Drilling
04.06.2026 60Gazprom Neft has begun commercial operation of Russia’s first robotic drilling complex designed specifically for onshore use. The system has…
22.05.2026 99State oil corporation PetroChina has mastered a technology for extracting natural gas from solid coal formations at great depth. This…
12.05.2026 203The Norwegian government has announced its annual licensing round, under which companies will gain access to 70 blocks on the…
12.05.2026 155British exploration company 80 Mile has announced that it has received all necessary permits to begin drilling at the Disko…
16.04.2026 21Canadian company Condor Energies has achieved new maximum daily production at the Kumli field. The figure exceeded 14 thousand barrels…- 15.04.2026 17The Chinese corporation China Railway Construction Corporation has developed a unique drilling machine “Gante Jiliang” (translated as “Steel Ridge”). This…
22.03.2026 37Researchers in China have obtained pure samples of hexagonal diamond, also known as lonsdaleite, for the first time. This rare…- 21.02.2026 22Chukotka Multidisciplinary College has launched a new specialist training program for the gold mining industry. A workshop has opened there…
- 16.02.2026 23From November 1, 2026, a new national standard will come into force in Russia, which will establish general rules for…
- 22.01.2026 31Drilling specialists were in first place in terms of wages among blue-collar professions. Following them in the ranking were machine…
- 28.12.2025 19The Dalur enterprise from Rosatom has completed the installation of innovative equipment for production uranium raw materials . The first…
15.08.2025 17The Gazprom Neft company has successfully tested the first domestic technology for drilling sidetracks using titanium needles. A pilot project…
27.05.2025 13The largest diamond mining company in Russia, ALROSA, announces a recruitment of drilling rig operators for work on watch. Successful…- 13.04.2025 10Scientists from the Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU) have developed an innovative way to transmit data in oil wells…
- 04.04.2025 13Specialists from RN-Vankor (a subsidiary of Rosneft) together with the Tyumen Petroleum Scientific Center (TPSC) successfully completed a project aimed…
15.03.2025 12Specialists from Perm Polytechnic University have created a mathematical model that takes into account many parameters when drilling oil wells.…
03.03.2025 22Scientists from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, together with St. Petersburg Mining University, conducted a unique experiment on drilling…
03.03.2025 17The Digital Drilling company announced an update to the AKB+ digital platform, which fully automates drilling processes. The new solution…
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