• Technology

    How Downhole Transducers Work

    Summary: Oil drilling is a complex operation, and without sensing pressure, it amounts to guess work at best. In order to extract oil and natural gas from the ground, engineers need to drill deep into the earth. In the olden days, a great bar was lifted into the air and struck forcefully into the ground. This is where a down-hole transducer comes in handy. A lot of time and effort goes into prospecting for oil, and finding a field that produces can be a costly endeavor. Plus, fields that have oil don’t necessarily have it by the barrel full. When engineers find an area that they suspect to be oil-rich,…

  • Goods and Services

    The Advantages of Shipping Containers

    By Port Containers Businesses that rely on shipping options have long had an obvious choice: steel containers. Although they’re not necessarily new, more and more companies have been waking up to them over the years, especially as it’s become cheaper than ever to buy a shipping container than ever before. Why do so many companies use shipping containers? For one thing, they can match just about any business plan out there. Almost any product can fit inside one and their steel design essentially ensures the elements will never get to them. Your storage container can fend off just about any attempt the weather makes on it without an issue. It…