Drilling Automation: A Catalyst for Change: Stephen Rassenfoss, JPT/JPT Online Staff Writer, September 2011.

HP/HT Challenges: Mike Payne, Senior Adviser in BP´s Exploration and Production, JPT April 2012.

HP/HT Challenges: Mike Payne, Senior Adviser in BP´s Exploration and Production, JPT April 2011.

HP/HT Challenges: Robert MacAndrew, SPE, director of Aberdeen Drilling Management Ltd., April 2008.

LOC 400 Drilling Rig: Broucher.

Land Rigs Catalog – DRILLMEC Drilling Technologies.

Drilling Automation and WITSML: Clinton D. Chapman, Drilling Automation Program Architect, Schlumberger – presentation.

Automation for Safer and Faster Drilling: Eric van Oort, Shell Upstream Americas, Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS), New Orleans, 2010.

Project Mohole Initial Feasibility Study for 2017 Drilling – Prepared for Integrated Ocean Drilling Program – Final Report: Project No. IOD-1211-001, June 30, 2011.

Production Automation in the 21st Century: Opportunities for Production Optimization and Remote Unattended Operations: Cleon L. Dunham, SPE, Oilfield Automation Consulting, July 2003.

Scientific Drilling: Reports on Deep Earth Sampling and Monitoring. No. 14, September 2012. ISSN: 1816-8957.

Automation of Drawworks and Topdrive Management to Minimize Swab/Surge and Poor-Downhole-Condition Effects: Eric Cayeux, Benolt Daireaux, Erik Wolden Dvergsnes, International Research Institute of Stavanger, SPE Drilling & Completion, December 2011.

A technical and Economic Study of Completion Techniques in Five Emerging US Gas Shales: A Woodford Shale Example: A. Agrawal – Chevron, Y. Wei – C & C Reservoirs, S. A. Holditch – Texas A & M University, ,SPE Drilling & Completion, March 2012.

Casing While Drilling (CwD): A New Approach to Drilling Fiqa Formation in the Sultanate of Oman – A Success Story: F. Sánchez – SPE, S. Houqani – SPE, Petroleum Development Oman, M. Turki – SPE, Tesco Corporation, M. Cruz – SPE, Baker Hughes, SPE Drilling & Completion, June 2012.

Designing Multistage Frac Packs in the Lower Tertiary Formation – Cascade and Chinook Project: Ziad Haddad – FOI Technologies, Mike Smith – NSI Technologies, Flavio Dias De Moraes – Petrobras, SPE Drilling & Completion, March 2012.

Development of Water – Based Drilling Fluids Customized for Shale Reservoirs: Jay P. Deville, Brady Fritz, Michael Jarrett, Haliburton, SPE Drilling & Completion, December 2011.

Characterization of Filter Cake Generated by Water – Based Drilling Fluids Using CT Scan: S. M. Elkatatny – SPE, M. A. Mahmoud – SPE, H. A. Nasr-El-Din – SPE, Texas A & M University, SPE Drilling & Completion, June 2012.

Drilling Automation: Presenting a Framework for Automated Operations: Øyvind Breyholtz – IRIS, Michael Nikolaou – University of Houston, SPE Drilling & Completion, March 2012.