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Recent Rotary Rig Count May 17th, 2013



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UNITED STATES 
5/17/13 
1769		 +0
5/10/13
-217
5/18/12

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5/17/13		 118
+5
5/10/13
0
5/18/12 

USA OFFSHORE 
5/17/13 
 52		 +2
5/10/13
 +5
5/18/12 

INTERNATIONAL 
04/2013 
1301
 +33
3/2013 
 +123
4/2012 



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Dustin Manuel replied to Adrian Hadley's discussion High Breakout Torque when Laying Down 4” XT-39 Drill Pipe. in the group Drilling the Bakken- Drilling Discussion Group
"we had problems with this but our pipe was new if i remember right if the tong dies were worn just a little bit we had to change them and then it worked just fine but after we used the pipe for a while they seemed to get easier to breakout it was…"
Jul 25, 2011
Stanislav Mezentsev replied to Adrian Hadley's discussion High Breakout Torque when Laying Down 4” XT-39 Drill Pipe. in the group Drilling the Bakken- Drilling Discussion Group
"one more case I remember. There was a deviated well lets say 10000 ft. From some depth we met difficulties to rotate, may be because of formation, may be because of hole cleaning issue. So, driller intentionally increased max limit top drive torque…"
May 7, 2011
Stanislav Mezentsev replied to Adrian Hadley's discussion High Breakout Torque when Laying Down 4” XT-39 Drill Pipe. in the group Drilling the Bakken- Drilling Discussion Group
"Adrian, the reason might be torsional vibration, called stick-slip. It occurs in deep wells, horizontal ones, when a well is drilled through hard formations with PDC. The bit stops for some time, topdrive accumulates high torque at the same time and…"
May 7, 2011
Bernard Keeth left a comment for Adrian Hadley
"Adrian, with top drive rigs, I have noticed that the age old practice of rotating breaks on trips has gone out the window on most of the rigs I'm around in the TX Panhandle.  This is not good practice.  I once had to literaly hold a…"
May 6, 2011
Mujahid Khalil Awaad liked Adrian Hadley's discussion High Breakout Torque when Laying Down 4” XT-39 Drill Pipe.
May 6, 2011
Drilling Ahead replied to Adrian Hadley's discussion High Breakout Torque when Laying Down 4” XT-39 Drill Pipe. in the group Drilling the Bakken- Drilling Discussion Group
"I have experienced the same problems with XT-39 threads drilling horizontals here in Oklahoma. I have found the problem is usually 2 things 1-properly doping the pipe ( as you know the pin end seals just like the face) so you really need to dope…"
May 6, 2011
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High Breakout Torque when Laying Down 4” XT-39 Drill Pipe.

 I have noted most, if not all, rigs I go to in the Williston area report difficulty breaking out connections when laying down XT-39. This group may be a good way to gather information on this issue and try to find a solution. I think most of the wells being drilled in this area are about the same, 10k ft Vertical and 8-10k ft horizontal. It would be interesting to get information from rigs not having any issues as well as the ones who are. Does your rig have problems with high Breakout Torque…See More
May 6, 2011
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Adrian Hadley added a discussion to the group Drilling the Bakken- Drilling Discussion Group
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High Breakout Torque when Laying Down 4” XT-39 Drill Pipe.

 I have noted most, if not all, rigs I go to in the Williston area report difficulty breaking out connections when laying down XT-39. This group may be a good way to gather information on this issue and try to find a solution. I think most of the wells being drilled in this area are about the same, 10k ft Vertical and 8-10k ft horizontal. It would be interesting to get information from rigs not having any issues as well as the ones who are. Does your rig have problems with high Breakout Torque…See More
May 6, 2011
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Adrian Hadley commented on Drilling Ahead's blog post New Drill Pipe Make Up Procedure
"Something else to watch for when making up Double Shouldered connections, make sure the secondary shoulder (torque shoulder) is being cleaned and doped. I see a lot of rigs just doping the threads. The Torque Shoulder, at the bottom of the pin seems…"
Apr 20, 2011
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At 2:46pm on May 6, 2011, Bernard Keeth said…

Adrian, with top drive rigs, I have noticed that the age old practice of rotating breaks on trips has gone out the window on most of the rigs I'm around in the TX Panhandle.  This is not good practice.  I once had to literaly hold a hands brains in his head until paramedics arrived when a tong latch broke due to over torqued drillpipe.  Another thing is that if the proper make-up torque is not applied @ surface, then the pipe will nearly always over-torque downhole.  By using proper make-up torque surface, properly cleaning and doping the connections and rotating breaks on trips, these problems should be alleviated.

 

 
 
 
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