wordpress.com When matters of oil and energy production are the top concern, industry professionals such as Paul Favret are always on the lookout for areas of improvement. Fracking has been revolutionary in its role as a novel method to extract oil and gas from underground. At present, one of the oil and energy industry’s most interesting innovations is horizontal drilling, which Paul Favret discusses in this blog post. The working concept in horizontal drilling is quite simple. It’s all about maximizing the source of extractable materials. If, for instance, the drill comes across a thickness of 100 feet of rock, drilling through it at the same angle would yield precisely whatever 100 feet of rock would yield. If the drill, however, can be bent at a different angle, then essentially, the operation would be tapping more of what a specific layer of materials can provide. It so happens that layered rock can stretch out far and wide. According to Paul Favret, a 100-ft. thick layer ca