A drill bit is what actually cuts into the rock when drilling an oil or gas well. Located at the tip of the drillstring, below the drill collar and the drill pipe, the drill bit is a rotating ...

Imagine standing on the banks of a calm Louisiana lake, birds darting overhead, and a light breeze rippling the water’s ...

They collected four key parameters—the force applied to the drill bit by the rig, the rotation speed set by operators, the drilling speed, and the power needed to achieve that speed—and ...