Learn about spud, the initial drilling process in oil and gas that protects groundwater and outlines a well's development from spud date to completion.

Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...

Deep Isolation Nuclear Inc. uses drilling techniques developed for fracking by the oil and natural gas industry to dig boreholes where it can deposit spent nuclear fuel rods. A nuclear technology ...

Oil is so embedded in daily life that it often goes unnoticed. But before the mid-19th century, it played a very small role ...