Oil & Gas Drilling - Articles - Page 25

Penn College Gas Drilling Simulator Helps Train Roughnecks

Aaron Foley

May 29, 2014

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Hands-on experience is a necessary lesson for all disciplines, and drilling is no exception.

Does "mature" water well drilling industry scare young workers?

Jeremy Verdusco

May 29, 2014

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I think a lot about training and thought about it again as I read freelancer Aaron Foley’s article this month (page 32) on a gas well simulator at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa.

Atlas Copco Construction Equipment, Stewart & Stevenson Form Partnership

Texas-based company will distribute manufacturer's generators, compressors

May 16, 2014

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Stewart & Stevenson serves oil and gas drilling, other markets with equipment rental, service.

Cestusline HMD Cut5 Gloves

May 12, 2014

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The heavy-duty work gloves are ideal for oil and gas work, mining, tool pushing and other safety-intensive uses.

The Benefits of Pneumatic Drilling

Joe Bradfield

May 1, 2014

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Pneumatic hammer drilling gives drillers an advantage in all but the most extreme soft ground conditions says Josh Marcus, senior product specialist of Atlas Copco Secoroc down-hole tools. And when weighted drilling fluid is not required to control the formations, hammer drilling should be the favored technique.

World According to Wayne: Differential Sticking Tips for Oil Well Drilling

Wayne Nash

May 1, 2014

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Another winter has pretty much passed in the Williston basin, and I am glad of it. We didn’t have much snow this winter, which made for better road conditions, but the temperature and wind chills set records.

API, Oil and Gas Industry Celebrate 65 Years of Hydraulic Fracturing

Fracking technology has helped U.S. on path to energy independence

April 9, 2014

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Industry developed hydraulic fracturing March 17, 1949, as way to unlock tight shale formations.

$Researchers at Duke University found water from mining operations and water from hydraulic fracturing could effectively cancel each other out, yielding water clean enough to put back into fracking.$

The Future of Fracturing Flowback

Holly Case

April 1, 2014

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Industry creates profit and products we can all use, but it often comes at a significant cost. The positive outcome of hydraulic fracturing is the discovery of more usable natural gas, but one frequently mentioned downside is the way water is used in the process.

A good clamping system can significantly cut time to trip out, as well as increase operator safety.

Hands-Free Clamping Boosts Drilling Safety

Brandon Wronski

April 1, 2014

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Tripping out drill rods can range from being somewhat tedious to seriously dangerous; not to mention it is also hard, physical work. While sharing the same basic principles of water well, geothermal, foundation and other drilling industries, the processes used for tripping the drilling rods in the oil and gas industries are a different animal altogether.