Whether a vendor mistake or fraud risk, accounts payable could see a check cashed twice.

As drilling rigs wield more bit weight, higher cfms, drill pipe design has had to keep up.

Columnist David King wraps up 6,000-plus mile trip to oilfields of China’s Xinjiang Province.

Columnist David King, in China’s oil-rich Xinjiang Province, arrives at a negotiation, not a contract signing.

Columnist David King recounts 6,000-plus mile trip to oilfields of Xinjiang Province.

Columnist David King, with some nervousness, sets out on the 6,000-plus mile trip just to sign a contract.

Gearing up? Rig down? A good manufacturing partner can help drilling contractors rest easier.

Flawed pipe? A good manufacturer owns the mistakes and builds processes to prevent repeats.

We don’t necessarily look at what we see every day. But, if drillers look, they can see their work everywhere.