Micro EDM production-drilling systems from Ann Arbor Machine Co. (www.annarbormachine.com) tackle hole sizes from 0.004 to 0.035 in. in diameter, maintain size variation to ±0.0001 in., produce ...

Automation, digitalization and electrification are reshaping how mines plan, execute and optimize drilling activities, while ...

Rig-floor drilling robots improve quality control in repetitive tasks and eliminate people from red-zone exposure to dangers such as dropped objects and pinch points. Three robotic-drilling pilot ...

In the era of automation, energy investors are closely watching companies that deploy automated drilling technologies. These advanced systems, which require minimal human intervention, reduce downtime ...

Halliburton HAL and Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR have reached a breakthrough by completing the first fully automated surface and subsurface execution of rotary and slide drilling operations in Oman.

Many types and sizes of drilling machines are used in manufacturing. They range in size from a simple bench mounted sensitive drill press to the large multiple-spindle machines able to drive many ...

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 ...

Claire Barbier has an analogy at the ready to describe recent advances in automated drilling. “It's a bit like a self-driving car,” says Barbier, marketing director for SLB’s well construction ...

As the U.S. rig count continues a slow rise in a somewhat muted response to higher prices for crude oil and natural gas, two giants of the industry announced last week that they are partnering in an ...