The country’s first offshore oil drilling rig was built in the Santa Barbara channel in the late 19th century. By the 1920s, wooden piers and oil derricks filled the nearshore waters of ...

has been granted its 19th issued patent, solidifying its dominance in the development of revolutionary drilling technologies that enable access to magma reservoirs for renewable baseload power ...

The new patent introduces a multi-stage drilling system that enables precise identification and controlled penetration of the transition zone, a critical boundary between solid rock and partially ...