Do you want software with that equipment?

摘要

ARE NO longer just rigs. They're complex machines. And this is no longer a brute force industry. Yet when equipment malfunctions, many drillers' tendencies still run toward getting out their hammers and knocking the machine back to shape. We've got to change that mechanical mentality, said Don Shafer, chief technology officer at Athens Group, a consulting firm specializing in rig technology and software.