What is the Optimal Uphole Velocity for Foam Drilling?
Some projects certainly benefit from the easy touch of foam drilling. This method, with its excellent cuttings removal, gives a clean hole in delicate formations. But what uphole velocity should you shoot for? This week, drilling expert Brock Yordy has tips. It’s Ask Brock episode 155.
“Foam drilling is about finesse,” Yordy says, “and slowing down and understanding that we can drill a formation without getting it super water-wet and swelling, or breaking up lost circulation zones.”