The drilling procedure commonly known as "fracking" could be banned in Florida under a proposed bill. The general bill was filed Thursday by Republican Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, who represents Fort ...

A new drilling technique is opening up vast fields of previously out-of-reach oil in the western United States, helping reverse a two-decade decline in domestic production of crude. Companies are ...

Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and Underbalanced Drilling (UBD) techniques represent significant advancements in the safe and efficient extraction of hydrocarbons. MPD employs sophisticated control ...

A slide and compound drilling model calculates build-up rate (BUR) of a single bent-angle motor assembly using a physical model and genetic-algorithm back propagation (GA-BP) regression analysis. A ...

The proposed method can provide deeper insights into the sedimentation process during drilling, thereby improving the efficiency and reliability of foundation construction practices in geotechnically ...

The U.S. EPA is vowing to finally get to the bottom of underground fracking. Federal environmental officials this week announced they would take on a $1.9 million study of the possible effects on ...

In a full-scale demonstration on an oil rig near Houston, Texas, Quaise Energy showcased its new drilling technique capable of reaching superhot geothermal resources 2 to 12 miles beneath the Earth's ...

Learn about drilling mud, also known as drilling fluid, which facilitates borehole drilling for oil, gas, and sampling by ...