Articles Tagged with ''mud rotary drilling''

Roping, plugging and other four-letter words when it comes to cones in a drilling program. It’s Ask Brock 233.

Mud rotary drillers want a good, stable borehole, but what’s a good psi to accomplish that? It’s Ask Brock 231.

Derex Drill Rigs president discusses dual-rotary method and speeding up groundwater, geothermal projects.

Host Brock Yordy goes back to fundamentals with tips for heading off plugged bits. It’s Ask Brock 211.

The secret ingredient to mixing up the best mud for your drilling job? Time. It’s Ask Brock 206.

Often, the answer is “It depends.” Ask Brock lays out the factors for mud rotary drillers to consider.

Hole cleaning, sizing your mud pump, bit-balling and uphole velocity. It’s Ask Brock episode 188.

New and veteran drillers share this same common mistake, host Brock Yordy says. It’s Ask Brock episode 169.

What’s the best drilling rig to cut your teeth on? Host Brock Yordy has ideas. It’s Ask Brock episode 165.

The host talks safe driving, site assessment and the Great Lakes Compact, and interviews driller Mike Steffan.