for our next version of casing wear software.

Can anyone tell me what the chance of this occurring is?Īfter the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), I took a flight from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul. More than 6000 miles away from Houston and 30,000 feet above the ground, I shared a row of seats with a Turkish man who happened to have visited our office 6 years ago.
