At-a-Glance: Directional drilling in tight reservoirs is a precision workflow that plans, places, and drills long, low-tortuosity laterals within a thin target, while controlling ECD, hole cleaning, ...

Data from Permian basin drilling show the benefits of automation advances. Next-level drilling automation executes steering decisions from the bit guidance system automatically. Slide sequences are ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Motive Drilling Technologies, the rapidly growing directional drilling decision-automation company, today announced that they have now guided over 2 Million feet using their ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that a group of directional driller consultants were independent contractors, not employees, in large part due to their highly specialized ...

I.1 Objective: Drill a collision-safe, high-quality wellbore (low tortuosity, cementable, run-completable) that meets subsurface targets while controlling ECD, vibration, and hole cleaning across all ...

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 ...

Choosing the right size horizontal directional drill (HDD) for utility work can be a real challenge. Trying to manage multiple customers in multiple locations and varying ground conditions can ...