For more than a century, fossil fuel companies have drilled oil and gas wells to increase the production, consumption, and export of fossil fuels. These wells are often abandoned once they are no ...

Discover what a wellbore is, how it aids in oil and gas extraction, and see real-world examples. Learn about uncased and cased wellbores and their importance in resource recovery.

Seismic characterization can be costly. In standard surface acquisition, data are collected well beyond reservoir boundaries. These results are used to map reservoir geometry but often have little ...

Um…yes, we can. It’s called Deep Borehole Disposal and is pretty easy for some nuclear waste. Especially some highly radioactive materials that have sat in some ...

For many reasons, including the desire to build more drought-resilient homes, South Africa has seen an upsurge in residential borehole installations. According to the Department of Water and ...

Deep Isolation recently completed two studies, one by the Slovenia Radioactive Waste Management Organisation (ARAO) and one by Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning, showing that deep boreholes could be a ...

During the Cold War, the US and Soviets both created ambitious projects to drill deeper than ever before. The lakes, forests, mists and snow of the Kola Peninsula, deep in the Arctic Circle, can make ...

Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson has been criticised for using a borehole to beat drought restrictions. But if he can have one, what about everyone else? The owner of a 10-acre estate, Geoffrey Robinson ...