Drilling waste finds new use
A Texas company has found a way to turn oil field trash into something useful — roads and new drilling pads. More »
World’s biggest machines need strongest components at OTC
Alongside the oil companies marketing some of the largest and most powerful machinery on Earth this week are others with the world’s strongest of components to make them possible. More »
OTC Spotlight Award: Wartsila turns waste gas into fuel
Wärtsilä’s GasReformer uses steam-reforming technology to convert waste gas from drilling operations into fuel. More »
OTC Spotlight Award: West Drilling moves toward fully robotized rig
The last two decades have seen numerous advances in mechanization and automation of traditionally labor-intensive and dangerous tasks. But soon the industry may have its first fully robotized rig. More »
OTC Spotlight Award: Reelwell drills without a riser
If there was ever a throwback trend in the drilling industry, Reelwell’s riserless drilling method might be the key that opened the floodgates. More »
Q&A: Relationship with feds improving, but uncertainty lingers
Randall Luthi, the head of the National Ocean Industries Association and a former federal offshore drilling regulator, speaks with FuelFix about the regulatory issues that have participants buzzing during this week’s Offshore Technology Conference. More »
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