A new tapered bearing assembly, developed specifically for roller-cone rock bits, significantly increased bit life for a Middle Eastern operator. This technology can help oil and gas customers avert ...

Drill bit manufacturers have substantially improved polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutters and drag bit designs since their introduction in 1972. PCD drill bits are now approaching the rolling cone ...

CARROLLTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Varel International, the leading independent manufacturer of drill bits and global supplier to the drilling industry, recently completed a massive 44” steel-toothed ...

The University of Texas Permian Basin College of Engineering has been gifted a Hughes drill bit by a local Permian Basin family. This original twin-cone rotary rock drill bit has been used to drill ...

“Fishtail” drill bits became obsolete in 1909 when Howard Hughes Sr. patented the dual-cone roller bit. By pulverizing hard rock, the new bit with two rotating cones brought faster and deeper rotary ...

Pune, India, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global Oil and Gas Drill Bit Market is projected to reach USD 7.68 Billion by 2026, thereby exhibiting a CAGR of 10.04% during the forecast period.

Howard Hughes Sr. revolutionized the drill bit more than 100 years ago to accelerate the oil boom that made Houston and Texas the nation's energy capital. Today, his legacy company is aiming to make ...

Purpose: A drill bit converts surface energy (rotation, axial load, and drilling fluid power) into rock failure at the wellbore face, creating cuttings and deepening the hole. I.3 Energy sources at ...

Houston might trace its fortunes to an awful decision in a Shreveport, La., bar in 1908. Inventor Granville Humason had a chance encounter with a wildcatter - a drifter who had been a reporter in ...