PARACHUTE Lonnie Pitts has the best job on the rig. Sitting high in a cush chair in an air conditioned room looking out over the drilling platform, he wields a joystick like a Star Wars space fighter ...

Have you ever found yourself cruising down the highway, glancing at the big rigs beside you, and wondering, "What if these trucks could drive themselves?" Well, buckle up and get ready because that ...

In 2023, Texas Tech became a pioneer in giving petroleum engineering students hands-on experience by raising the mast of the first full-scale operational oil rig on a university campus nationwide. A ...

How safe are these trucks? The safety of autonomous trucks is a primary concern. Aurora's 2025 Driverless Safety Report outlines five key principles to ensure safe operation: proficiency, fail-safety, ...

Lonnie Pitts has the best job on the rig. Sitting high in a cush chair in an air conditioned room looking out over the drilling platform, he wields a joystick like a Star Wars space fighter jockey.

Texas Tech leaders hope to strike black gold - and give petroleum engineering students some literal in-the-field experience at the same time. The university made history on Friday by raising the ...

A few days back we talked a bit about the Tesla electric semi that it had been working on. Word is that the electric big rig can go up to 300 miles per charge making it appropriate for regional ...

It is the anxiety, fear, confusion & concern about the youth today, that they prompted us, to organize new generation program for young professionals. We, Rig Tech is India's, pioneer Institution ...