In modern oil and gas drilling operations, selecting the right drilling fluid is critical to ensure efficient, ...

PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Co. worked with Southwest Petroleum University researchers to test new drilling fluid technology designed to prevent formation damage for ultradeep fractured tight sandstone ...

Drilling deeper, longer and more challenging wells has been made possible by improvements in drilling technologies, including more efficient and effective drilling fluids. Drilling fluids, also ...

A 60-page "Drilling Fluids and Health Risk Management: A Guide for Drilling Personnel, Managers and Health Professionals in the Oil and Gas Industry" guide posted last month by two European ...

Rig-site fluid test automation has lagged automated drilling technology and is now a bottleneck to real-time drilling diagnostics and decisions. A new automated mud skid (AMS) addresses this gap by ...