WorldWide Drilling Rescource

7 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® OCTOBER 2019 A Safer, Faster Way to Handle Casing Pipe Adapted from Information by TekMark Industries, Inc. Larry Williams was once an administrator and teacher at Eastern Washington University, with his B.A. and M.B.A. in business. He acquired patents for casing elevators and casing slips invented by Chester and Clyde Eastwood of Eastwood Drilling in Yakima, Washington, and decided to open his own company, TekMark Industries, in 1975. The company’s first tools were unique to the water well drilling industry and provided a safer, faster way of handling casing pipe installations in open hole situations. The lifting system allows drilling operators to eliminate the need to weld lugs and the use of cable slings to elevate and install casing. Over the past 44 years, the company has flourished by providing innovative solutions to casing- and pipe-handling problems and expanding its line with the addition of: j Down-the-hole casing spears j Flush joint casing elevators j Torch cutoff guides j Alignment clamps j PVC cutoff guides j Column pipe elevators j Manual down-the-hole liner setters and casing retrievers j A wide selection of drill pipe, core rod, and column pipe holders The Tekmark Team works with thousands of customers worldwide, doing business with 8000 U.S. companies, as well as customers in 71 foreign countries. One of those cus- tomers is Dell Boyce. Here is what he had to say about his ex- perience with the TekMark Team. “I’m Dell Boyce. I own Boyce Drilling and we drill irrigation wells in the Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington. I’ve been using TekMark Casing Lifters for about six years. TekMark’s system is so much better than something you weld on and then have to cut back off. I have the system for casing sizes from 6 inches through 18 inches. The speed and efficiency of the system saves us just about a full day of casing setting time per well, and we just about pay for the tools on one job . . . TekMark means safety and efficiency to me.” With affordably priced solutions, the company is committed to continued cus- tomer satisfaction and is looking forward to continued growth. The TekMark Heavy Lifter has a 140,000- pound capacity. Dell Boyce, YouTube TekMark Casing. WTR