Drilling Minute

In drilling, time is money, so we usually want to drill the well as fast as we safely can. This drilling minute explains how drilling speed, or ROP, is measured.

When most people think of oil & gas drilling, they think of a rig punching vertical holes in the ground, and for most of history, that was the case. Now drilling commonly involves complex geometry including builds, turns, and tangents in order to construct the desired well. This is achieved by directional drilling, which is the subject of this Drilling Minute.

Do you like money? Of course you do! In this Drilling Minute, we’ll teach you how bit records put more money in your pocket. 

Fluid flow can do some pretty amazing things, from cutting precise lines in steel to forming the Grand Canyon – it all depends on how much, where, and how fast. In this Drilling Minute, we’ll learn how mud flow is optimized for PDC drilling with bit hydraulics.
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Ever since prehistoric times, mankind has built millions of tools used to make holes. But is there one bit to rule them all? In this Drilling Minute, we’ll discuss the most prevalent type of oil & gas drill bit today – the PDC drill bit.

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Simply wanting a hole in the ground just isn’t enough – you need the right tools for the job. In this Drilling Minute, we’ll introduce the major drill string components and what they do.

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If you’ve ever tried to dig a hole by hand, you probably got tired doing it. That is because it took energy to make the hole. In this Drilling Minute, we’ll look at how energy is used to drill an oil & gas well.
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Have you ever dug a hole in the ground hoping to find something?  If so, in general terms, you may have dug a well.  In this Drilling Minute, we’ll introduce oil & gas wells and how they are made. 

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