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 ...

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 ...

Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy — including some strange sources being explored — is still a long way away.

Third-quarter results show a strong drilling market in the US and abroad, as rollover day rates increase and capital budgets are padded. Rig utilization rates are increasing. In September, Prabhas R.

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 ...

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

Coastal Drilling is pleased to announce that Rig 22, a 3000 HP posted barge, has completed its second year of drilling for McMoRan. The rig's TRIR for 2009 is 0.00. Coastal Drilling is pleased to ...

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 ...