Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was introduced in the late 1980s; the process was not an overnight success. Drill manufacturers spent the initial years explaining to skeptical contractors the ...

Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...

Determining the critical or optimum mud weight is not an easy task, especially when drilling horizontal wells. Drilling mud weight is an important factor in drilling, demanding significant attention ...

Oilfield workers with Bramwell Petroleum set up a drilling derrick for a new oil well near Spivey in 2012. File photo 2013 presented some pretty confusing lessons about the oil industry in Kansas. On ...

WALHALLA, N.D. When Larry Kotchman first learned of plans to build a crude oil pipeline through Cavalier and Pembina counties, his first thought was the need to protect a valuable and environmentally ...

Horizontal Directional Drilling is a trenchless technique of installing underground pipes and conduits that is gaining in popularity. Besides enabling crossings underneath rivers, roads and structures ...

VIENNA, April 6 (UPI) --Austrian energy company OMV said it made a breakthrough for the industry with a novel drilling method in the northernmost oil field offshore Norway. Operating in the Wisting ...

Raiseboring and drilling services group Master Drilling is nearing completion of a 220 m hole with a diameter of 4.5 m in a horizontal raisebore (HRB) trial project at Southern Africa-focused miner ...