A new drilling technique is opening up vast fields of previously out-of- reach oil in the western United States, helping reverse a two-decade decline in domestic production of crude. Companies are ...

This down-the-hole-drill has proven itself in soft, medium and hard rock conditions with multiple end-users and applications. Provides deep holes from 3.5 to 6.5 in. at fast drilling rates with low ...

Bordeaux team employs femtosecond laser in gigahertz-burst mode; potential benefits for electronics. New glass micro-drilling method using a femtosecond laser. The research group of laser-matter ...