Energies Media Staff

Crude oil and natural gases are mixtures of hydrocarbon molecules containing from 1 to 60 carbon atoms....

Proven oil reserves are those that have a reasonable certainty of being recoverable under existing economic and political conditions, with existing technology....

The search for crude oil begins with geologists who study the structure and history of rock layers below the earth's surface to locate areas that...

Exploratory wells which are drilled in areas where neither oil nor gas has been previously found are called “wildcats.” Those wells which strike oil or...

Basic drilling rigs contain a derrick (tower), a drilling pipe, a large winch to lower and lift out the drilling pipe, a drilling table which...

he oldest drilling technique is percussion or cable drilling. This slow, limited depth method, which is seldom used, involves crushing rock by raising and dropping...

Rotary drilling is the most common method and is used to drill both exploratory and production wells at depths over 5 miles (7,000 m)....

Directional drilling is a rotary drilling technique which directs the drill string along a curved path as the hole deepens....

Rotary percussion drilling is a combination method whereby a rotary drill uses a circulating hydraulic fluid to operate a hammer-like mechanism, thereby creating a series...