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Practical, plain-language coverage of the drilling equipment market — buying guides, inspection know-how, and what's moving in the global rig fleet. Written for buyers and sellers, not analysts.
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Two tracks: Market Watch covers newly available rig & equipment inventory (posted only when something genuinely new comes up — no fixed schedule). Industry News is a monthly roundup of rig counts, equipment sales, and market conditions.
Moving a Used Drilling Rig Across Borders: A Buyer’s Guide
How a used land rig is broken into loads, what breakbulk, flat rack and RoRo mean, how Incoterms set the handover point, and which papers travel with the rig.
Read the article →Anatomy of a Land Drilling Rig: An Interactive Buyer’s Guide
Tap through the 13 main parts of a land drilling rig. See what each one does, the specs buyers compare, and the documents to request from a seller.
Read the article →How to Read the International Rig Count for Your Market (and the 2024 Saudi Reporting Change)
What the Baker Hughes international rig count measures, how to read it for one market, and the 2024 Saudi Arabia and 2019 Ukraine series breaks to check before comparing years.
Read the article →Small Drilling Rigs for Helium and Hydrogen Exploration: A Buyer’s Guide
Helium and natural hydrogen explorers are drilling more wells with smaller land rigs. What to check before you buy a rig of 1,000 HP or less, when owning beats contracting, and which rigs are listed now.
Read the article →Abandoned and Stacked Oil Rigs for Sale: What You Can Actually Buy
Can you buy an abandoned oil rig? What “stacked”, “warm-stacked” and “cold-stacked” mean, how decommissioned offshore rigs differ from platforms, and what to check before you buy an idle rig.
Read the article →Global Drilling Rig Market Trends: What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know
Where the US and offshore rig counts stand right now, why land activity has cooled while offshore holds steadier, and what the shift means if you're buying or selling equipment this year.
Read the article →Buying a Used Drilling Rig: A Practical Inspection and Due-Diligence Guide
What to actually check before you commit to a used land rig or workover unit — from mechanical and structural inspection points to the paperwork that protects the deal.
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