Recent enhancements in relief well technology enable operators to drill into prolific reservoirs while maintaining a single relief well contingency plan. Blowout contingency planning is required by ...

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 ...

Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries, has acquired the assets of Noland Drilling Equipment, a U.S. distributor of water well drilling ...

Transocean Ltd.’s RIG semi-submersible drilling rig, Transocean Barents, is making its way to the Neptun Deep project for a 10-well drilling mission, marking a significant phase in Romania’s offshore ...

Slovakian company GA Drilling was formerly known as Geothermal Anywhere – and that's a perfect encapsulation of the company's goal: to make geothermal heat much cheaper, quicker and easier to access ...

Analysis of how much drilling a well costs in the Permian Basin. Well costs are very similar across all regions. Covers how companies have cut costs in a low-price oil environment. Future trends of ...

Australian independent Buru Energy is gearing up for a two-well drilling campaign onshore Western Australia, for which it has secured a farm-in partner and lined up the drilling rig. Buru has signed a ...

China Oilfield Service Ltd (COSL) has set up a joint venture to research and fabricate well logging and directional well drilling technology and equipment in southern China’s Foshan city. SIGN UP FOR ...

West Neptune was contracted by LLOG Exploration, Sevan Louisiana by an undisclosed operator and Sonangol Quenguela’s contract was extended in Angola.

Newport Beach officials have launched a 24/7 emergency drilling operation to repair an abandoned 1920s-era oil well that caused methane and oil to seep into a home on the Balboa Peninsula, prompting ...