Halliburton and Sekal have announced the deployment of what they claim to be the world's first automated on-bottom drilling ...

Mineral exploration is often be considered to be a rudimentary process; one of hardcore geoscience, with prospectors poring over maps and collecting rock core samples using drilling technology that is ...

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 ...

Halliburton Company HAL and Sekal AS recently made a technology breakthrough in upstream oil operations by deploying the world’s first automated on-bottom drilling system. The automation breakthrough ...

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 ...

Halliburton HAL and Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR have reached a breakthrough by completing the first fully automated surface and subsurface execution of rotary and slide drilling operations in Oman.

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands and CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huisman Equipment B.V. (“Huisman”) and Eavor Technologies Inc. (“Eavor”) are pleased to announce an agreement to ...

Houston, June 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Drillform, a leading manufacturer of fully automated drilling equipment, announced today that it has successfully closed new funding and entered into a ...

Epiroc's SmartROC D60 is a down-the-hole (DTH) surface drill rig incorporates smart features such as automated drilling and rod handling. Drill holes 4.6 to 7 in. in diameter Drill to a maximum 182 ft ...

BDC Capital’s Growth & Transition Capital division provided a quasi-equity loan to Drillform Technical Services, completing an earlier financing led by Canadian private equity firm Longbow Capital. No ...

NASA scientists plan to drill someday into the surface of Mars to look for water and signs of possible life. So, scientists are developing an automated, unmanned drill rig that can operate totally on ...

Vermeer introduces the D24 horizontal directional drill (HDD), the latest in utility installation equipment designed for urban contractors' evolving needs. "The D24 represents a significant step ...