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Drilling Technology Video: Intelliserv

The Intelliserv network has the latest in real time bandwidth redundant telemetry solution for drill pipes.

Drilling Technology: Expandable Reamer

A new down hole operating system for deepwater projects.  

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    LATEST DRILLING NEWS
  • Baker Hughes gets contract extension with Russian operator
  • Aker Solutions name change becomes official
  • Stabil Drill opens Oklahoma City facility
  • GE Oil & Gas wins $11m contract with OGX of Brazil to supply advanced subsea wellhead technology
  • Weatherford signs technology agreement with ENI
  • North American Energy Resources, Inc. recompletes Washington County Well and finds oil in lower Bartlesville zone

  • DRILLING FEATURES
    Integrate real-time drilling data within the geological model

    With the increased demand for greater efficiencies in drilling operations, oil and gas companies are searching for new means of using all available data while drilling.

    Multifunction LWD system scores points

    A complete formation evaluation suite in a single, compact LWD package is quickly gaining respect as a robust solution to complex reservoir problems.

    Guide the well path in real time for geological precision

    By acquiring and interpreting the proper set of measurements while drilling, geosteering engineers can locate the well path in real time with respect to the geological boundaries and guide the progress of the well.

    Oil: What price can America afford?

    With the “green shoots” of recovery more numerous by the day, dark warnings of a new spike in oil prices are also multiplying.

    Chase Williston Basin fractures

    Natural fractures bring out the best in the Bakken Shale oil play as they provide permeability that allows production.

    WELL CONSTRUCTION
    Don’t sweat the small stuff

    In today’s market, stuck tools are definitely not considered small stuff. However one company’s coiled tubing service is decreasing this problem’s impact.