Directional drilling has been an integral part of the oil and gas industry since the 1920s. While the technology has improved over the years, the concept of directional drilling remains the same: ...

A total of 140,896 m of drilling in 719 holes was completed in 2018, including 75,441 m since the mid-year Mineral Reserve and Resource update. Drilling in 2018 included 48,942 m of surface ...

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was introduced in the late 1980s; the process was not an overnight success. Drill manufacturers spent the initial years explaining to skeptical contractors the ...

Directional drilling is used to precisely place wellbores within the most productive parts of the reservoir and to increase reservoir contact, thereby boosting inflow capacity and ultimate recovery ...

Data from Permian basin drilling show the benefits of automation advances. Next-level drilling automation executes steering decisions from the bit guidance system automatically. Slide sequences are ...

The actuation of microscale liquid droplets is a key point in the lab-on-chip field. Marangoni force actuation resulting from a temperature gradient has remarkable advantages. However, high hysteresis ...