Talk:Drill string

Discussion
This is probably just a silly argument, but drill pipe might not always be the longest part of the drill string. On shallower intervals such as when drilling the surface casing interval, the interval may be short enough where only drill collars are needed. But the statement in the article is generally true, considering the total drilled depth of an average well, and not worth editing. --Altailji 18:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Merge proposal
Come on this thing (stuck drill string)really doesn't deserve an article of its own Madmedea 19:06, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes on merge. Suggest place as section following Running a Drill String. --TRosenbaum 07:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Did merge. --TRosenbaum 06:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Classifying as a stub
There is more that could be added, but I still think there's too much information in this article for it to be considered a stub. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Glom (talk • contribs) 09:18, 24 April 2007 (UTC).

Not just oil
It's not just drilling for oil that involves Drill strings and so on. Holes can be drilled for water, for seismic shotholes, for geological investigation for foundations for buildings &c.--SilasW (talk) 19:25, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Need a diagram/animation
The article definitely needs some kind of illustration or animation detailing the removal of drill strings via jars, the current description leaves too much to the imagination.--Hooperbloob (talk) 13:08, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Jars
There's not a good description or an illustration of jars in the article before it goes into a disproportionately detailed description of their development and use. It leaves the reader guessing about what they must look like or how they function.Landroo (talk) 04:52, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Pictures
This article is badly in need of some pictures or diagrams. neffk (talk) 13:48, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Tripping
I agree that this article needs pictures, diagrams, and maybe even animation. Such might have made the paragraph on tripping understandable. That paragraph contains the following: "Pulling the drill string out of or running the drill string into the hole is referred to as tripping. Thus tripping is done before and after the actual drilling."

The last sentence looks like nonsense to me. Before the actual drilling, there is no hole, so the drill string can neither be pulled out of one nor run into one. I don't know about after actual drilling. Pulling the drill string out seems reasonable, but I don't see why one would run a string in at that time. SDCHS (talk) 06:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Complete Rework Needed
After reading the article and thinking about it, I've decided that my previous comment under "Tripping" is too mild. A complete rework of this article is needed, including a splitting off of some parts into their own articles. e. g., "Jars" and "Freeing a Stuck Pipe". Both of these subjects should be explained concisely as part of this article with links to the new articles for details.

My reasons for suggesting a rework are several, of which I currently only remember two. At it stands, the article reads very much like a copy-in of something from a trade publication. For example, notice Reference Two in the section "History of Surface Resonant Vibrators", which points to reference three in the article.

The article uses industry jargon without explanation (e. g., jar and fish. There is another that is more egregious but I can't remember it or locate it.). This likely resulted from the copy-in process. When I came to "drilling jar" in this article, naturally the first thing I thought of was something vaguely shaped like a jar that contains food or liquids.

I would volunteer for the rewriting but I don't have the necessary knowledge. I came to this article during a search to find out how holes thousands of feet deep are drilled. I haven't found out yet. SDCHS (talk) 01:50, 6 August 2010 (UTC)