Hydraulic rigs lower cost, reduce environmental impact

摘要

Fully hydraulic rigs lower field development costs, improve safety, and reduce the environmental impact of drilling operations. Automation in the land rig industry has been a target for quite some time. Due to the innovations in hydraulic capability within the past two decades, fully hydraulic drilling systems are becoming a reality. In fact, DrillMec Drilling Technology's Hydraulic-Hoist (HH) Series rigs have been in operation since 1996. The company, formerly a division of Soilmec, developed its HH Series through a joint venture with ENI (formerly known as Agip) and Saipem. The project focus was to design a low impact, low noise drilling rig with increased mobility to operate in marginal fields, primarily in Italy (northern Italy, Po Valley, Sicily).