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Nautilus Minerals Announces Arrival of Seafloor Production Tools in Oman

Nautilus Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "Nautilus") announces, on behalf of the Solwara 1 Joint Venture (comprising Nautilus 85% and Eda Kopa (Solwara) Limited 15%, a subsidiary of Petromin Holdings PNG), that the three Seafloor Production Tools ("SPTs") have arrived safely at Duqm Port in Oman.

14 Mar 2016

Superior Drilling Products to Supply Strider Drill String Oscillation System to Baker Hughes

Superior Drilling Products, Inc., a provider of drilling products for the oil, natural gas and mining services industries, announced today that it reached an agreement to supply the Company’s Strider Drill String Oscillation System ("Strider") and related services to Baker Hughes, a leading global supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems.

29 Jan 2016

SDP’s Vice President of Engineering to Highlight Benefits of Using Well-Bore Conditioning Tool at IADD Meeting

Superior Drilling Products, Inc. (“SDP” or the “Company”), a provider of drilling products for the oil, natural gas and mining services industries, announced today that Lane Snell, the Company’s Vice President of Engineering, has been invited to address the International Association of Directional Drilling (IADD) at its monthly meeting to be held at Southwestern Energy Company in Houston, Texas on January 28, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. Central.

25 Jan 2016

Nautilus Minerals Announces Wet Testing of Seafloor Production Equipment

Nautilus Minerals Inc. announces that it has signed agreements with United Engineering Services LLC to provide support services associated with wet testing the Company's Seafloor Production Equipment and storing the equipment as it is delivered from various suppliers prior to integration onto the Company's Production Support Vessel.

19 Jan 2016

Atlas Copco Launches the FlexiROC T20 R (Mk II)

Major upgrades have been made to meet the customers’ needs.

From Atlas Copco AB 11 Jan 2016

Callinex’s Pine Bay and Flin Flon Projects Receive Permits for 2016 Winter Drilling Campaign

Callinex Mines Inc. is pleased to announce it has received permits for the upcoming winter drilling campaign at the Company's 100% owned Pine Bay and Flin Flon projects, located near HudBay's 777 mine and processing facilities in Flin Flon, Manitoba. It is anticipated that the winter drilling program will commence in mid-January and consist of approximately 6,000m to 7,500m.

22 Dec 2015

WellDog Releases Slimhole GasMapper Coal Gas Assessment Service

WellDog released today the third generation of its GasMapper coal gas assessment service, extending the successful service to use in the slim boreholes used widely by the coal mining industry.

22 Dec 2015

Nippon Dragon's Green Thermal Fragmentation Method Helps Reduce Side Effects of Mining Operations

Since 1907, the majority of US mining disasters were caused by either fire or an explosion. Despite this pattern, very little has changed in the mining process since the invention and use of explosives, a method that wreaks havoc on the environment, hinders productivity, and puts employees at risk. In 2010, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in Naoma, West Virginia killed 29 miners. A year later, Governor's Independent Investigation Panel's report revealed that the explosion was the result of safety system failures.

12 Dec 2015

New Series of Rotary Bits from Sandvik Cuts Drilling Costs

Developed to meet the need for a more productive and longer lasting rotary drill bit, Sandvik RR221 is the latest update in the complete rotary blasthole bit range from Sandvik.

From Sandvik AB 3 Dec 2015

New features for Atlas Copco FlexiROC T15 R

Atlas Copco’s compact and highly versatile FlexiROC T15 R drill rig has recently been updated with new features that make it even more useful in a variety of applications.

From Atlas Copco AB 1 Dec 2015