Transitioning from Cable-Tool to Sonic Drilling October 13, 2022 No Comments Our host asks John Argiropoulos of Edge Drilling in Perth, Australia, about sonic. It’s Ask Brock episode 183.Read More
Beyond the Tool String: Pulling Casing Using Brute Force This Month, We Break out the Jacks and Casing Rings John Schmitt September 28, 2022 One Comment Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool discussion. This month, he gets into using jacks and casing rings.Read More
Episode 28 – The Driller Newscast Suicide Awareness and Prevention plus Drilling Innovations September 12, 2022 No Comments We feature interviews about the latest drilling tech plus frank talk about mental illness. It’s episode 28.Read More
Beyond the Tool String: Using a Casing Spear on a Spudder This Month, We Pull Really Stuck Pipe with a Casing Spear John Schmitt September 6, 2022 No Comments Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks about casing spears.Read More
Beyond the Tool String: Pulling Casing Using a Spudder This Month, We Take a Look at Pipe-Pulling Tools John Schmitt July 27, 2022 One Comment Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks about methods to pull casing.Read More
Beyond the Tool String: Casing Elevators, Other Lifting Methods This Month, We Talk Moving Pipe from Ground to String John Schmitt July 1, 2022 No Comments Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks casing elevators and lifters.Read More
Beyond the Tool String: Drive Clamps for Casing This Month, We Talk about Driving Casing Pipe John Schmitt June 3, 2022 No Comments Columnist John Schmitt expands on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks drive clamps.Read More
Beyond the Tool String: All about Slurry Bailers This Month, We Get into Bailers Used in Cable Tool John Schmitt April 22, 2022 No Comments Columnist John Schmitt talks dart, flat-bottom and other bailers used in a cable-tool drilling program.Read More
Beyond the Tool String: Stem Guides and Wire-Line Savers This Month, We Get into Other Cable-Tool Components John Schmitt March 22, 2022 No Comments Columnist John Schmitt goes beyond the cable-tool string to discuss other components of a well operation.Read More
Selecting More Tools for Our Cable-Tool Drilling Program Wrenches, Jacks Ensure Tight Tool Joints for Lasting Connections John Schmitt February 28, 2022 No Comments Once you’ve chosen tool string components, you put them all together with wrenches or jacks.Read More