How Crude Oil Production Is Evolving with Horizontal Drilling and Coiled Tubing Technologies
Crude oil production has never been simple.But today, it is definitely smarter. The upstream oil and gas industry is under pressure. Mature fields are declining. New discoveries are harder to access. Costs are rising. Safety rules are tighter. Because of this, the oilfield had to evolve. Slowly at first. Then very fast. In the second phase of this evolution, the oil and gas industry started relying more on technology than manpower. Tools like horizontal drilling and coiled tubing are no longer optional add-ons. They are now core parts of modern crude oil production. This shift is changing how wells are drilled, maintained, and revived. It is also changing how people work, learn, and grow in oil and gas jobs. Why Is Traditional Crude Oil Production No Longer Enough? Earlier, vertical wells did most of the job. Drill straight down. Hit the reservoir. Produce oil. That approach still works. Sometimes. But not everywhere. Many oil fields today are: Mature or declining Tighter in ...