Lonnie Pitts has the best job on the rig. Sitting high in a cush chair in an air conditioned room looking out over the drilling platform, he wields a joystick like a Star Wars space fighter jockey.

(MENAFN- AETOSWire) (BUSINESS WIRE )--XtremeX Mining Technology Inc. (XMT), a leader in innovative drilling solutions, is excited to announce its cutting-edge AC-electric automated coiled tubing and ...

Mineral exploration is often be considered to be a rudimentary process; one of hardcore geoscience, with prospectors poring over maps and collecting rock core samples using drilling technology that is ...

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 ...

Colorado’s biggest oil and natural-gas producers are experimenting with a new drilling technology billed as cheaper, faster and quieter than conventional drilling. The promising drilling technique is ...

A rig nicknamed “The Beast” has set a long-distance drilling record in Alaska, and unlocked oil from a new section of the western North Slope oil fields. ConocoPhillips Alaska said the reservoir is ...

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 21, 2025) - Hercules Metals Corp. (TSXV: BIG) (OTCQB: BADEF) (FSE: C0X) ("Hercules" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its 2025 drilling campaign is ...

RULISON, Colo. – The gas drilling rig is right off Interstate 70 to the west of the Rulison exit, near enough to the highway for the workers to hear the hum of passing cars and trucks if the noise ...