Drilling in its broadest sense is any process that involves making a circular hole in a solid material or hard surface using a boring tool. With thousands of applications across industries, drilling ...

An oil-drilling procedure called cementing is coming under scrutiny as a possible cause of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico that has led to one of the biggest oil ...

Drilling supervisors at GDF Suez E&P Deutschland GMBH have used a visual road map to control drilling operations since March 2008. The Leer Z5-5 is one of the tight gas wells recently drilled by GDF ...

A drill bit is what actually cuts into the rock when drilling an oil or gas well. Located at the tip of the drillstring, below the drill collar and the drill pipe, the drill bit is a rotating ...

Drilling deeper, longer and more challenging wells has been made possible by improvements in drilling technologies, including more efficient and effective drilling fluids. Drilling fluids, also ...

Q. How did the collaboration between Alec and Hilti come about? In 2017, Alec created a dedicated group – part of the innovation department – in order to explore the potential of utilising robotics in ...

Abstract: Given the challenges still facing the U.S. economy, the government needs to move aside and let private industry do what private industry does best: create jobs and increase our oil supply to ...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Drilling S.A. (the “Company”) announced today that the Company and each of its debtor affiliates have emerged from the Chapter 11 process, signaling the successful ...

Dec. 29: This story has been updated and clarified. A version of this story is being published by the Albany Times-Union. Environmentalists, state regulators and even energy companies agree that the ...