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Hitting the Mark: A Father’s Day Tribute

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

He said, “In drilling a well, what you really have to watch for [this was speaking as an engineer] is the ‘marker zone.’” During the drilling process, drill cuttings were floated up by the drilling mud. ’” He was referring to the business of getting a core sample from the well.

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Forum Shopping Curtailed: Venue Limited to Parish Where Drilling Rig Was Lost

The Energy Law

(“XTO”), Alliance Drilling Consultants, LLC (“Alliance”), Clifton Pritchard, and Alliance’s insurer, James River Insurance Company (“James River”), for damages resulting from the loss of D&D’s drilling rig. This holding is consistent with the jurisprudence that Article 74 must be strictly construed. 2d 12, 18-19 (La.

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What It’s Like To Work On An Offshore Oil Rig

Drillers

Working on an offshore oil rig or platform is a unique experience Note: In this article, we’ll use the word ‘rig’ and ‘platform’ almost interchangeably, but a rig does the drilling, and a platform does the pumping. The Derrick hands are responsible for the drilling mud and the mud pumps.