WorldWide Drilling Resource

6 MARCH 2018 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® As a company grows, so grows the workload for each and every one associated with the com- pany. WorldWide is no stranger to growth and the responsibilities each of the WWDR Team has taken on to insure this is the best possible RESOURCE we can bring you each month; year-after- year. Our Solid Gold Service ~ with a Smile!™ is not only a slogan with us, it is our promise to you and is why the WWDR Team has the finest people crossing the globe, placing those personal calls, sending those special e-mails out to you, and having so many ways for you to keep up-to-date with your industry - DRILLING . It gives us great pride each month to see the final product, and then humbles us when you call, send notes, or e-mails letting us know you enjoyed something or many things in WorldWide Drilling Resource ® . We thank you. There is a GREAT THING you can say about PRINT MAGAZINES . . . they aren’t taken down for updates like online websites are. Yes, this is a true statement! Sure WorldWide Drilling Resource ® is online, but it isn’t only online. It is a true “hold it in your hands” magazine. One that is comfortable to read anywhere you are; be it on the jobsite, in your living room, at your office, in your shop, wherever you are and have a few minutes. You can even turn down the corner of the page you left off on, turn half the page down to enable you to go back to that article, or tear the page out and save it. Can’t do that online. Hmmm. Interesting isn’t it? Advertisers should take note, because this enables your advertisement to be handy anywhere - not just where there is “internet access”. Can you tell? I like to read magazines I can physically hold and turn the paper to the next page; and not just WorldWide Drilling Resource de Drilling Res ® , but many, many others, as well as books. 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 Chief Marketing Officer: Ed Moranski Office Administrator: Michele Stevens Editor: Bonnie Love Associate Editor: Caleb Whitaker Public Relations Professionals: Kathy Heinrich Jan Allen Production/Webmaster: Marcel Schimpf Representative: Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month: Tom Ballard Mark Battersby Tim Connor Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen Ashish Rathi “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Todd Tannehill 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 2018, 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 Drilling Resource ® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement . We Recycle We Will See you on the trail! Keep That Smile! These boots are made for walking . . . worldwide Photos Retro 2012 Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@ worldwidedrillingresource.com With pen (computer) in hand... Featured Articles for March Compression Innovation - Page 42 Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Rescinded! Page 17 Evolution of Air Compressors Page 24 Compressor Maintenance Page 31 Groundwater Awareness Week Page 46