One type of directional drilling, horizontal drilling, is used to drastically increase production. Here, a horizontal well is drilled across an oil and gas formation, increasing production by as ...

Two operated rigs in the Mid-Continent region will focus on drilling horizontal Woodford shale and deep Springer wells in the Arkoma and Anadarko basins, respectively, and one operated rig is ...

Of them, 49 are directional drilling rigs, 527 are horizontal drilling rigs and 13 are vertical drilling rigs. The Permian Basin in western Texas and eastern New Mexico has been the largest source ...