WorldWide Drilling Resource

6 JULY 2017 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, mining , 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 I. “Ronnie” Jones Vice President: Troy Cunningham Office Administrator: Michele Stevens Editor: Bonnie Love Associate Editor: Caleb Whitaker Public Relations Professionals: Brenda Helms Jan Allen Betsy Willett Kathy Heinrich Production/Webmaster: Marcel Schimpf Representative: Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month: Mark Battersby Tim Connor Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Peter Tavino Harold White Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. Jeremy Wire Hyd/Eng Consultant: Thomas Kwader, Ph.D.,P.G. Consultant: Mary Ann Pelletier * Editorial contributions & advertisements include statements of fact and opinions 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 Drilling Resource WorldWid ® . Images 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 ® i s published monthly by WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc., 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 2017, 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 without the strict written consent of the publishers. Advertising rates furnished upon request. Editorial contributions are welcome subject to editorial review.* WorldWide Dr i ll ing Resource ® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement . We Recycle Time brings about change. WorldWide has gone through a great many changes since its founding as we try hard to ensure we are meeting your expectations. The white outer sheet on last month's issue asking you to renew or sign up for your issue was necessary because of an auditing procedure. We need your help to complete the audit. Please contact our office if you haven't completed it yet so we can be sure you are included. Call 850-547-0102 or e-mail sub@worldwidedrillingresource.com See you on the trail! No frowners allowed! Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@ worldwidedrillingresource.com With pen (computer) in hand... ATTENTION ADVERTISERS ... 2018 Marketing Guides are in the works. Get ready! Hot Topics for July 2017 ~ Education and Training: worldwidedrillingresource.com Water Treatment Training and Education ~ 7 Geothermal Training from the Best ~ 12 Mining Schools in the USA ~ 16 Mining Equipment Operators Training ~ 22 Drilling Into Money Not Boring ~ 24 Engineers Without Borders Receives Donation ~ 25 Building Up the Workers of Tomorrow ~ 26 Where to Go for Oil and Gas Training ~ 26 Life is a Teacher ~ 32 Education is Worth the Investment ~ 34 Flexible HDD Training Available ~ 35 Minerals Education for Everyone ~ 38 Engineering Scholarships Awarded ~ 38 Environmental Monitoring ~ 44 New Global Training Available ~ 45 Academy of Excellence for Tunneling and Construction Industry ~ 46 Ronnie@ Caleb@ Bonnie@ Kathy@ Betsy@ Brenda@ Jan@ Michele@ Troy@ Marcel@