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 ...

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED Work on the Palabora project has started and civil preparation is well under way to enable the completion of the first shaft in 2016. Raiseboring and drilling services ...

With increasing depth, geothermal energy offers an almost inexhaustible potential for renewable energy. The drilling costs however, rise exponentially with depth in the case of conventional rotary ...

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 ...

ALBANY — A coalition of environmental groups on Friday challenged state Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens over a new technique to extract underground natural gas using propane, ...

WASHINGTON — Is a common oil and gas drilling technique making people ill? A House panel Wednesday grappled with concerns that chemicals used in "hydraulic fracturing," a process to boost oil and gas ...

Experiments were conducted with winter- and spring-sown cover crops to compare drilling and broadcasting methods for establishing rye mixed with either purple or common vetch on beds. Results showed ...