I recently have run into several drillers who have had problems with the piping from the pump to the swivel. Usually, it is an older rig that may have had a fair amount of rebuilding done, but they somehow neglect to inspect – or replace – the mud lines from the pump to the swivel
I have been in the drilling/consulting business for more than 35 years, and I have seldom seen an article about fishing or fishing tools. This probably is a subject that most drillers would like to “just go away,” but it is part of our industry, like it or not.
This month, I'd like to touch on some procedures and methods of grouting I've picked up over the years, but first, the reasons for grouting casing: The primary reason to grout casing is to seal the annular space between the casing and the hole …
Something that's been on my mind lately is rig maintenance. With the
cost of new rigs going though the roof and the scarcity of good used
rigs on the market, it behooves us to take pretty good care of the rigs
we have ...
It's just the first week of June, and already those of us in the Southeast have gotten a heads-up call. The season isn't a week old, and already a tropical depression developed in the Gulf …
I'm contributing to the down-hole disasters theme this month. I usually try to stay on a lighter note, but this happened to me in 1976, and is a good example of a combination of Murphy's law and human error.
