WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JUNE 2013 Aardvark Packers.........................................................................12 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................29 American Manufacturing................................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................37 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................46 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…....…….…......................3 Bit Brokers International...............................................................19 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................27 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................20 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................70 Boshart Industries........................................................................26 Brunner & Lay, Inc........................................................................55 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................68 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................73 Central Air Equipment, Ltd. (CAE)................................................33 CONEXPO-CON/AGG.................................................................10 Double Life Corporation...............................................................77 Drill King International..................................................................31 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................47 DrillHead......................................................................................20 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................51 DRILLMAX, Inc.............................................................................96 East West Machinery Exporting, Inc……………….......................35 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM).....................75 Energy Exposition........................................................................32 Eno Scientific……........................................................…...……...24 Fecon, Inc.....................................................................................39 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................27 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................39 FMC Technologies..........................................................................8 Foremost Industries......................................................................44 GEFCO (The George E. Failing Co.)..............................................2 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................23 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)....................................42 GETEC Inc...................................................................................70 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................67 Hole Products...............................................................................18 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................27 FOCUS: Mining in the USA Part 13.....................................................27 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................28 Shallow Gas & Oil Section................................................................32 Cutter, Porky: Abandoned Oil Wells...................................................33 Focus on Energy Exposition................................................................35 Northeast Oil & Gas Awards................................................................35 White, Harold: Water/Gas Exploration...............................................37 Geothermal Section...........................................................................39 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................39 Geothermal Testing Restarted in Aspen..............................................42 International Section.........................................................................45 bauma 2013 ~ Impressive as Always!.......................................................46 2 FOCUS: Lithium Project in Argentina has Potential.........................50,74 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................45 Mining Section...................................................................................52 FOCUS: Short, Harry W.: The Barstow Syncline...............................53 FOCUS: Sullivan, JD: Drilling Steel Dilemma....................................55 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 20.........................................54 Safety Section....................................................................................57 Cosby, Scott: Safety Spotlight: Sun Protection..................................59 FOCUS: Roof Bolting Safety Tips.......................................................57 Stateside Section..............................................................................61 Cutter, Bess: Your View......................................................................63 Polymer Slurry Receives Approval......................................................64 Stockert, Reggie: Reggie’s World......................................................65 Water Well Section............................................................................66 2 Connor, Tim: Management Tips.................................................69,78 Corey, Bill: Dry Run............................................................................72 Focus on Jubilee.................................................................................74 Schofield, Edd: Rehab vs. New Well Replacement Decisions...............67 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Mining the World Over 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Infinity Tool Manufacturing............................................................94 International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo (ICUEE)......14 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc...........................................................53 KC Bit & Supply............................................................................65 King Oil Tools................................................................................34 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................17 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................25 Lilin Group....................................................................................78 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................69 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................36 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................93 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................62 Mitsubishi Materials Corporation..................................................60 National Drilling Association (NDA) Convention...........................64 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................41 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................76 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................43 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................37 Rex McFadden LTD......................................................................77 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................16 Robit ® Rock Tools.........................................................................56 Rockmore International................................................................15 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................65 Scorpion Engineering, Inc............................................................50 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................95 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment..........................................................71 Sonic Drill Corporation.................................................................72 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................13 Straightline HDD, Inc......................................................................4 Sullivan-Palatek, Inc.....................................................................59 T&T Carbide Drilling Supply..........................................................38 Thompson International, Inc.........................................................66 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................74 Well-Vu, Inc...................................................................................45 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® 2013 Jubilee Pinpointer......48-49 WorldWide Service Center™ ........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................57 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................81-96 Dealmakers ........................................................................................73 Education Connection ......................................................................71 E-News Flash Update .........................................................................34 Fun Page .............................................................................................47 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Krige, Daniel Gerhardus “Danie” ....................................54 Obituary: Lilly, Sr., David P. “Dave” .................................................28 Obituary: Ondrejko, David Edward “Dave” .....................................64 Photos: ISEE Annual Conf. on Explosives & Blasting Technique...30,52 Photos: Minnesota Water Well Association (MWWA).........................58 Photos: Mountain States Ground Water Expo................................22,40 Photos: Virginia Water Well Association (VWWA) Winter Conf............92 Planning Ahead ................................................................................21 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................31 Who’s in the News .............................................................................60 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 WorldWide Referral Index.............................................................79-80 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 2 CONEXPO Heads to Latin America..................................................11 FOCUS: KEC/REICHdrill Territory.......................................................12 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................17 Storkson, Britt: Physics: The Physical Properties of Materials...............15 Directional Section............................................................................18 CETCO ® Drilling App Available on iTunes............................................18 EIA Energy Conference.......................................................................18 McLarty Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates...................................................20 Environmental Section.....................................................................22 Dalzell, Thomas: Outsmarting the Dirt ~ Soil Sampling Part 3...........24 2 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.............................23,26 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: