Drilling through stainless steel is no easy task, but it is possible, especially if you have the right type of drill bits on ...

Drilling in its broadest sense is any process that involves making a circular hole in a solid material or hard surface using a boring tool. With thousands of applications across industries, drilling ...

Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, walks down from an Ascent drilling rig in Belmont County. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Between ...

Drilling supervisors at GDF Suez E&P Deutschland GMBH have used a visual road map to control drilling operations since March 2008. The Leer Z5-5 is one of the tight gas wells recently drilled by GDF ...

A new technique developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories using an inexpensive disposable fiber optics telemetry system to relay real-time information about the drilling process is ...

The United States produces more oil and gas than any other country. Domestic production is increasing in some areas and decreasing in others, but new limits on parts of the drilling process could cut ...