Insights by John Fierstien

Today I am going to discuss an area of the US oil field that doesn’t get a lot attention but has been and remains an important part of the US oil business. Since 1870 Michigan has been an important source...

Several weeks ago I wrote about US Well Numbers and the basics of how they are numbered and who numbers them along with the standards committee that sets the rules. Today I’m writing about the Canadian system which is very different from...

I first want to apologize to all non-U.S. readers. This article is about US well numbers and the way we uniquely identify wells here in the US. The common way to identify a well in the world is to give...

Today Drillinginfo announced the acquisition of Transform, Inc. to bring rich seismic analysis software and much more to our subscribers. I thought about simply regurgitating the press release, but then I thought it might be fun to give you a little inside...