Underbalanced drilling (UBD) intentionally keeps bottomhole pressure below the formation pore pressure to allow controlled inflow while drilling. It sits at the intersection of well construction and ...

Directional drilling is the controlled steering of a wellbore along a planned 3D path to reach subsurface targets that are not vertically aligned with the surface location. It spans planning through ...

Italy's Eni has resumed offshore drilling in Libya after a five-year pause, joining other oil majors returning as the country ...

When you think about offshore oil rigs, what comes to mind is what you may have seen in movies — skeletal towers in the middle of a vast sea, some flares cutting through the darkness, and a crew that ...

The Trump administration could look for ways to keep energy permitting up and running if much of the federal government shuts ...

According to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Johnson County is prime country for oil extraction and exploration, and favorable ...

Sable Offshore wants to restart oil drilling off Santa Barbara after an oil spill a decade ago. Scientists think pumping out ...

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has announced the launch of the country’s first-ever oil drilling campaign in the coming months, local outlet Shabelle Media Network reported. Mohamud said ...

An offshore oil platform with Santa Cruz Island in the background in California's Santa Barbara Channel. (Marli Miller/UCG/via Getty Images) More than 50 years ago, a catastrophic oil spill along ...

The Trump administration plans to continue issuing permits for oil drilling and do other work on “priority conventional ...