Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was introduced in the late 1980s; the process was not an overnight success. Drill manufacturers spent the initial years explaining to skeptical contractors the ...

Announced at ICUEE 2017, the Green Ops process is designed to reduce risk and improve efficiency and profitability on HDD bores “Technology advancements coupled with progressive thinking among ...

Data from Permian basin drilling show the benefits of automation advances. Next-level drilling automation executes steering decisions from the bit guidance system automatically. Slide sequences are ...

At-a-Glance: Directional drilling in tight reservoirs is a precision workflow that plans, places, and drills long, low-tortuosity laterals within a thin target, while controlling ECD, hole cleaning, ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Motive Drilling Technologies, the rapidly growing directional drilling decision-automation company, today announced that they have now guided over 2 Million feet using their ...

Since late 2003, horizontal directional drilling (HDD) contractors have been enjoying a much calmer business environment in a market poised for steady growth. This growth is enhanced by increasingly ...

Using indices to describe and compare drilling complexity and analyzing the efficiency of the energy applied to formations while drilling can improve performance. The first part of this series ...

NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Scientific Drilling International (SDI), the U.S. oil industry's largest independent directional drilling firm, is being offered to potential buyers at a valuation of more ...