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New Crude Production Record in Sight as Permian Basin Comeback Continues
As oil prices break through multiyear highs, the heartland of US onshore activity is nearing…
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India plans to seek carbon emissions data linked to each LNG cargo
India will seek carbon emissions data linked to each cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG),…
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Norwegian Tech Deployments Show What 21st-Century Drilling Looks Like
The IADC/SPE Virtual International Drilling Conference held last week helped bolster the argument that if…
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New Joint Venture Targets Digital Integration for Well Construction
Intellilift has joined forces with deepwater rig contractor Transocean in a joint venture aimed at…
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ExxonMobil Testing the Next Step Total Drilling Automation on Land
International rig contractor Nabors Industries has drilled the first of three wells in the Permian…
Understanding Naphtha and Ethane Cracking Processes
Ethylene – because its molecules have very distinctive and useful chemical properties – is manufactured…
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Heavy weight drill pipe (HWDP)
Grant Prideco offers three types of heavy weight drill pipe: Standard, Tri-Spiral™, and Spiral-Wate™. Each…
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Introduction to Petroleum Products and Test Methods
CRUDE OIL ANALYSIS Crude petroleum oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon gases, methane,…
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What is Directional Drilling?
Most wells drilled for water, oil, natural gas, information or other subsurface objectives are vertical…
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Fluid Saturations
Oil and/or gas are never alone in “saturating” the available pore space. Water is always…