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 ...

Drilling through stainless steel is no easy task, but it is possible, especially if you have the right type of drill bits on ...

The two- to three-day process of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas is perhaps one of the most misunderstood drilling practices, becoming as bad of a word in some circles as a racial slur.Entire ...

Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, walks down from an Ascent drilling rig in Belmont County. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Between ...

Drilling supervisors at GDF Suez E&P Deutschland GMBH have used a visual road map to control drilling operations since March 2008. The Leer Z5-5 is one of the tight gas wells recently drilled by GDF ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - The Obama administration on Tuesday will announce plans to speed up the review process for oil and gas companies seeking to drill on U.S. lands. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is set ...

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 ...