Chevron has successfully completed three wells in the Lower Tertiary in deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM)...

Rasik Bahadur, vice president of subsurface testing services for Schlumberger, speaks with Drilling Contractor...

Chevron Thailand is working to develop simple tools that will help to stimulate crews’ thought processes and ensure...

Vinay Mehta, vice president of technical excellence & innovation for Fairmount Minerals, speaks with Drilling Contractor associate editor Katherine Scott...

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) FluidControl has introduced a mobile water-treatment system for hydraulic fracturing...

Schlumberger has launched the Quartet-HT high-performance downhole reservoir testing system. This reservoir characterization...

Hydrocarbon production is a risky business, and nowhere is this more evident than in the deepest, darkest waters on the planet, where some of the brightest prospects for the future lie miles beneath the surface. High pressures and temperatures, extended laterals and unstable reservoirs are...

The ongoing search for new oil and gas reserves continues to push the technical limits of well construction, as more complex wells are being drilled into increasingly remote...

Just as wells have become longer and more complex, drill pipe is not what it used to be. Improved steel grades and connections for conventional pipe, advanced materials for extreme environments, wired drill pipe...

Well cementing is one of the most critical steps of the well completion procedure. However, as the last step in well construction, cementing is sometimes not given the attention...