Deep-water drilling's best days are behind it. For all the stiff upper lips at the Offshore Technology Conference, most people described a shrinking industry trying to accommodate a new low-price ...

LAS CRUCES - A hydrologist working with the city to build three new wells recently held a short course to explain the drilling process. “The ideal well is efficient, with very little sand production,” ...

Italy’s Eni has started drilling a deep-water well in Block-52, off the coast of Oman, in what is believed to be the Sultanate's first ever deep-water exploration well. Drillship Pacific Bora, owned ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Deep water is a vital segment of the oil and gas industry. Since 2010, according to Rystad, an independent consulting firm, 40 percent of all hydrocarbon resources discovered occurred in deep-water ...

US deep-water drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has delivered its semi-submersible Ocean Apex to Australia for assignments with multiple major operators. Diamond said the Ocean Apex had completed ...

SHANGHAI -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. is aiming to drill its first deep-water well next year in the South China Sea, ending a moratorium on exploration in waters near areas disputed by Vietnam, ...

Borewell drilling is a remarkable process that taps into underground water sources. It begins with a site survey to determine the best location for drilling. Using advanced drilling rigs, a borehole ...

SAN ANGELO — The Holt families were dedicated water-well drillers. John Fletcher Holt and Park Holt bought their first drilling rig in 1912. They drilled more than 3,000 water wells in Tom Green, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An environmental group sued the Interior Department on Wednesday for what it called the “fast track” permitting of potentially dangerous oil and natural gas wells in offshore waters ...