SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pioneer Drilling Company (Amex: PDC) today reported that the ninth rig of its 16 rig new-build program has commenced ...
Iron roughnecks are mechanized tong systems that make up (tighten) and break out (loosen) drillstring and tubular connections on rigs, replacing manual tongs and spinning chains to improve safety, ...
A new drilling rig put into service by the Houston company Nabors Industries recently completed its first well in the Permian Basin, drilling to a depth of nearly 20,000 feet. That might not seem like ...
WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The backbreaking life of a roughneck, the iconic worker bees of oilfield drilling rigs, is getting a little easier. Schramm Inc, which built the drilling rig ...
Picture an oilfield. Chances are you see a greasy drilling rig surrounded by a group of equally greased-up and grizzled oilmen, moving heavy equipment in a dangerous and labor-intensive environment.
WILLISTON, N.D. -- North Dakota's oil boom has Terry Tinnes torn. On one hand, Tinnes makes more money than he knows what to do with while working as a "company man," a position that oversees a ...
FORT WORTH, Texas – Working on a drilling rig is a tough and dangerous job, where the days are long and the language is often profanity-laced. But there is also a Christian element, say members of the ...
An integral part of the drilling process, iron roughnecks connect and disconnect drill pipe. Whether pipe is being fed into the wellbore or it is being taken out, the iron roughneck uses a rotary ...
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