Horizontal drilling on the Onnagawa formation of the Fukumezawa oilfield is expected to start in late May as part of this multi-stage fracking pilot programme. To minimise the environmental impact, ...
Horizontal drilling and fracking as a combined technique grew in popularity in part because it was shown to increase the ...
Oil majors are teaming up with start-ups in geothermal energy. Drilling of wells to tap geothermal energy is expensive, but companies have managed to lower costs in recent years. Fervo, a fast-growing ...
Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Egypt is seeking to increase oil and natural gas production by expanding the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies, the presidency said after a ...
As the U.S. energy boom has taken off over the past several years, the term "fracking" has become a household name. But fracking, which involves pumping massive quantities of water, proppant, and ...