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 ...

BLM must balance energy development with complex environmental and cultural resource concerns Permits to drill on state land can take as little as ten days to process The lengthy process will likely ...

Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, walks down from an Ascent drilling rig in Belmont County. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Between ...

Drilling supervisors at GDF Suez E&P Deutschland GMBH have used a visual road map to control drilling operations since March 2008. The Leer Z5-5 is one of the tight gas wells recently drilled by GDF ...

A drill bit is what actually cuts into the rock when drilling an oil or gas well. Located at the tip of the drillstring, below the drill collar and the drill pipe, the drill bit is a rotating ...

LOVELAND — Within a few months, McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc., developer of the Centerra neighborhood of east Loveland, plans to submit an application for a permit to drill oil and gas wells on ...

The geology and science behind oil drilling can be quite interesting and important for understanding which companies are the right fit for your investment. When people talk about oil drilling, many of ...

Henry Ford was on to something 100 years ago when he ramped up his operations with the assembly line. It was Dec. 1, 1913, and workers, who had been trained in one of 84 separate steps to build the ...