WorldWide Drilling Resource

Proudly Made in the United States of America - delivered WorldWide ! WorldWide Drilling Resource ® The complete magazine for the drilling industry worldwide owned by drilling industry associates dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date technology and information to subscribers Covering construction-geotechnical directional environmental exploration-blasthole shallow gas & oil, geothermal, min- ing water well irrigation wastewater from bits to pumps to rigs to tanks through wire and more - whatever it takes to get the drilling job completed Managing Publisher/CEO/President Veronica “Ronnie” Jones Vice President Troy Cunningham Office Administrator Michele Stevens Editor Bonnie Love Associate Editor Amy White General Sales Manager Brenda Helms Classified Sales Manager Kathy Heinrich Display Sales Manager Dave Hose Production/Webmaster Marcel Schimpf Representative Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month: Mark Battersby John Christ Tim Connor Scott Cosby Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen Kyle Rehme Ray Roerick Harry Short (In Memory Of) “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Peter Tavino Harold White Robert Evans Wilson Jr Hyd/Eng Consultant Thomas Kwader Ph D PG Consultant Mary Ann Pelletier * Editorial contributions & advertisements include statements of fact and opin- ions that are the sole responsibility of the author and/or companies and do not necessarily imply any opinion of the owners management or staff of WorldWide Dr i ll ing Resource d ide ® . mages may have been altered for clarity Complete advertising information may be found at www.worldwidedrillingresource.com or by calling 850-547-0102 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® makes every effort not to place advertisements for “like” products on the same page in our publication this may occur however due to size and space within the publication We regret any inconvenience this may cause our advertisers WorldWide Drilling Resource ® s published monthly by WorldWide Drilling Resource nc a Florida Corporation PO Box 660 (3089 Northride Lane) Bonifay FL 32425-0660 Telephone 850-547-0102 Fax 850-547-0329 E-mail wwdr@worldwidedrillingresource.com Website www.worldwidedrillingresource.com Copyright 2016, WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. Seen by countless WorldWide Publication Agreement No 40892520 Back issues may be requested Cost per issue $10 00 USD No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner with- out the strict written consent of the publishers Advertising rates furnished upon request Editorial contributions are welcome subject to editorial review * W rldWi de D i l li g R sour e o r n e c ® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement . We Recycle NEW WEBSITE! ~ MOBILE ENABLED! Wonder ng what the photo to the r ght s a about? It’s a tt e b t of what WWDR does for our dr ng ndustry. No, we d dn’t make th s beaut fu dr r g d sp ay. But yes, we were the successfu b dders on t at th s year’s M nnesota Water We Assoc at on Conference. S nce th s s a rotat ng honor, and we cou d have had t sh pped to F or da for a year and then back up to M nnesota for the 2017 event, we e ected to a ow t be d sp ayed at the assoc at on’s headquarters. They were gra c ous enough to get t there for us. Great fo ks! Yes, we do th s at a great many events, because these do ars go to scho arsh ps wh ch support our ndustry ~ If the young don’t get nvo ved, there won’t be an ndustry. Some assoc at ons do put th s money to use for other needs, wh ch are a so extreme y mportant. The R WWD Team w be head ng out BIG TIME th s month! Start ng w th the bauma event n Mun ch, GERMANY The LARGEST SHOW ever t just keeps grow ng. Th s one qu ck y fo owed by Texas A ance, SEDC, Best n the West, and A berta Water We Dr ers Assoc at on (CANADA) means a busy month for those busy feet! Be sure and ook for the red jackets and sm e for the ever present WWDR Camera! As we p an forward to May the OTC s on the hor zon and don’t forget that great GEFCO Tra n ng n En d, OK. The WWDR Work N P ay w head that way as we . I’m th nk ng “trave ” shou d be our mdd e name. WorldWide Drilling Resource ® has a ot to offer, so f you have not had an opportun ty to f nd out what a we have ava ab e, p ease take a moment and dial 850-547-0102 , so we can chat! Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com With pen (computer) in hand... See you on the trail! We l e e nes th m e a Posi e” Attitude! No frowners allowed! ’l b th o wi the s il s! And “ tiv 6 APRIL 2016 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® 5 1 7- 3 = 3 * 9*5 = !538) :2*5 # !814 #*59.(* > ! 3; > 039.6 # # 5&1* !814 3.67 )*55.(/ -37 6-.+7 !$ (&4 6&2)5**0 -<)5&80.( 3.0 (330*5 '*-.2) 7-* (&' 3875.,,*56 43:*5 &51 43:*5 732, -33/ 84 73 5*&5 64**) :.2(- $ 75.40* 0.2* '03(/ 67**0 +0&7'*) 7330'3;*6 13827*) 32 (86731*5 6 5*.,-70.2*5 # ; > < ! 3 %# : &1&5 > &; 1 0 ( 4 4 . 3 ( 1 &. 6*1 3 81 -3 67 <&-3 3 ::: # 3+0&1&5 (31