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  2. Drilling and blasting - Wikipedia

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    Rock blasting in Finland. Drilling and blasting is the controlled use of explosives and other methods, such as gas pressure blasting pyrotechnics, to break rock for excavation. It is practiced most often in mining, quarrying and civil engineering such as dam, tunnel or road construction. The result of rock blasting is often known as a rock cut.

  3. Pioneer Drilling Beats Up on Analysts Yet Again - AOL

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    Pioneer Drilling (ASE: PDC) reported earnings on Feb. 21. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeawayFor the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Pioneer Drilling beat slightly on ...

  4. Pioneer Drilling Beats on Both Top and Bottom Lines - AOL

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    Pioneer Drilling (ASE: PDC) reported earnings on May 8. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeawayFor the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Pioneer Drilling beat expectations on ...

  5. Pioneer Drilling's Major Margins - AOL

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    Margins matter. The more Pioneer Drilling (ASE: PDC) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders.

  6. Pioneer Natural Resources - Wikipedia

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    Pioneer Natural Resources was created in 1997 by the merger of Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company and MESA Inc., owned by Thomas Boone Pickens. [2] In May 2016, CEO and chairman Scott D. Sheffield was succeeded by Timothy Dove. Sheffield returned to the roles in 2019 after Dove's retirement. [3] [4] In January 2024, Richard P. Dealy was named ...

  7. Explosives engineering - Wikipedia

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    Analysis and engineering of rock blasting for mining; Design and analysis of shaped charges and reactive armor; Design, analysis and application of military explosives such as grenades, mines, shells, aerial bombs, missile warheads, etc. Bomb disposal; Drilling and blasting; Demolition

  8. Exxon Mobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion ...

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    Exxon Mobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, creating a colossal fracking operator in ...

  9. Drifter drill - Wikipedia

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    Rock drill mounted on a tripod. The large objects on the legs are weights to anchor it down into position. In reciprocating power drills, the drilling cylinder is mounted on a feed-screw, such that as the hole is drilled and the drilling point recedes from the rock face, the drill-bit continues to move into it, while the anchor point (on the tripod or column) remains in place. [11]