I.M. Kutasov MultiSpectrum Technologies Inc. Santa Monica, Calif. Sodium chloride added to drilling mud left in the annulus helps lower the fluid's freeze point, eliminating the chance of casing ...
ConocoPhillips, Tesco Corp., and Schlumberger Ltd. successfully tested rotary-steerable casing drilling in South Texas, combining directional drilling technology with casing drilling. "Each of these ...
Erle P. Halliburton in 1921 patented an advanced technology for cementing wells that brought greater production and environmental safety to America’s oilfields. With his “Method and Means for ...
Once a well has been drilled, if it is to become a production well, the well must undergo completion. While drilling a well cuts through the rock formations and allows drilling engineers to reach the ...
CARROLLTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Varel International, a leading manufacturer of drill bits and a global supplier to the drilling industry, announces the development of the CaseBit™ advanced casing ...
Directional drilling on multi-well pads is used to drill multiple wells from a single surface location to different subsurface targets, optimizing surface footprint, cycle time, and cost while safely ...
Conductor casing Conductor casing is the first string set below the structural casing (i.e., drive pipe or marine conductor run to protect loose near-surface formations and to enable circulation of ...