Drillers, how many feet per day?

[themitch]

Late reply. Work in Northeast PA on the drilling rigs in the Marcellus. Air drilling the top holes is what almost everyone here does. Either with a hammer for straight holes or with a tri-cone and a motor for deviated top holes. Most impressive was one company that would run a 8.5" hammer, 5000 scfm at about 600 psi and make 400 feet an hour. Was a fast pace for everyone. Second most impressive was using the same air and a 12.25" tri-cone making over 200 feet an hour. The amount of vibrations coming up the drill string is obscene.

 

[LLigetfa]

I have not spoken to the new neighbor but heard from my other neighbor that they went down 270 feet.

 

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[Craigpump]

Running an RD20?

 

[hj]

yo could be 100' from the neighbors and still have completely different specifications. I was on a job years ago where the customer was on a ridge 50' from a lake and they NEVER struck water in the first holes they drilled.

 

[Craigpump]

HJ
We see that all the time around here. I can show you a few subdivisions with a lake across the street and 1000' wells in the yards.