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Reliability and trust provide foundation for industry-leading problem solving

Things don't always go to plan. That’s why Odfjell Technology's fishing and remedial team offers the right solution in every situation. Safe and reliable well intervention services, built on a foundation of experience and expertise, can make the…

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How to drill a vertical top hole

Top hole drilling is as much science as art. But in order to do it right, you've got to mean business. Here are three basic things you need to…

3 ways of getting out of trouble with a top drive casing running tool

The top Drive Casing Running Tool has been portrayed as a tool that increases efficiency, keeps people away from red zone and helps you get out of…

Casing While Drilling (Level 2) in Romania. Experiences so far

Casing While Drilling has a history as a highly efficient way of combining drilling and casing. OWS Romania has been using this method extensively,…

The benefits of wellbore clean-up and displacement experience

In previous blogs we have talked about how pre-job planning is key.  Although each well is different, there are fundamental similarities in each…

The evolution of the casing scraper

Casing scrapers are not new technology. A quick search on Google patents will bring up hundreds of types of scrapers dating back to the 1930s. In this…

Drilling thread types for dummies

At Odfjell Well Services we constantly hear from people who ask us why certain drill pipes don't go together. Sometimes these are experienced drillers…

How radio operated slips lifters may reduce costs

In my last blog post I talked about the safety matters in casing operations and how the increased use of radio operated casing equipment is really…

Radio operated equipment reduces risk in casing operations

From my location in Thailand it is obvious that a change of culture is taking place. While the remotely operated casing equipment traditionally has…

How to avoid overtorque of drill pipe

As the ancient Babylonian adage goes, the gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. Fishing for broken-off drill strings…

Correct interpretation of tubing/casing make up graphs  

The sophisticated software developed to read make up graphs on connections of various types of casing is very helpful when making up your connections.…

Hole openers: When your black gold is between a rock and a hard place

When drilling top holes in extreme formations with rock hard boulders, the borehole can sometimes change direction, because the drill bit always…

The 3 Rs of Wellbore Clean-Up

At school, we learned the three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic. There are also three Rs of wellbore clean-up, namely Rotation, Reciprocation and…

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