February 2008
Match drill bit designs to specific drilling systems
E&P Magazine, article by Cary Maurstad and Alfazazi Dourfaye of Varel International |
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January/February 2008
Varel drills fastest mile in Sutton County
Drilling Contractor |
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January 2008
Varel Featured in Houston TV Station KHOU Channel 11 News Story- Houston Misses Stock Market Trouble Memo
Dave Fehling |
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September/October 2007
Delivering Value Through Technology
Oil Review Middle East |
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September/October 2007
Drill Bit Roundtable
ROGTEC |
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September/October 2007
Varel bit design enhances hydraulic flow to improve ROP in Barnett Shale lateral drilling
Drilling Contractor, Jerry Greenberg |
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December 2006
Varel Delivers "Value Through Technology"
Offshore |
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September 2006
Catastrophic decrease of the drilling efficiency because of the off center rotation of the drill bit on the bottom hole
Drilling Out, Yuri Palaschenko |
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12 October 2006
Houston's hot job market
KHOU News, Dave Fehling |
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2 October 2006
Drill bit manufacturer bores into Oklahoma
Dallas Business Journal |
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13 March 2006
Varel International opens office to serve Barnett Shale region
Dallas Business Journal |
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February 2006
Drill Bit Technology
Hart's E&P |
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6 January 2006
LukOil spuds 1st of 9 gas exploration wells in Saudi Arabia
Oil & Gas International |
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9 January 2006
Varel Expands Large Diameter Bit Manufacturing Capacity
Oil & Gas International, Dev George |
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9 January 2006
Varel Expands Large Diameter Bit Manufacturing
Rigzone.com |
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December 2005
Varel International - SPOT 4D
Upstream CIO, Jeanne M. Perdue |
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17 - 23 June 2005
Denver equity firm buys local drill bit co.
Dallas Business Journal |
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June 2005
Varel finalist for best mechanical engineering achievement award: Features maximizes drilling efficiency and bit performance
Oil & Gas Network |
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2 May 2005
Woelfel Winner in the Wings
OTC Show Daily |
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2 May 2005
A Bit of History in the Making
OTC Show Daily |
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April 2005
Gallery of New Bit Technology
American Oil & Gas Reporter, Maggie Lee |
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March/April 2005
PDC bit technology improvements increase effciency, bit life
Drilling Contractor, Stephane Menand, Laurent Gerbaud, Paris School of Mines and Alfazazi Dourfaye, Varel International |
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February 2005
2005 Drill Bit Technology
Harts E&P |
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13 January 2005
Facetime interview with Varel CEO
Dallas Business Journal,Cynthia D. Webb |
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November 2004
Drill bit designs evolve to handle new challenges
World Oil |
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10 September 2004
Varel Opens Office in Pau, France
Dallas Business Journal, Margaret Allen, Senior Reporter |
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July 2004
Drillers Mark Record Bit Run
Offshore Engineer |
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July 2004
Varel, ChevronTexaco Commemorate Record
American Oil & Gas Reporter |
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15 June 2004
Varel Commemorates Record Run for PDC Bit
Rigzone.com |
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14 June 2004
PDC bit sets record in North Sea
Offshore |
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14 June 2004
Varel PDC bit has record run drilling Alba North
Oil & Gas International |
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April 2004
Science of New Drill Bit Technology…
American Oil & Gas Reporter, Maggie Lee, Special Correspondent
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February 2004
Bit design takes a leap
Hart’s E&P |
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