Tire testing has got to be one of the best parts of our job, but also one that requires a fair bit of skill. Every year or so we round up the latest treads, haul them out to the desert, mud, and rocks ...

At-a-Glance: Offshore mud testing is a disciplined, repeatable workflow: calibrate instruments, collect representative samples, run core tests on a fixed cadence (density, rheology, gels, filtration, ...

Two water-based mud (WBM) and one potassium-based mud (PBM) drilling fluid systems emerged as alternatives to non-aqueous based fluids (NAFs) in testing at the Silurian Dadas shale of southeast Turkey ...

What's the best mud tire for my 4x4?" It's a question we're often asked, yet there's no clear-cut answer. While purchasing a set of mega-mudders for your trail toy is a big investment, we find that ...

The static kill is meant as insurance for the crews that have spent months fighting the spill. The only thing keeping oil from blowing into the Gulf at the moment is an experimental cap that has held ...