Spudding is the first step to drilling a well in the oil and gas industry. A large drill bit is initially used to clear a surface hole. The initial drilling is lined with casing and cement to ...

The move by the Minerals Management Service represented the first approval of a new shallow-water well since President Barack Obama last week lifted a ban on offshore drilling in less than 500 feet.

The company has a three-month contract for the use of the jack-up drilling rig Ensco 104 at a dayrate in the mid-$150,000s, according to rig owner Ensco. PVEP drilled its first well in Block M-2 ...

One year after BP's Macondo well blew out-- claiming 11 lives and sparking a ban on deepwater drilling -- 11 new deepwater and 49 shallow water drilling permits have been issued, according to the ...

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday rescinded two new offshore drilling permits — less than 24 hours after authorizing them — as part of a temporary halt to oil and gas exploration ...

Maersk Oil will participate in four shallow-water wildcats ... recently started an extended well test at the nearby Tiro-Sidon light-oil development and will drill soon another wildcat in the ...

Victory Energy Corporation reported that the drilling on its first shallow gas well should reach total depth later today. This well is located in the Adams Ranch section of the Adams-Baggett ...

The current operation at the well is preparing to drill a shallow side track hole. Current interpretation of the results of the drilling and wireline logging program suggest that: The main zone of ...

Royal Dutch Shell has applied for a permit to drill in the shallow waters of Alaska’s Beaufort ... spill response system for the Arctic. The well, in the Sivulliq prospect about 15 miles off ...