Mud engineering designs, executes, and continuously optimizes the drilling fluid system to control subsurface pressures, stabilize the wellbore, remove cuttings, cool/lubricate the bit and BHA, ...

Goal: Tighten mud logging practices to deliver reliable formation and drilling dysfunction insights in real time by improving lag accuracy, gas extraction/quantification, and sample quality, ...

The RED Drilling Rig 202 has completed rigging up at the Kinsau-1A drill site and testing the safety equipment. Drilling operations commenced on August 8th with the entry into the original 13 3/8-inch ...

Abstract: Improving mud motor reliability is vital in the drilling industry for enhancing drilling efficiency, minimizing environmental impact, and maximizing economic profit. Despite their long ...

In today’s high-demand energy sector, utilities and infrastructure developers face increasing pressure to deliver projects more quickly while minimizing disruption to the environment and surrounding ...

In the paper we propose a framework for well construction full cycle support that integrates essential well construction stages: well design/pre-job phase, real-time operational support, and job ...

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which wants the oil pipeline shut down, says spills near Lake Oahe were environmental violations. The tribe at the forefront of fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline ...

We take easy communications for granted these days. It’s no bother to turn on a lightbulb remotely via a radio link or sense the water level in your petunias, but how does a drilling rig sense data ...