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A Walking Drilling Rig

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted November 12, 2010

Did you know that drilling rigs can walk? At least this one can. It's the ECO-Pad being used by Continental Resources Inc. to drill for oil in North Dakota.

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Drilling Completions Up in Third Quarter

bakken formation  deepwater drilling moratorium  domestic energy  eia  energy  energy demand  energy information administration  energy supply  gulf of mexico  horizontal drilling  natural gas wells  oil and natural gas drilling  oil drilling  oil wells 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted October 28, 2010

U.S. oil and natural gas drilling increased markedly in the third quarter this year, according to API's 2010 Quarterly Well Completion Report: Third Quarter. An estimated 11,297 oil wells, natural gas wells and dry holes were completed, which was 45 percent higher than during the same period in 2009. 

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