WorldWide Drilling Resource

6 MAY 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 John Christ Tim Connor Bill Corey Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson 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 ® . 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 Hey Ronnie! Where are those photos? Are you one of those who misses the pages of show photos, and eagerly looking for someone you might know? Well, perhaps you wonder why they aren’t in the magazine like they used to be. Yes, it is a cost factor and we all regret that - but we have been compensating you in a BIGGER way. What? you say! How? For instance, in this month’s issue, all you have to do is look in the Table of Contents on Page 5 (every month) and you will see under “Editorial”, Photo Gallery. Go to those pages, and each show has its own “teaser” photos and provides an online link which will take you straight to each and every photo the WWDR Team took during that event. SURPRISE! You can download and print any photo you want with our compliments. There is only one condition - of course there is Ronnie! What? Well, they are for personal use only and NO commercial use is permitted so they are copyrighted. But, please go ahead and let your family and friends have a copy - we like to share - makes our Solid Gold Smiles even brighter! THAT’S WHERE THOSE PHOTOS ARE! More of our Solid Gold Service ~ with a Smile! ™ See you on the trail! No frowners allowed! Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@ worldwidedrillingresource.com With pen (computer) in hand... Hot Topics for May 2017! Gas and Oil: Water-Based Drilling Fluid ~ Page 12,48 Frackibacter ~ Page 21 Working on Alaska’s North Slope ~ Page 14 New Hybrid Drill Bit for Oil and Gas Industry ~ 24 Oil/Water Exploration ~ Page 17 Finding Oil in Oz ~ Page 27 Keeping Up with the Oil Industry’s Calcium Chloride Demand ~ Page 54 Ronnie@ worldwidedrillingresource.com Caleb@ Bonnie@ Kathy@ Betsy@ Brenda@ Jan@ Michele@ Troy@ Marcel@