Typically, the hydraulic pipe racks are positioned between drilling rigs and pipe transport trailers or flat bed trucks. Specifications for automated pipe-handling systems include tubular length, ...

Originally conceived as a bottom-supported drilling unit, semisubmersibles eventually found their true calling. Now, semisubs are the most stable of any floating rig, many times chosen for harsh ...

The premise of a jackup rig is that ... device employs a rack and two pinion gears that are turned to move the legs up and down. There are two ways to mount the drilling equipment on the hull.

Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE:DO) -2.1% in early trading Tuesday after saying equipment on a rig under lease to BP (BP) ...

They are used as a power source to perform regular operations on the rig. These operations include making up and breaking out drill pipe and casing, pulling single joints of pipe and casing from the ...

Canada’s largest drilling rig contracting company has seen such surprising growth in customer demand after the opening of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that its CEO believes a rig ...

In response, someone took exception to my claim by stating that he works in the industry, and drilling rigs are stacking up. It is correct that the rig count has fallen. According to data from ...

In its weekly release, Baker Hughes Company BKR stated that the U.S. rig count was higher than the ... there has been a slowdown in drilling activities, which may continue as upstream players ...

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