Talk:Directional drilling

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Eastman Whipstock is portrayed as the pioneer in directional drilling. It is implied (though not directly stated) that Eastman and his partner were the first in this field. However, it goes on to say that Eastman Whipstock "became" the world's largest directional driller in 1973. To me that seems to imply that they were not the first directional drilling company (unless regaining a position formerly held). So, who are the other early players, what was their role, and what credits are deserved here that have been neglected? Someone who has this info please add it to the article. Thank you.  Nathanchronister (talk) 22:57, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastman 

message: There is a simpsons episode in which this occurs. It could do with mention. ―BenFrantzDale 15:37, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Added.  The episode is part one of Who Shot Mr. Burns?. --Georgeryp (talk) 01:58, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simpsons 

message: I dissagree with: "Directional drilling (sometimes known as slant drilling outside the oil industry)"
Slant drilling is rather drilling with a rig that has a derrick that is oblique, that is not vertical. Slant drilling is used in the oil industry as well, and is differnt from directional drilling because of the technique used to achieve deviated holes: slant starts with an oblique angle of incidence, directional drilling uses a drilling motor with a bent.Qyd 03:53, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slant drilling 

message: Apparently, slant drilling from Kuwait into Iraqi territory was a major cause of the 1990 Iraqi invasion. Can anybody elaborate on that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.140.72 (talk • contribs) 
Herbm 20:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: At the time, technology existed that could be deployed from the ocean and reach 5 miles inland. Maybe it could be deployed inland as well? Abdaly, Kuwait seems like an excellent candidate if the goal was to drill directly into the Iraqi oil export reserves.Zaphraud (talk) 07:43, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As the addition by Herbm appears to be OR and disputed, I've added an appropriate tag. Nil Einne (talk) 13:22, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kuwait 

message: The article is almost entirely history of the process.  How about the actual mechanics of it, why it is done, how it compares to traditional (vertical) drilling etc?  70.113.93.13 01:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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message: The article burns up a lot of wordage explaining how things evolved and how the technology was used, but it could do a better job of explaining how it actually works. Landroo 19:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would it hurt to add a "Working Principle" section? 

message: Judging by this interview with the director/producer/screenwriter of There Will Be Blood which refers to "drainage", not slant drilling - in other words, if straws in surounding plots all tap into the same large milkshake that spans all the plots, drilling in just one of them will eventually deplete the oil under all of them.  --Georgeryp (talk) 01:36, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  There Will Be Blood Reference 

message: HDDforums.com is a great website to discuss all things related to horizontal directional drilling.  Also discussed are rigs made by Vermeer, Case, Ditch Witch, Astec, American Auger and more.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.56.141.134 (talk) 18:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horizontal Directional Drilling forum 

message: http://hddforums.com is the link for the above referenced forum  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.56.141.134 (talk) 18:52, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://hddforums.com 

message: The picture at the right has a boring machine. Boring is used for running shallow pipelines from one area to another.  It is not used for drilling wells.  I suppose you could argue that you are drilling with mud, and a steerable bit. It's pretty unrelated.  'Directional Drilling' typically refers to drilling a well that changes inclination and/or bearing purposefully after it has started.  'Slant' drilling refers to drilling wellbore on an incline, but this incline does not change.  Slant wells are typically not considered 'directional' as they try to maintain the same direction.
I'm not good at editing or changing this stuff. I study petroleum, it would make more sense to have three articles.
Boring - Boring pipelines is the alternative to trenching, its used to where trenching is inconvenient due to hills/lakes/roads or other obstacles.  It is directional in the sense that it can be steered.
Directional Drilling -  The drilling of a wellbore (oil or gas) that is purposefully deviated throughout its drilling to hit a target area. They typically end going straightly horizontal through a horizontal bed of rock, to maximize the area of inflow into the wellbore.
Slant Drilling - Drilling a conventional straight wellbore on an incline. The direction is not intentionally varied, though deviations occur in all drilling. This is done to avoid surface obstacles (farm house, lake, towns), or to minimize lease spacing (ie having many wells drilled from the same 'pad' or location on different slants to have different downhole locations.
24.65.121.48 (talk) 04:58, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Reasonable suggestions. However Wikipedia is written by volunteers, It looks like it may be a long wait before someone with a clue about the topic feels inclined to explain a bit more. One would think there are enough people in the industry that one or two would feel the need to have a better article here, but that is life. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 13:37, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperate articles? 

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