Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice of drilling non-vertical bores. It can be broken down into four main groups: oilfield directional...

Directional boring, also referred to as horizontal directional drilling (HDD), is a minimal impact trenchless method of installing underground utilities...

extract natural resources such as gas or oil. During such drilling, data is acquired from the drilling rig sensors for a range of purposes such as: decision-support...

casing strings and cementing plans, directional drilling plans, drilling fluids programs, and drill string and drill bit programs Specifying equipment,...

geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud, is used to aid the drilling of boreholes into the earth. Used while drilling oil and natural...

Measurement while drilling (MWD) and LWD are related, within the context of this section, the term MWD refers to directional-drilling measurements, e.g...

drill as deep as possible into the Earth's crust. Drilling began on 24 May 1970 using the Uralmash-4E, and later the Uralmash-15000 series drilling rig...

recovery techniques. Drilling engineers manage the technical aspects of drilling exploratory, production and injection wells. Drilling fluid engineers A...

DRPG – drilling program report DRPRS – drilling pressure DRREP – drilling report DRYRE – drying report DS – deviation survey, (also directional system)...

global oil and gas drilling contractor that has operated since 1972. Based in Houston, Texas, Nabors owns the largest land drilling fleet in the world...

The process of modern drilling for wells first started in the 19th century but was made more efficient with advances to oil drilling rigs and technology...

company is a source for trenchers, vibratory plows, horizontal directional drilling systems, drill pipe, downhole tools, vacuum excavation systems, fluid management...

Patterson-UTI Energy provides land drilling and pressure pumping services, directional drilling, rental equipment and technology to clients in the United...

focused on contract drilling with complementary services such as directional drilling, underbalanced and managed pressure drilling, rental equipment, well...

Magnetometers are used in directional drilling for oil or gas to detect the azimuth of the drilling tools near the drill. They are most often paired...

Wing also used the slogan "Drill, baby, drill!" in 2021 to symbolize that the party does not want Norway to stop drilling for oil and gas. Bakken formation...

During that era, the simple drilling techniques, such as cable-tool drilling, and the lack of blowout preventers meant that drillers could not control high-pressure...

Reach Drilling (ERD) is directional drilling of very long horizontal wells. The aims of ERD are: a) to reach a larger area from one surface drilling location...

They are generally programmed by the measurement while drilling (MWD) engineer or directional driller who transmits commands using surface equipment (typically...

redirect targets Directional drilling – Practice of drilling non-vertical bores Driller (oil) – Leader in charge during well drilling Drilling fluid – Aid...

Oceaneering International Odfjell Drilling OneSubsea Petrofac Petroleum Geo-Services PJP4 Polarcus Precision Drilling Rosneft Saipem Sapura Energy SBM...

Underbalanced drilling, or UBD, is a procedure used to drill oil and gas wells where the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than the static pressure...

first round of exploration drilling licences, with 22 in 78 areas.[citation needed] Esso received three exploration drilling licences in the Norwegian...

and manufacturing team introduced the Navi-Drill line of downhole drilling motors, which has led the drilling industry in performance and reliability for...

cobblestones, and gravel and not appropriate for the kind of drilling Halliburton planned. "No driller in his right mind would have gone ahead," said Army geologist...

HDPE communications conduit pipe being installed by directional drilling in Perth, Western Australia...

component of a drilling rig. It is the lowest part of the drill string, extending from the bit to the drill pipe. The assembly can consist of drill collars,...

KG-1 and DD KG-2 (DD standing for Dhirubhai Deepwater). They are both drilling ships registered in Marshall Islands and owned by Deepwater Pacific Inc...

billion barrels of oil. The application of hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling technologies has caused a boom in Bakken oil production since 2000...

(15–91 m). Horizontal drilling reduces surface disruptions as fewer wells are required to access the same volume of rock. Drilling often plugs up the pore...