It’s no secret that Brazil has seen a big boom in its oil industry in recent years, driven by a string of significant offshore discoveries. For the young professionals of Brazil...

Drilling Contractor attended a demonstration of National Oilwell Varco’s (NOV) ST-120 iron roughneck at one of its Houston manufacturing facilities...

Charlie Springett is an industry veteran who retired from Santa Fe International Corp (now Transocean) in 2002. Charlie dedicated his entire career...

Collaboration is a beautiful thing, especially when it extends beyond the parties involved to create a standard of practice for a safer workplace...

Safety. Environmental footprint. Cost efficiency. In the oil and gas industry’s ever-expanding lexicon, no terms have become as top of mind as these critical watchwords that factor into every decision on every well...

Completions have never been simple. But for today’s wells, the industry has had to push the envelope to develop game-changing technologies to operate in increasingly complex...

DrillingContractor.org caught up with the Offshore Energy Center’s Mobile Offshore Learning Units (MOLU) at Jane Long Elementary School, Richmond, Texas. Check out these fun and educational learning tools in action, and hear reactions of students and teachers.