A new drilling rig put into service by the Houston company Nabors Industries recently completed its first well in the Permian Basin, drilling to a depth of nearly 20,000 feet. That might not seem like ...

Rig-floor drilling robots improve quality control in repetitive tasks and eliminate people from red-zone exposure to dangers such as dropped objects and pinch points. Three robotic-drilling pilot ...

Frontline rig-floor professional executing safe handling of tubulars and assisting drilling operations under the Driller’s direction. Focused on red-zone control, equipment readiness, and flawless ...

Good help can be hard to find in the oil patch these days, which is why Bruno stands out. He has a sunny disposition and doesn’t complain when shifts run long. He’s intelligent and a good problem ...

Equinor has acknowledged that an incident on board a semi-submersible drilling rig working on the Troll gas field offshore Norway in September 2025 was the most serious category in its safety ...

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s stunning but true that we know more about the surface of the moon than about the Earth’s ocean floor. Much of what we do know has come from scientific ocean drilling – the ...

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. said equipment on a rig under lease to BP Plc accidentally broke free during a storm and sank to the bottom off the UK coast. No one was injured and no crude leaked into ...

Project co-owner Santos said the accident happened on 23 June at Saxon Energy Services’ Rig 185 at the Fairview field. The man, aged 21, died at the site. All drilling in Queensland was stopped ...

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The world’s first fully automated land drilling rig has completed its first well, according to Nabors Industries Ltd, the company with its principal executive office in Hamilton. The global oil and ...

Nabors Drilling is introducing a new series of programmable AC electric (PACE) rigs. The rigs are being built in North America, the Middle East, and in China, and moving into many markets. The PACE ...