Drilling engineering problems and solutions: a field guide for engineers and students

Petroleum and natural gas still remain the single biggest resource for energy on earth.

Even as alternative and renewable sources are developed, petroleum and natural gas continue to be, by far, the most used and, if engineered properly, the most cost-effective and efficient, source of energy on the planet.

Drilling engineering is one of the most important links in the energy chain, being, after all, the science of getting the resources out of the ground for processing.

Without drilling engineering, there would be no gasoline, jet fuel and the myriad of other 'have to have' products that people use all over the world every day.