Oil Gas Leads

JUNE 19, 2025

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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Drillers

MARCH 19, 2020

Offshore oil fields represent a substantial portion of the worlds total crude oil output. Roughnecks operate cranes, run drilling engines and pipes, and are in general given more skilled tasks and paid more for doing them. The Derrick hands are responsible for the drilling mud and the mud pumps. In 2015, this portion was 30%.

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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

By contrast, OSIs centralized operations allow for shorter feedback loops, faster product improvements, and closer collaboration between engineers, chemists, and machinists. Derrick Black Recently I toured OSIs manufacturing facility in Odessa with Derrick Black, who oversees the firm’s Business Development department.

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