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 ...

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 ...

LAS CRUCES - A hydrologist working with the city to build three new wells recently held a short course to explain the drilling process. “The ideal well is efficient, with very little sand production,” ...

As drilling costs soar, it behooves E&P companies to improve their efficiencies in order to maximize their rate of return on their investment - particularly when rig day rates are at an all-time high.

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 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 ...

In 2017, Alec created a dedicated group – part of the innovation department – in order to explore the potential of utilising robotics in construction. After a series of brainstorming sessions, a ...