perfuração

Oil and Gas

404 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, an oil company drilled 5,855 meters into the ocean and discovered the largest oil and gas reserve found in a quarter of a century.

Noel Budeguer 08/06/2026 at 13:32

Science and Technology

China sends to Africa an 800-ton, 130-meter underground machine to open 9.7 km in a copper mine in Zambia, replacing drilling with explosives and sustaining an annual production of 60,000 tons of the metal in a new era of African digital mining.

Carla Teles 01/06/2026 at 15:52

Construction

End of heavy manual drilling: three robots take over more than 9,000 holes in the Engelberg tunnel in Germany, working at a height of 7.5 meters and increasing precision in construction carried out with traffic in operation.

Carla Teles 26/05/2026 at 19:07

Construction

End of overhead manual drilling: Hilti’s Jaibot robot uses digital plans from AutoCAD and Revit to mark and drill on its own at construction sites, increasing speed, precision, and safety in electrical, plumbing, mechanical installations, and interior finishes.

Carla Teles 26/05/2026 at 17:44

Interesting facts

After more than two decades of intermittent drilling under temperatures that reached -89°C, Russian scientists reached the surface of Lake Vostok on February 5, 2012, a reservoir of liquid water that has been isolated from Earth’s atmosphere for an estimated 15 to 25 million years under 4 kilometers of ice in Antarctica.

Bruno Teles 06/05/2026 at 21:12

Renewable Energy

Startup raises US$ 44.1 million to accelerate new drilling technology, promises to make deep geothermal viable on a large scale and wants to unlock faster, cheaper, and more efficient wells to expand clean energy generation worldwide.

Carla Teles 28/04/2026 at 14:54

Construction

Todd Energy will drill an extreme geothermal well up to 6 km deep in New Zealand in search of superheated fluids, facing heat, pressure, and corrosive fluids at depths almost twice that of conventional wells.

Carla Teles 24/04/2026 at 11:38

Oil and Gas

Brava Energia begins drilling in Papa-Terra and Atlanta and could change the game by reducing costs in oil while increasing production and strengthening competitiveness in the offshore market.

Hilton Libório 31/03/2026 at 10:22

Interesting facts

Artisanal well erupts with water in the sertão of Bahia, revealing a surprising flow with six active fissures underground and changing the landscape in the Bahian semi-arid region.

Caio Aviz 30/03/2026 at 16:47

Science and Technology

100 kW megalasers are already pointing to a new industrial phase, with enough power to cut thick steel, drill through rocks, accelerate mining, and increase productivity in operations previously considered too difficult.

Noel Budeguer 29/03/2026 at 17:40

Job Openings

Foresea Expands Female Presence in Offshore Leadership and Achieves 34% of Women in Strategic Positions in the Drilling Industry

Corporativo 05/03/2026 at 14:48

Petrobras paralisa perfuração na Foz do Amazonas após vazamento; Ibama confirma controle e Margem Equatorial volta ao foco com polêmica ambiental. (IMAGEM: IA)

Oil and Gas

Petrobras Halts Exploratory Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon After Leak in Auxiliary Lines of the Morpho Well 175 km From Amapá; Fluid Contained, Ibama Notified, and No Oil Spilled, But Incident Rekindles Controversy Over the Equatorial Margin

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 06/01/2026 at 17:31

404 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, an oil company drilled 5,855 meters into the ocean and discovered the largest oil and gas reserve found in a quarter of a century.

China sends to Africa an 800-ton, 130-meter underground machine to open 9.7 km in a copper mine in Zambia, replacing drilling with explosives and sustaining an annual production of 60,000 tons of the metal in a new era of African digital mining.

End of heavy manual drilling: three robots take over more than 9,000 holes in the Engelberg tunnel in Germany, working at a height of 7.5 meters and increasing precision in construction carried out with traffic in operation.

End of overhead manual drilling: Hilti’s Jaibot robot uses digital plans from AutoCAD and Revit to mark and drill on its own at construction sites, increasing speed, precision, and safety in electrical, plumbing, mechanical installations, and interior finishes.

Startup raises US$ 44.1 million to accelerate new drilling technology, promises to make deep geothermal viable on a large scale and wants to unlock faster, cheaper, and more efficient wells to expand clean energy generation worldwide.

Todd Energy will drill an extreme geothermal well up to 6 km deep in New Zealand in search of superheated fluids, facing heat, pressure, and corrosive fluids at depths almost twice that of conventional wells.

Brava Energia begins drilling in Papa-Terra and Atlanta and could change the game by reducing costs in oil while increasing production and strengthening competitiveness in the offshore market.

Artisanal well erupts with water in the sertão of Bahia, revealing a surprising flow with six active fissures underground and changing the landscape in the Bahian semi-arid region.

100 kW megalasers are already pointing to a new industrial phase, with enough power to cut thick steel, drill through rocks, accelerate mining, and increase productivity in operations previously considered too difficult.

Foresea Expands Female Presence in Offshore Leadership and Achieves 34% of Women in Strategic Positions in the Drilling Industry

Petrobras Halts Exploratory Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon After Leak in Auxiliary Lines of the Morpho Well 175 km From Amapá; Fluid Contained, Ibama Notified, and No Oil Spilled, But Incident Rekindles Controversy Over the Equatorial Margin

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

China has deployed snake-shaped robots to slide along power lines, where they have already inspected over 130 kilometers of cables using cameras and sensors to detect damaged wires, worn-out parts, and overheating.