A drilling business works only as hard as its biggest assets: the drill rigs. Keeping them in top shape costs time and money, but ignoring maintenance is the surest way to unscheduled downtime. For tips to optimize uptime, we spoke with Gary Crueger of Cascade Drilling and Technical Services. Cascade runs a variety of rigs in environmental, geotechnical, mining and other areas from almost three dozen offices across the country. Crueger is vice president of safety and administration, so he has a hand in making sure drill crews can depend on the rigs in Cascade’s fleet.
Our conversation has been edited for space and clarity.