With drilling being the determinate cost, new techs like multi-pad drilling and ultra-mobile drill rigs attract a lot of attention.
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The past several years have been challenging for company so dependent on transporting drill rigs and other over-sized equipment for the international oil companies.
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Next door is Simops, or simultaneous operations, which choreographs the complex dance of drill ships, drill rigs and service vessels that crowd the sea above the leaking well.
Mr. SIEGLER: Back at the reintroduction site, Bob Leachman says the black-footed ferret's survival depends on how intense the drilling is, and he believes there's every indication given the current boom, that big trucks, drill rigs and roads will soon dot stop this landscape.
Many of the factors behind America's gas boom, including liberal regulation of pipelines (which encouraged wildcat exploration by small producers), a well-aimed subsidy and abundant drill-rigs, do not exist elsewhere.
Its primary business is the ownership and operation of jack-up rigs, tender rigs, semi-submersible rigs and drill ships for operations in shallow, mid- and deepwater areas.
At the same time, Global Marine has concentrated its fleet around rigs that can drill in more than 250 feet of water, as oil companies look farther and farther offshore for reserves in places like West Africa and Brazil.
Two rigs in the Ardwick area would drill down 3km (2 miles) to a thermal spring in the multi-million pound plan.
During the third quarter, the company continued what it described as an aggressive drill campaign with 13 core and 10 reverse circulation rigs in operation.
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The KKR money prompted Hilcorp to add four more horizontal rigs, bringing its total to six and allowing it to drill over 40 horizontal wells.
Those deep water rigs use an enormous amount of diesel fuel to turn the drill bit, and also resist the force that is turning the drill bit and would otherwise force the platform to start turning in the opposite direction.
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