Geology is an important topic in the world of oil drilling, whether you’re interested in pursuing a career in the industry or ...

Drilling deeper, longer and more challenging wells has been made possible by improvements in drilling technologies, including more efficient and effective drilling fluids. Drilling fluids, also ...

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 ...

China begins drilling a six-mile-deep scientific well named Shendi Take 1 to explore the depths of the Earth and its secrets.

PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Co. worked with Southwest Petroleum University researchers to test new drilling fluid technology designed to prevent formation damage for ultradeep fractured tight sandstone ...

“As we have repeatedly seen in California and other parts of the country, offshore drilling is a ticking time bomb,” they continued. “Any expansion of offshore drilling in the waters off the coast of ...

Drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Beaufort Sea off Prudhoe Bay in Alaska would be a ...

Vegetable ester-based drilling fluids may satisfy demanding technical criteria and strict environmental standards for offshore work. The rising world energy demand has led to exploration for oil and ...

Regulators and the energy industry need to close regulatory gaps that contributed to one of the worst oil drilling accidents in decades, a federal agency warned yesterday in an unprecedented report.