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?'"
"Check valves permit water flow only in one direction, and are required on all submersible pump installations. The purpose of a check valve is to prevent the water in the column above the pump and in the pressure tank from draining back into the well when the pump shuts off."
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