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Sandvik tungsten carbide drill bit recycling

Sandvik Announces 'Opt-Out' Carbide Drill Bit Recycling

Company Goal is 90% of Own Bits by 2025

March 14, 2023

Tungsten is finite, so recycling drilling bits helps lower carbon emissions and ultimately makes mining more sustainable.

Winged or Smooth-Bore Stabilizer? Ask Brock Weighs In

January 5, 2023

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Geology is, of course, a factor, but drilling jobs often demand a little structure on top of the bit.

Mincon’s MP Series DTH Hammers

Company says updated range available in 2023

October 31, 2022

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The company recently unveiled the updated range and said it would be available to customers in 2023.

Fishing Tools for a Spudder Operation: the Jar Bumper

Drilling Tools Stuck? We Start with the Jar Bumper

John Schmitt

October 28, 2022

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Columnist John Schmitt walks us through fishing tools for cable-tool drilling starting with the jar bumper.

Bucyrus-Erie 20W cable tool drilling rig

Beyond the Tool String: Pulling Casing Using Brute Force

This Month, We Break out the Jacks and Casing Rings

John Schmitt

September 28, 2022

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Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool discussion. This month, he gets into using jacks and casing rings.

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

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Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks about casing spears.

Beyond the Tool String: Pulling Casing Using a Spudder

This Month, We Take a Look at Pipe-Pulling Tools

John Schmitt

July 27, 2022

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Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks about methods to pull casing.

Beyond the Tool String: Casing Elevators, Other Lifting Methods

This Month, We Talk Moving Pipe from Ground to String

John Schmitt

July 1, 2022

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Columnist John Schmitt builds on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks casing elevators and lifters.

Beyond the Tool String: Drive Clamps for Casing

This Month, We Talk about Driving Casing Pipe

John Schmitt

June 3, 2022

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Columnist John Schmitt expands on his cable-tool string discussion. This month, he talks drive clamps.

Beyond the Tool String: All about Slurry Bailers

This Month, We Get into Bailers Used in Cable Tool

John Schmitt

April 22, 2022

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Columnist John Schmitt talks dart, flat-bottom and other bailers used in a cable-tool drilling program.

Articles Tagged with ''drilling tools''

Sandvik Announces 'Opt-Out' Carbide Drill Bit Recycling

Winged or Smooth-Bore Stabilizer? Ask Brock Weighs In

Mincon’s MP Series DTH Hammers

Fishing Tools for a Spudder Operation: the Jar Bumper

Beyond the Tool String: Pulling Casing Using Brute Force

Beyond the Tool String: Using a Casing Spear on a Spudder

Beyond the Tool String: Pulling Casing Using a Spudder

Beyond the Tool String: Casing Elevators, Other Lifting Methods

Beyond the Tool String: Drive Clamps for Casing

Beyond the Tool String: All about Slurry Bailers

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