Drilling rigs are machines that create holes (boreholes) and/or shafts in the ground. They are equipped with deck engines or truck engines, hoists or lifts, compressors, pumps, and pipe-handling ...

Dr. Rasouli has been involved in development of Petroleum Engineering Programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels, establishment of advanced labs in the area of Geomechanics and Drilling, and ...

Tropical cyclones pose a great risk to human life and cause massive disruptions to hydrocarbon production in the Gulf of Mexico. To determine if or when evacuations need to take ...

Directional drilling has been an integral part of the oil and gas industry since the 1920s. While the technology has improved over the years, the concept of directional drilling remains the same ...

After successful drilling results shown at an underground operation of Chile-based copper miner Pucobre, mining equipment ...

Engineering consultants said the Deepwater ... “All subsea B.O.P. stacks used for deepwater drilling should be equipped with two blind shear rams,” said the report, written by the SINTEF ...

A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone: Southern ...

Halliburton has introduced its LOGIX automation and remote operations platform, designed to refine drilling performance. LOGIX assists with autonomous drilling, streamlines well delivery, shortens ...

Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has completed an inaugural drilling programme on the Mushima North copper project, in Zambia.

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Facilities UW and the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences are home to a state-of-the-art Drilling and Completions Simulation Lab, the most advanced of its kind in higher education worldwide, ...