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New hardware and software can help a mine hit production numbers amid staffing shortages, declining grade and strict sustainability goals The newest solutions and technologies for blasthole drilling help address [...]

Nabors Industries and Corva announced a strategic technology partnership to provide a digital and automation offering to the global drilling industry. Integrating Corva's industry leading App Store and Dev Center [...]

Prima Power Laserdyne's ShapeSoft, a feature of the SP94P control for its multi-axis fiber laser systems, simplifies the creation of programs for producing cone, oblique cone, fan, racetrack and a [...]

'What we've got here is failure to communicate.' Anyone of a certain age likely recognizes that iconic quote from the 1967 classic, 'Cool Hand Luke.' As movies often define the [...]

BRUNNER & LAY developed the Arrow drilling system to allow modern, high-powered rock drills in surface and underground applications to produce precise holes. The Arrow provides less bending stress on [...]

Drilling ultra-deep wells places significant requirements on the drillstring. Lengthy drillstrings lead to high tensile loads, which lead to slip-crushing, hoisting issues and drill pipe collapse capacity concerns at the [...]

The reasons and the designing for the technology that led to the development of dry surface coatings of (OCTG), which can eliminate the need for pipe dope connections during drilling in US, are illustrated.

American Gas Foundation's report 'Natural Gas Outlook to 2020' analyzed the effect of existing, expected and expanded natural gas policies in the wake of ever increasing gas prices. Graphical representation of price trends is presented. Bush government's funding to Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and R&D of natural gas industry in 2006 budget is examined. Department of Energy's funding to microhole drilling technology is also outlined.

Highly complex and faulted geology in southern Oklahoma, coupled with the high dip angles, creates a challenging drilling environment. The inclination-building tendencies of these formations compel operators to use a [...]

The latest advances in drilling technology and the latest technology for designing and developing underground drifts are presented.

Faced with the need to join aluminum to aluminum and aluminum to steel, automakers have been forced to find alternatives to the tried-and-true spot welding technology they had been using [...]

ROCKMORE INTERNATIONAL engineers have developed a new thread design, XT, for the Vector rod system. Designed to improve performance and service life of extension drill tools in surface and underground [...]

The various technologies that were recognized and highlighted at the Offshore Technology Conference of 2007 are described.

Analysis behind casing (ABC) services is a cost-effective tool for operators for optimizing well construction and reservoir management. The case background on the deployment of the ABC services in Norsk Hydro ASA's Oseberg South field in the Norwegian Sea is examined.

Many companies in the tunneling construction industry around the world have introduced new equipments and technologies, which are designed to improve the efficiency of drilling and blast operations. Detailed descriptions of the new drilling equipments and technologies are presented.

Byline: Amilda Dymi Mortgage companies, including mortgage servicing and property preservation firms that invest in the wrong type of data drilling and search engine optimization tools, can be in big [...]

Measuring 15.5 x 3.9 x 8.3 in., SSV2 Selfeeder™ Servo Series provides spindle speeds from 390–200,000 rpm, supporting small diameter drilling in aluminum, cast iron, and steel. Combination of high-power [...]

Suited for high volume cutting, TENDO E compact can safely transfer torques up to 384 lb-ft at 20 mm clamping diameter. Universal toolholder provides vibration damping and precise run out [...]

TENDO E compact hydraulic expansion toolholder transfers torques of up to 384 lb-ft at 20 mm clamping diameter, suiting use in high volume cutting applications. Unit features vibration damping and [...]

Byline: Nell Lukosavich Twenty thousand (remotely-powered) traces under the ground  Vol. 234 No. 4WHATâS NEW IN EXPLORATION NELL LUKOSAVICH, SENIOR EDITOR Twenty thousand (remotely-powered) traces under the ground With [...]

Outfitted with three 40 W LED light heads, Model WAL-LED-3X40 can illuminate large area with more than 10,000 lumens. Non-sparking, tubular aluminum stand disassembles into base, upright, and LED light [...]

Exhibiting ability to drill under large volumes of water without experiencing hammer flood-out, P series is suited for geothermal drilling applications. Products do not have or require foot valves, and [...]

Byline: Jim Redden Picking the low-hanging fruit Vol. 234 No.Aa1DRILLING ADVANCES JIM REDDEN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Picking the low-hanging fruit Another installment of C£you know youCOre getting older when:C¥ You leaf [...]

Byline: Okechukwu N.Anyanwu Carl Ulrich The rib-steered motor (RSM) is a new directional coiled-tubing drilling system that offers the capability of drilling complex 3D well profiles. Tests in Alaskan fields [...]

Oil firms you have never heard of are booming A TECHNIQUE called 'directional drilling' has transformed the energy business. Fifteen years ago the best drillers could force a well-shaft into [...]

Byline: Jim Redden With automation, the rig floor enters the digital age Vol. 232 No. 8DRILLING ADVANCES JIM REDDEN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR With automation, the rig floor enters the digital age [...]

Byline: Klaas Koster Shuki Ronen To facilitate infill drilling at Forties field, 3D seismic data was needed to image any shallow gas accumulations, but towed streamers couldn't acquire data beneath [...]

Byline: Justin Smith A critical, though not very glamorous, segment of the deepwater oil and gas sector is riser technology. Risers provide a vital conduit for the circulation of drilling [...]

Byline: Jim Redden A deepwater drilling method even Mother Nature could bless Vol. 232 No.a7DRILLING ADVANCES JIM REDDEN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR A deepwater drilling method even Mother Nature could bless Some [...]

In a trial in Argentina, the new rods reduced connection failures and raised output. Vol. 230 No. 11 SPECIAL FOCUS: PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY Sucker rods with new connection design enable high-load [...]

Shell applies modern decline analysis and material balance to answer the question. Vol. 230 No. 11 SPECIAL FOCUS: PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY How much oil are we leaving behind?Shell applies modern decline [...]

Is technology the cure-all for NPT? Vol. 230 No. 11 JIM REDDEN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Is technology the cure-all for NPT? Question of the month: Is the industry relying too heavily [...]

A two-well field trial for Pemex demonstrated the hybrid technology incorporating RSS and remote control of mud pumps. Vol. 230 No. 11 DRILLINGDirectional wells drilled remotely using rotary steerable systemsA [...]

The introduction of new drill technology into the manufacturing operations of Redditch-based Muller is making a major contribution towards achieving year-on-year 'cost down' objectives Muller is a first and second [...]

Staff Beaverton, Ore.-- DBM Contactors Inc. provided a value-engineered design-build solution that saved the Oregon Department of Transportation in excess of $150,000 on its $1.15-million portion of a $34-million highway [...]

Sugino's SSV2 SeIfeeder servo series can be mounted to robots for increased control and flexibility in automated drilling applications. The servo measures 15.5' x 3.9' x 8.3' (392.5 x 100 [...]

THE HYBRIDCELL hole-drilling machine targets engine components in mission-critical aerospace and industrial gas-turbine applications. It leverages a MCS 500 Laser MicroJet machine to cut diffuser shapes in the coating layer [...]

A true multi-problem solver in one platform, the Top Cut 4 indexable holemaking platform is targeted to end users that need one drill that can be applied to a variety [...]

All hydrocarbon producing regions around the world present particular drilling challenges, but the Southern North Sea (SNS) presents more than most. This area was the location, in 1965, of the [...]

Logging-while-drilling (LWD) technology is expected to be adopted in the minerals exploration and mining industry to increase efficiency and cut costs. LWD technologies allow for geophysical logging while drilling through the use of high-sped data acquisition sensors. LWD advantages include real-time evaluation of rock mass properties.