WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® MAY 2013 Aardvark Packers.........................................................................11 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................59 American Manufacturing................................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................64 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................37 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…....…….…......................4 Bit Brokers International...............................................................21 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................52 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................49 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................17 Boshart Industries........................................................................72 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................60 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................45 Central Air Equipment, Ltd. (CAE)................................................14 CONEXPO-CON/AGG.................................................................20 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC).......................................................69 Doosan Portable Power................................................................93 Double Life Corporation...............................................................47 Drill King International..................................................................58 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................22 DrillHead......................................................................................43 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................62 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................1 Elko Mining Expo..........................................................................53 Energy Exposition........................................................................34 Eno Scientific…….....................................................…...………..23 Fabco Power................................................................................24 Fecon, Inc.....................................................................................49 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................17 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................40 FMC Technologies..........................................................................8 Foremost Industries......................................................................73 GEFCO (The George E. Failing Co.)............................................95 GeoPro, Inc...................................................................................43 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................25 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)....................................40 GETEC Inc...................................................................................54 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................57 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................66 Need a Customer Service Spring Cleaning?.......................................24 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................29 Focus on Elko Mining Expo 2013........................................................30 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 19.........................................30 2 Sullivan, JD: Why is Quality Important?....................................29,32 Shallow Gas & Oil Section................................................................33 2 FOCUS: Natural Gas Exports to Mexico Reach Record High..........37 FOCUS: OTC Announces Spotlight on New Technology Recipients...33 FOCUS: Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Awards.......................................36 FOCUS: University of Wyoming Develops Drilling Simulator Lab........35 Geothermal Section...........................................................................39 FOCUS: New Alloy for Extreme Down Hole Conditions......................43 Storkson, Britt: Very Little Happens in a Vacuum...................................39 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................40 International Section.........................................................................45 Focus on EXPONOR 2013........................................................................47 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................45 2 VDMA Announces New Office in Brazil............................................49 Mining Section...................................................................................50 FOCUS: A New Use for Mine Waste...................................................54 Mining in the USA Part 12 Montana Revisited.....................................53 Personnel Changes for SAMOTER.....................................................51 Short, Harry W.: Arkansas Diamonds................................................51 Safety Section....................................................................................56 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................57 FOCUS: Drill Rig Safety Tips...............................................................58 Stateside Section..............................................................................61 FOCUS: Stockert, Reggie: Reggie’s World.......................................63 Water Well Section............................................................................65 A Golden Anniversary for ChemGrout, Inc...........................................66 Corey, Bill: Faults...............................................................................69 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................65 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Shallow Gas and Oil Drilling in Today’s World 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Hole Products...............................................................................31 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................3 International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo (ICUEE)......15 KC Bit & Supply............................................................................32 King Oil Tools................................................................................33 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................10 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................77 Lilin Group....................................................................................36 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................76 Merrill Mfg.....................................................................................69 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................50 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................94 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................67 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................39 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................26 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................41 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................66 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................35 Rex McFadden LTD......................................................................51 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................18 Rockmore International................................................................13 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................75 Scorpion Engineering, Inc............................................................35 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................96 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment..........................................................65 South Atlantic Well Drillers Jubilee...............................................76 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................44 Sullivan-Palatek, Inc.....................................................................71 T&T Carbide Drilling Supply..........................................................74 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................55 Thompson International, Inc.........................................................78 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................63 Toney Drilling Supplies, Inc..........................................................29 Varel International……………….……………..…….......…….…….46 Variperm Canada Limited.............................................................70 Well-Vu, Inc...................................................................................27 Western Rubber & Manufacturing Inc...........................................75 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................19 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................81-96 Dealmakers ...................................................................................64,71 Education Connection ......................................................................52 E-News Flash Update .........................................................................44 Fun Page .............................................................................................47 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Baker, Henry Grady ..........................................................64 Obituary: Moore, Dale R. ...................................................................48 Obituary: O’Neill, John F. ..................................................................70 Obituary: Voss, John Henry ..............................................................10 Obituary: Washburn, John Albert ....................................................78 Photos: Maryland-Delaware Water Well Association (MD-DE)............42 Photos: Minnesota Water Well Association (MWWA).........................68 Photos: Mountain States Ground Water Expo.....................................92 Photos: Underground Construction Technology (UCT).............12,16,56 Planning Ahead ................................................................................28 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................31 Who’s in the News .............................................................................38 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 WorldWide Referral Index.............................................................79-80 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Cosby, Scott: SPT Introduction..........................................................11 Sullair Teams Up with NASCAR to Create the Air Titan......................14 Ulan Bator to Host Future Mongolia Fair..............................................10 Directional Section............................................................................16 2 Connor, Tim: Relationship Tips..................................................19,22 FOCUS: A New Era Begins with Schramm Telemast ® Drill Rigs..........21 McLarty Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates...................................................17 Environmental Section.....................................................................23 Dalzell, Thomas: Outsmarting the Dirt ~ Soil Sampling Part 2...........27 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................25 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: