WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2013 Aardvark Packers.........................................................................53 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................24 Allegiance Capital Corporation.....................................................23 AlturnaMATS ® ...............................................................................74 American Manufacturing................................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................33 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................26 Baker Water Systems Division.....................................................77 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…....…….…......................4 Bit Brokers International...............................................................51 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................25 Bloom Mfg., Inc...............................................................................36 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................16 Boshart Industries........................................................................70 CANWELL (Canada’s National Groundwater Symposium)..........50 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................68 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................55 CONEXPO-CON/AGG.................................................................12 Double Life Corporation...............................................................48 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................54 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................75 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................1 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM).....................38 Eno Scientific................................................................................21 Fabco Power...................................................................................15 Fecon, Inc.....................................................................................69 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................25 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................44 FMC Technologies..........................................................................8 Foremost Industries......................................................................62 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company).......................................95 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................56 GeoPro, Inc.....................................................................................42 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................20 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)....................................39 GETEC, Inc.....................................................................................42 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................65 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................52 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................31 FOCUS: Working Harder to Make Drilling Easier................................30 Shallow Gas & Oil Section................................................................32 Connor, Tim: Management Tips.........................................................34 FOCUS: Work Smarter Not Harder......................................................33 Geothermal Section...........................................................................38 Focus on IGSHPA...............................................................................43 FOCUS: Driving Down Bit Costs and Increasing Penetration Rates...40 FOCUS: EDM - Home to Superior Quality, Performance, Service, and......39 FOCUS: Supplying Reliable Loop Pumps...........................................44 2 Peru is Set to Explore Geothermal Potential...............................42,44 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................43 International Section.........................................................................46 FOCUS: Servicing the Industry for Over 30 Years...............................48 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................47 Mining Section...................................................................................52 FOCUS: Large Enough to Serve You ~ Small Enough to KNOW You..55 2 Short, Harry W.: Columbia California’s Marble Quarry...............53,54 Safety Section....................................................................................56 Cosby, Scott: Safety Spotlight: Work Zone Safety.............................58 Focus on NDA.....................................................................................57 FOCUS: SIMCO ® Just Won’t Quit........................................................61 GEFCO Training Class 2013 Through the Eyes of a Student Part 1....57 Stateside Section..............................................................................62 FOCUS: Cutter, Bess: Your View ~ We’d Like to Hear From You ~....65 FOCUS: The History of the HYDRO-ARC 7500 ® .................................64 Water Well Section............................................................................66 Corey, Bill: External Faults.................................................................69 Focus on The Water Expo...................................................................74 FOCUS: Baker Manufacturing~Your Source for Water Systems Products...77 FOCUS: Feel the Power of Sullivan-Palatek ® ......................................74 FOCUS: Many Products...One Source................................................70 2 White, Harold: Water/Gas Exploration.......................................67,78 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Celebrate History with WWDR ! 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Hole Products...............................................................................30 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................3 International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo (ICUEE)......60 Int'l Show of Public Works, Const., and Mining Mach. (SMOPYC)...46 KC Bit & Supply............................................................................58 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................34 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................69 Kruse Energy & Equipment, LLC (Auction)...................................66 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................76 Lilin Group....................................................................................27 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................78 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................35 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................94 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................49 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................29 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................71 Ohio Water Well Association (OWWA) Convention......................59 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................41 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................26 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................33 Rex McFadden LTD......................................................................67 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................14 Rockmore International................................................................13 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................58 Sandvik Construction....................................................................19 SEMCO, Inc....................................................................................96 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment..........................................................61 Sonic Drill Corporation.................................................................45 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................10 Sullivan-Palatek, Inc.....................................................................17 The Water Expo............................................................................73 Thompson International, Inc.........................................................72 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................31 Varel International.............................................................................93 Variperm Canada Limited.............................................................78 Well-Vu, Inc......................................................................................47 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................18 Breaking News ...................................................................................10 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................81-96 E-News Flash Update .........................................................................45 Education Connection ......................................................................37 Fun Page .............................................................................................48 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Brinkley, Jr., Charles W. ...................................................72 Obituary: Mitchell, George Phydias .................................................36 Photos: Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)................................92 Photos: Shallow Exploration Drillers Clinic (SEDC).............................28 Photos: Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.......................................32 Photos: Women in Mining....................................................................52 Planning Ahead ................................................................................50 Product Spotlight ...............................................................................59 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................18 Who’s in the News .............................................................................27 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 WorldWide Referral Index.............................................................79-80 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Focus on ICUEE..................................................................................11 FOCUS: Drill More with Rockmore......................................................13 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training......................................................11 Directional Section............................................................................15 McLarty Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates..............................................17,18 Storkson, Britt: Those Who Fail to Learn from the Past are Doomed....15 2 Western Expansion Pipeline Gets the Go Ahead from BLM.............16 Environmental Section.....................................................................20 Dalzell, Thomas: Groundwater Sampling Part 2.........................................26 FOCUS: A History of Deal Making.......................................................22 FOCUS: Introducing a New Generation of Old-Fashioned Quality......25 FOCUS: The ORIGINAL Recycled Ground Protection Mats...............21 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................21 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................28 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: