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: ...
Exciting news from Halliburton! Introducing the HyperSteer MX, a shankless matrix-body drill bit designed to enhance ...
I.1 Directional wells in shale reservoirs are drilled to place long horizontals within a thin, brittle target interval to maximize stimulated rock volume during multi-stage fracturing. 2.8 Drill to ...
EnCana says this gives them the opportunity to prove their directional drilling method in Jonah, while the BLM says the success of the pilot project will be taken into consideration of the industry's ...
Changes in directional drilling and surveying practices could lead to a reduction in positional errors arising from nonconstant wellbore curvature. Part 1 of this series (OGJ, Oct. 27, 2003, p. 51) ...
A concept that employs expandable-profile liners, developed to shutoff high-pressure water flows in drilling operations, has proven to be effective for isolating water influx from directional and ...