Drilling fluid — This article is about fluids used when drilling a well. For fluids used with drill bits during metal working, see cutting fluid. Driller pouring a foaming agent down the rod string on a drilling rig In geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid is… … Wikipedia
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Diamond Offshore Drilling — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Type Public (NYSE: DO) S P 500 Component Industry … Wikipedia
Drilling engineering — is a subset of petroleum engineering. Drilling engineers design and implement procedures to drill wells as safely and economically as possible. They work closely with the drilling contractor, service contractors, and compliance personnel, as well … Wikipedia
Blowout (well drilling) — A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1] Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and… … Wikipedia
Ocean Rig — UDW Inc. Type Public Traded as NASDAQ: ORIG … Wikipedia
Odfjell Drilling — Type Private Industry Oilfield services Founded 1973 Headquarters BergenStavanger … Wikipedia
Directional drilling — A horizontal directional drill in operation Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice of drilling non vertical wells. It can be broken down into three main groups: Oilfield Directional Drilling, Utility Installation Directional… … Wikipedia
North Drilling — Company Type Public company Industry Oil Gas Founded 1998[1] Headquarters Tehran, Iran Key peo … Wikipedia
Baptist well drilling — A very simple manual method to drill water wells, meant to be applied by very poor villagers in developing countries, who quickly learn how to drill their wells themselves. The Baptist drilling rig can be built in any ordinary arc welding… … Wikipedia
Aker Drilling — Infobox Company company name = company company type = Public foundation = 2005 location = Stavanger, Norway key people = Geir Atle Sjøberg (CEO) area served = industry = Petroleum products = Drilling rigs revenue = operating income = net income … Wikipedia