The drilling industry’s multifaceted quest for downhole tools made of lighter materials, along with ways to make those tools react both quicker and smarter, is picking up momentum. The drilling ...

The release of Epiroc ET66, ET45 and ET38 marks a substantial breakthrough in tophammer drilling efficiency and reliability. Developed over five years, the new Epiroc ET drill string components have ...

IntelliServ announced the successful completion of a fifth field trial of the IntelliServ® network, a high-speed, real-time drill string telemetry network run in combination with third-party downhole ...

The design of drilling components utilizes strength and stress material attributes and there are significant differences between aluminum and steel strings. When aluminum strings are substituted for ...