Hackaday

Drill Does Well In Double Duty As Well Drilling Drill

There are a large number of methods commercially used to bore a hole into the ground for the sake of extracting drinking water, and the all require big loud equipment. But what if you just want a ...
Oil

ESTIMATING DRILLING COSTS-1: Joint association survey, mechanical risk index methods common in GOM

Over the past several decades, various methods have been proposed to evaluate drilling costs and complexity, but because of the large number of factors and events that affect drilling performance, ...
Oil

Subsalt shelf well uses deepwater methods

GulfSlope Energy Inc., Houston, has spudded its first well in a program using deepwater drilling and completion technologies for subsalt exploration on the Gulf of Mexico shelf. GulfSlope Energy Inc., ...
Nature

Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Drilling Techniques

Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and Underbalanced Drilling (UBD) techniques represent significant advancements in the safe and efficient extraction of hydrocarbons. MPD employs sophisticated control ...