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ConocoPhillips & PD 868: Robotics Redefining Drilling in the Canada

Oil Gas Leads

This system eliminates the need for traditional floor and derrick hands during connections, relying instead on a three-armed robotic system that performs tasks with precision, speed, and safety. At the forefront is PD 868 , North America’s first land-based drilling rig equipped with modular robotics to automate pipe handling.

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Salunda expands Latch Hawk rollout with new offshore deployment

Oilfield Technology

Integrated with the drilling control system on the rig, Latch Hawk provides real-time feedback on the status of fingerboard latches located within the drilling derrick, acting as a critical safety barrier to DROPS incidents on drill floors.

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The Economic Impact of Oil and Gas in Texas

Texron Operating

This rich heritage has interlaced the oil and gas industry tightly with the state’s lore, with symbolic imageries like the oil derrick deeply etched into the Texan artistic narrative. The legacy of oil extraction in Texas dates to 1866, when the first commercial well was drilled close to what we now know as Corsicana.

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What are Tangible Drilling Costs?

Aresco

Drilling Rig: The equipment and machinery used to drill the well, including the rig itself, mud pumps, derricks, and other drilling apparatus. These drill bits are crucial components in the drilling process and come in different types, each suited for specific conditions.

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

Drillers

Several years of work as a roughneck are enough to pass to the next level, which is that of derrick hand, or derrickman. The Derrick hands are responsible for the drilling mud and the mud pumps. Roughnecks operate cranes, run drilling engines and pipes, and are in general given more skilled tasks and paid more for doing them.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

The plaintiff in Endeavor Marine worked on a moored derrick barge on the Mississippi River. The panel held that Sanchez met the nature test because his case was indistinguishable from two prior Fifth Circuit cases: In re Endeavor Marine , 234 F.3d 3d 287 (5th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) and Naquin v. Elevating Boats, L.L.C. , 3d 927 (5th Cir.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

The plaintiff in Endeavor Marine worked on a moored derrick barge on the Mississippi River. The panel held that Sanchez met the nature test because his case was indistinguishable from two prior Fifth Circuit cases: In re Endeavor Marine , 234 F.3d 3d 287 (5th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) and Naquin v. Elevating Boats, L.L.C. , 3d 927 (5th Cir.

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