Hundreds of oil ... drilling goes ahead upstream. Some facts about ReconAfrica’s project remain murky, but important details are coming to light. Multiple statements by ReconAfrica officials, as ...

An oil derrick ... They also say applications for drilling include conflicting information about waste generation, stating “no waste will be generated,” but using safety plan attachments showing drill ...

Intangible drilling costs (IDC) are expenses related to developing an oil or gas well that are not a part of the final operating well. They include costs that are necessary in the drilling and ...

While drilling an oil or gas well, oily waste, known as mud and cuttings, return to the surface. The operator digs an earthen pit alongside the rig to dispose of this waste. The pit remains open ...

“It took us all of probably three to four years to consolidate enough acreage to start drilling ... of oil. Then, an electrical submersible pump, or ESP, was sucked down into the well.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced that it intends to allow a Louisiana company to conduct exploratory drilling for oil in the ... An exploratory well was built at ...

with different frameworks for each country to monitor and ensure safe drilling activities. The North Sea is home to the world’s deepest oil well in the Norwegian Continental Shelf drilled to a ...

MCKENNA: You had a prior career in the oil and gas drilling industry. Can you tell me more about that? YORDY: I grew up in a water-well drilling ... vacuuming cuttings out of the bottom of the ...

The Permian Basin Petroleum Association says there is an encouraging amount of oil and natural ... are able to keep drilling costs down and productivity up.” He said each well drilled costs ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- While approvals for new oil well drilling permits in California dwindled to 73 in 2024–from 2,664 in 2019 when Governor Newsom took office, 2024 ended ...

House Bill 4572 would introduce new requirements for pits where drillers bury oil and ... next to drilling rigs and are filled with oily waste, including mud and cuttings from the well.