The cost drilling oil well now costs as much as $120 million, according to the chairman, Green Energy International Limited, Prof. Anthony Adegbulugbe. He dropped the hint at the official project sign ...
Drilling a water well in the Hill Country of Texas, where the terrain is predominantly limestone, can be costly. A 650-foot well with a proper setup, including a pressure tank and reservoir, can cost ...
Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...
In engineering, precision tools are as crucial as the instruments a surgeon relies on to perform intricate surgeries with ...
Similar to contract drilling, pricing for pressure pumping largely depends on the supply-demand balance, with service firms generally commanding pricing power around 80% utilization. Patterson’s ...
Real-time streaming well data monitors drilling performance and aids drilling decisions using web-based drilling models to calculate and predict drilling parameters. These models improve rate of ...