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Wayne Nash

10-Pound Drilling Rig in a 5-Pound Location

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
March 1, 2016
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Some years ago I had a job as a drilling foreman for a large contractor. Sometimes when we would bid a job, they would ask me to go look at the location to see what we needed.
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Bust of Oil Drilling Boom Has a Human Side

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
February 1, 2016
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As I look back at the past year in the drilling industry, the changes are pretty dramatic.
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For Drilling Jobs, Getting to the Rig is Half the Fun

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
January 1, 2016
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Being in the fishing/consulting business very often takes me to rigs that I have never seen before.
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On Drilling Rigs, Safety Focus Can Prevent Injury, Tragedy

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
December 1, 2015
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I’m involved with a number of blogs and chat rooms on the Internet. Most of them are drilling related, everything from geotechnical to water wells, directional drilling and oilfield.


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Wayne Nash

How to Make a ‘Poor-Boy’ Basket for Drilling Tool Fishing

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
November 1, 2015
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Fishing is probably every driller’s least favorite activity. But it happens.


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Proper Gravel Pack Can Keep a Well from Pumping Sand

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
October 1, 2015
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Got a call from a driller I had met on Facebook, and we had discussed jobs for quite a while. He said he had an irrigation well that was pumping sand, and had been doing it for a while.


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Teaching Geotechnical Drilling Crews in Slovakia

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
September 1, 2015
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OK, all y’all air drillers just thumb on over to Porky’s column or something.


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Wayne Nash

Drilling Jobs Depend on a Good Mud Pump

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
August 1, 2015
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OK, all y’all air drillers just thumb on over to Porky’s column or something.


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The Great Midwest Tire Dealer Tour and Saga

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
July 1, 2015
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With the oilfield slowdown and the fact that I hadn’t been home much in the last few years, I decided to be a little closer to Lottie until my next adventure.


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Social Media Has Changed Oil Drilling, Gas Drilling

Wayne Nash, Columnist
Wayne Nash
June 1, 2015
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It’s pretty amazing, the changes we see in the drilling industry every year.


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