All graphics and markings are permanently etched and black filled to produce a high quality long lasting gauge in which the graphics and graduations will not rub off. A handy tool, gauge, ruler and identifier for use wherever drill strings are employed in well drilling operations.
Use this tool to assist in identifying drill stem connections on which the identification markings etc. The end profiles on this tool joint identifier will help you determine the number of threads per inch in the pin or box. Use calipers to measure the diameter at base on the pin, transfer this measurement onto the gauge and quickly determine the type of joint. This is the reason for cutting off the connections and rewelding them back on on opposite ends.
The kelly has to have a "left handed" connection on top so when they are drilling, it doesn't come unscrewed from the "Swivel" on the drilling rig.
Here's a picture of Milling a "Spiral" on a drill collar. I just realized to old "Drilco" picture was showing a kelly being milled. Here is a little later Spiral Mill I designed for Oncor in All such creatures were custom designed and built.
Last I heard it was still making chips in Argentina. Spiral Mill pictures by johnoder - Photobucket John Oder. I ran this machine at Drilco in Morgan City, La. Actually there was another Hobb in between the pictured hobb and the Axelson that I ran. Pierre was the mechanic that repaired all of the machinery in Morgan City.
Almost all of the machinist's were name Roland at one point. Later myself and Pierre Jr. As I understand it, over the years they were telling that Peirre and I were cutting jts. That was Drilco's formula for trying to make you push yourself to get more work out of you Those were good days back then.
I was about 22 years old then. I just turned 70 the 10th of May. Oh, bye the way, I owned one of the Smalley General hobbs and I think it is still at the shop that I sold. Oiltoolman, I thank you greatly for identifying those guys in those old pictures. I always thought they were taken in the old Homes Road shop in south Houston. BTW- who are you?
Ken Stokley. Billyum liked this post. Cracking thread,Ken. Originally Posted by 4GSR. Oiltoolman, Thanks for the great reply!!! Great stuff. Don't know how I missed this old thread. Engineer the optimal drilling assembly for any application, including bit designs that account for each element of the BHA.
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We need a little more information from you before we can grant you access. Home Companies Smith Bits. Smith Bits. Smith International's operations in this sector accounted for more than 40 percent of the company's revenues, but Smith was at a competitive disadvantage because two much larger firms, Halliburton Company and Baker Hughes, were furiously pumping money into their directional drilling units.
The proceeds from this divestment were earmarked to develop a new niche for Smith International--drilling fluids and other well completion services--and to restore some of the magnitude lost during the previous decade.
On February 28, , eight years and two weeks after the bleakest day in Smith International's history, the company acquired Dresser's 64 percent interest in M-I Drilling Fluids Co. It also provided a tremendous boost to Smith International's stature as a competitor in the oil and gas equipment and services industry. Houston-based M-Drilling was a joint venture with Halliburton, which owned 36 percent of the venture.
It specialized in drilling and completion fluids and systems, solids-control equipment, and waste management services for the oil and gas drilling industry. In drilling, fluids and muds were used for such procedures as cooling drill bits, lubricating drill pipes, flushing out rock cuttings, and balancing pressure in wells. Over the next ten years, Smith International completed more than 40 acquisitions to strengthen its existing operations and diversify into related areas.
Anchor was particularly attractive because of its strong presence in the North Sea and Malaysia, where M-I had less of a presence. To pass antitrust muster with the U. Of the several other acquisitions completed by M-I from to , two were especially noteworthy.
Safeguard specialized in the rental of waste management systems used in petroleum drilling. Meanwhile, Halliburton reached an agreement in early on a merger with Dresser Industries.
To gain approval for this deal from the Justice Department, Halliburton had to divest its 36 percent stake in M-I. During this same period, Smith Drilling and Completions made its own string of acquisitions.
Tri-Tech, operating out of Lafayette, Louisiana, had an operational profile similar to that of Red Baron, but it was active in the U. Gulf Coast region. Smith International ventured into a new field in April through a merger with Wilson Industries, Inc. Wilson, a private company based in Houston, was a distributor of pipe, valves, and other miscellaneous supplies to the oil and gas industry.
Wilson became one of Smith International's main operating units. The company moved quickly to control costs, cutting its workforce from 9, in March to 6, in mid Just a couple of weeks after the deal's completion was announced, however, the U.
Justice Department filed a petition in a U. The government alleged that the new joint venture violated a consent decree that specifically barred Smith from combining M-I with the drilling fluid operations of Schlumberger and several other firms.
With this legal distraction behind it, Smith International continued to seek growth via the acquisition route. Several deals involved M-I. The oilfield and industrial screen operations of Madison Filter Belgium S.
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