A new drilling technique is opening up vast fields of previously out-of-reach oil in the western United States, helping reverse a two-decade decline in domestic production of crude. Companies are ...

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

Accurate prediction of bottomhole circulating temperature is important during drilling and completion of oil and gas wells and critical for properly designed cement slurries. Downhole temperature is ...

A slide and compound drilling model calculates build-up rate (BUR) of a single bent-angle motor assembly using a physical model and genetic-algorithm back propagation (GA-BP) regression analysis. A ...

The proposed method can provide deeper insights into the sedimentation process during drilling, thereby improving the efficiency and reliability of foundation construction practices in geotechnically ...

In a full-scale demonstration on an oil rig near Houston, Texas, Quaise Energy showcased its new drilling technique capable of reaching superhot geothermal resources 2 to 12 miles beneath the Earth's ...

Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today moved a step closer to starting a big fight with the natural gas industry over a controversial drilling technique behind a sharp rise in ...

Over a century ago, Flinders Petrie documented drill cores in granite showing deep spiral grooves that suggest an ...