During my years manufacturing and selling drill rods, I have had customers experience problems. Although these are not common, they are always of concern.

We gather knowledge as we go through life. But do we do enough to see our knowledge passed along to others?

In blasthole applications, UHV is important not only in the design process, but as a factor in everyday monitoring of drill pipe life.

Drilco Industrial in Midland, Texas, was an industry leader in design and engineering.

In order to work properly, every bit is designed to run with a given amount of down pressure. It takes a certain amount of push. When drilling vertically, this is bit weight.

If you are running conventional oilfield drill pipe, drilling deep with a mud rotary or perhaps drilling 5,000 feet for natural gas with flush joint drill pipe, then you are familiar with the term "upset."

Are we dooming our drill pipe because of issues that we are just not aware of? These notes will help.