The drilling moratorium enacted after the BP oil spill applies only to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Yet energy exploration in the Gulf’s shallow waters has come to a virtual standstill as ...

Shallow-water drilling has been the heart of the offshore industry for decades. Ninety-eight percent of the 3,400 platforms operating in the Gulf are in shallow water. They produce 30 percent of the ...

Based on a presentation to the International Association of Drilling Contractors and Society of Petroleum Engineers drilling conference, Dallas, Feb. 26-28, 2002. A multidiscipline team, assembled by ...

Holloman Energy Corporation, through its interim CEO, Grant Petersen, is beginning a drilling program of shallow test wells (200m) on its Australian Petroleum Exploration Lease (PEL) 112, to confirm ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Last week's blowout on a natural gas rig off the Louisiana coast could shift regulators' focus to shallow-water drilling and make an overhaul of safety equipment regulations more ...

A well test via the Wisting Central II horizontal appraisal well in the Barents Sea has recorded a flow rate of more than 5,000 boe/d and has therefore proved the viability of shallow horizontal ...

Even as the country debates the merits of deepwater drilling, the number of permits granted for shallow water drilling has fallen almost to zero. If we don't reverse this trend, it could be more ...

A Houston oil company continues to develop expertise in drilling shallow horizontal wells near Seguin and Luling. The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a drilling permit to Texas Petroleum ...

On top of the six-month moratorium already in place on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the Interior Department plans to order oil drillers in the Gulf’s shallow waters to stop operations ...

If we could take a tiny glass elevator down the trajectory of a Marcellus Shale well, we would see slabs of coal, sandstone, shale and siltstone alternating and colliding with one another for ...

Max Petroleum says that the shallow well drilling program in the Block E license area, western Kazakhstan, is expected to commence in July. The company expects to achieve initial production in August ...

Product Size & Installation: Weighing 7.7 lbs with a 1-1/4" diameter and 36" pipe length, this well drive point is easy to install. For best results, use with a 1-1/4" point well drive cap, 1-1/4" ...