Becuase oil refuses to drill itself.
Low tox drilling mud is water based.
Tungsten is a major component in those drilling bits.
An oil rig is an oil platform or oil production platform. A drilling is different though.
It is collected by drilling into the earth but that can cause earthquakes.
drilling
More oil there than in all of the middle east.
Offshore versus onshore drilling is drilling for oil in the sea, usually an ocean, but can also be a lake.
Yes
Keep drilling for more oil.
Not drilling for more really. USA has more oil than Saudi Arabia.
the only ban on oil drilling was in 1919
We are drilling for oil in the united states
Drilling for natural gas is similar to drilling for oil, but gas must be liquefied before it can be shipped.
Inhibited drilling fluids are mainly used to prevent shale swelling during drilling operations. These drilling muds can be either oil-based or water-based. The most effective way to prevent shale swelling is using oil-based-mud (OBM), but water based muds (WBM) can also be used if such inhibitors like KCl, etc are added to the drilling fluid.
There is not much information about where Oil well drilling occurs but some well known cities are in Dallas Texas, Mexico, Ontario. One can find more information on the process of oil well drilling among other information on Wikipedia.
Oil Drilling