CARROLLTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Varel International, a leading manufacturer of drill bits and a global supplier to the drilling industry, announces the development of the CaseBit™ advanced casing ...

Conoco Inc., Houston and Tesco Corp., Calgary, commercialized the Casing-Drilling process by signing a multiyear, multiwell contract, which they say is their first for Casing-Drilling services. The ...

Aberdeen, UK–based casing and completion technology specialist Deep Casing Tools launched the Turbocaser Express, what it calls the “first ever drill-through tool to ensure casing to target depth, ...

Once a well has been drilled, if it is to become a production well, the well must undergo completion. While drilling a well cuts through the rock formations and allows drilling engineers to reach the ...

ConocoPhillips, Tesco Corp., and Schlumberger Ltd. successfully tested rotary-steerable casing drilling in South Texas, combining directional drilling technology with casing drilling. "Each of these ...

Directional casing while drilling, using a retrievable bottomhole assembly (BHA) to steer the wellbore, provides a unique solution to the lost circulation and wellbore stability problems commonly ...

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