Equipment maintenance is never a trivial matter, but when it comes to directional drilling, it perhaps carries a bit of extra weight.
That’s because an equipment breakdown in the field due to neglected maintenance doesn’t just mean downtime. It could mean completely abandoning a hole midbore and starting a job over at the beginning. It’s not easy removing broken-down equipment from belowground and still be able to make use of that hole.
Here are some tips related to directional drill maintenance compiled from previous articles that have appeared in Dig Different magazine.
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