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SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boart Longyear (www.boartlongyear.com - ASX:BLY), the world's leading integrated drilling products and services provider, announces a plan to expand Mine Water Services to Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Over the last 25 years, Boart Longyear Drilling Services has developed and honed an effective reverse circulation method in North America, and has established the leading process within the industry while creating the...

VANCOUVER, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Radius Gold Inc. (TSX-V: RDU) is pleased to provide an update on initial results from the diamond drilling conducted at the Sixty Mile property this year. In total 20 holes (5,273 m) were drilled. Sixteen holes tested the Graben Fault Zone in the Sixty Mile River Valley and four tested the Thrust Fault Zone. Results have been received for 13 holes which tested targets in the Graben Fault Zone. Results for 3 remaining holes that tested the...

PLATTEVILLE, Colo., Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Synergy Resources Corporation (NYSE Amex: SYRG), a domestic oil and gas exploration and production company focused in the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the "D-J Basin"), today provided information on it's Margil, Cletcher and Haythorn wells. On the Declar Farm-in, which includes six wells (Margil Wells) with a 100% working interest (WI) and 80% net revenue interest (NRI), the Company reported that five out of six wells have been successfully...

HOUSTON, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) has introduced the TORXS(TM) system, the only expandable liner hanger system that is installed and released prior to the cement job, which eliminates the risk of the running tools becoming fixed in place during cementing, requiring fishing or well abandonment. The TORXS system can be used across a broader range of applications than any other liner hanger system, including deepwater, subsalt plays, deviated wells, extended-reach...

LITTLETON, Colo., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eternal Energy Corp. (OTCBB:EERG) ("Eternal Energy" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the following operational update on its Spyglass project in North Dakota. Activity in the Company's Spyglass Project, a Bakken and Three Forks play in Divide County, North Dakota, increased significantly during the third quarter following a number of weather-related delays in the second quarter. The second closing of the previously announced sale of...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing efforts to alleviate human suffering, the American relief organization, Life for Relief and Development (Life) has recently dug 45 water wells in rural areas of Africa and Afghanistan, where the residents have suffered from severe water shortages, and will dig 51 more wells in the upcoming few months. Presently in the Horn of Africa, especially in Somalia, the people are suffering from a severe drought and...

PLATTEVILLE, Colo., Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Synergy Resources Corporation (NYSE Amex: SYRG), a domestic oil and gas exploration and production company focused in the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the "D-J Basin"), today provided the following year-end update. 2011 Year-End Highlights Reached daily production goal of 1,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOEPD) at the end of August, 2011, an increase of approximately 300% over 2010.Brought into production 108 gross wells (79 net wells),...

  [ View the Video ] A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars to create high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert, in the first use of airborne sounding radar for aquifer mapping. The research may help scientists better locate and map Earth's desert aquifers, understand current and past hydrological conditions in Earth's deserts and assess how climate change is impacting them. Deserts cover...

VANCOUVER, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Kimber Resources Inc. (NYSE Amex:KBX, TSX:KBR) is pleased to announce the results of three drill holes in Mexico, with encouraging results. The holes were drilled with the objective of expanding and upgrading mineral resources potentially amenable to underground extraction ("Carmen Deep" target).  A wedge off hole MTC-122 and hole MTRD 502 intersected the Carmen structure at deeper levels than previously drilled providing further...

Oil well control is one of the most important processes during drilling operations. In deepwater drilling, controlling pressure in the oil well is crucial, as excessive pressures in the drilled hole can result in blowouts, leading to disastrous events like the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. The deeper the well, the higher the pressure, and the higher the risks associated with tapping oil from wells. During drilling, when the pressure applied to balance the hydrocarbon pressure in a well is...