"Well, it finally happened. Since I have been in the Bakken, I have had an unblemished record of putting the fish on the bank successfully – until last week."
Maine Drilling & Blasting, one of the nation’s elite drilling and blasting companies, celebrates the importance of local service to its own success over the past 45 years by sharing its resources and wealth with various organizations that serve local community needs throughout the Northeast and across the country.
Ensuring its 226 drilling rigs, 229 service rigs and 28 snubbing units operate at top capacity is the priority for the 11 technicians at Precision Drilling’s Nisku Technical Support Center, located near Edmonton, Alberta. And that means keeping about $2 million of replacement parts and pieces of equipment on-hand.
"A few weeks ago, a driller from the Midwest called me for help on a drilling project he was on, and his first question was, 'Do you have any drilling additives that will keep our borehole walls from caving in?'"