Category: Oil and Gas Industry

UK Oil and Gas Industry


As of January 2009 new technologies are being implemented in UK oil and gas industry. These methods are being used in order to bring down expenses involved in discovering and producing oil and gas resources in UK. These new developments in oil and gas industry in UK are also being brought about in order to increase productivity and longevity of fields.

Experts from UK oil and gas industry have predicted a bright future in years to come. They believe that in coming 25 years it would be able to make 240 new developments and 130 new discoveries.

Oil and Gas Industry


The Oil Industry started off more than five thousand years back. Oil sipping up from the ground were used to make the boats waterproof in the Middle East and also used as medicating as well as for painting different things.

The demand for Oil was much higher than what it actually produced and this brought forward the concept of making oil production companies which is collectively known as the Oil Industry.

Oil Drilling


Oil drilling is a complex procedure of drilling and pumping out oil from reservoirs using drilling rigs. Oil drilling rigs are instruments that create underground hole/shafts. They are used to:

  • sample underground mineral deposits
  • test soil and rock properties
  • install sub-surface instruments and wells

    Oil Drilling: Types

    Oil drilling can be: