In this video blog, Derek explores the Oceanstar Museum in Galveston, TX to learn more about the basics of offshore oil and gas operations. In the video, Derek learns a little bit of everything ranging from offshore drilling platforms & …
In this video, we visit the good folks at DynaQual in Houston, TX for a full tour of their facilities. This is the full version of the tour. Smaller segments might be released in the future. In this video, you …
How much do you know about brine water trucks? Check out this great video walk around of a water truck by Darrell Satterfield of Contractor Transport, LLC.
In this video, Marlon McKoy from Halliburton shows us around their frac data van! A data van can be found on any site where hydraulic fracturing operations are being conducted. Data vans like this belong to the service company that …
In this video, Matt Tourigny from Deep Well Services shows us how their company is utilizing virtual reality to help train their staff (and even us) on the simple (yet critical) steps of snubbing operations. Snubbing is when you enter …
In this video, David Dahlgren with Flowco Production Solutions shows us a plunger lift display model. It simulates production casing, tubing, the reservoir, surface separator, lubricator, downhole bumper spring assembly, and the plunger itself. This model also can simulate what …
In this video, we interview Scott Gillespie with Apergy, a company centered around artificial lift. Their rod-lift model is perfect for visually observing what happens downhole! In the model, we have a pump barrel, a traveling, and a standing valve. The traveling …
In this video, we get a hands-on review of Halliburton’s New iCruise™ Intelligent Rotary Steerable System! You’ll learn more about the basics of directional drilling, as well as what makes Halliburton’s new directional BHA so exciting. This new tool is …
In this video, we interview Gavin Reed with NCS Multistage, a company trying to help us rethink the way we frac. Their tool allows for stages in a lateral to be isolated (opened and closed with coiled tubing) at the …
All across the oilfield, many items are called weird names and “monkey boards” are no exception. In this video, I sat out to show you what monkey boards are as I drove by a local rig. My timing was impeccable …