Oil

Statoil launches new rig type for increased oil recovery

Statoil let a contract to Aker Solutions to hire a category B drilling rig, a new type of rig, which is designed to increase recovery from the company’s operating fields on the Norwegian continental ...
Oil

Special Report: Unconventional basins require new rig types

Even though more than 1,000 rigs are inactive in the US, drilling contractors are building new land rigs to satisfy operator demand for improved technology. In the case of Nabors Drilling USA LP, ...
Houston Chronicle

Could robots replace roughnecks? World’s first autonomous rig drills first well in Permian Basin

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 ...
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Diagrams and Maps: Drilling Rigs Offshore: Types (semi-submersibles) New Era semi-submersible drilling rig Baltimore Canyon, 1978 March 30

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Diagrams and Maps: Drilling Rigs Onshore: Types (models) API Model Drilling Rig

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The New York Times

Despite Moratorium, Drilling Projects Move Ahead

WASHINGTON — In the days since President Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the ...