WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® APRIL 2014 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................67 America West Drilling Supply..........................................................3 ANKOMAK.....................................................................................8 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................39 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................61 Baker Water Systems...................................................................72 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)….....…......….................94 Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference (ISEE)…...................60 Bit Brokers International...............................................................19 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................54 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................54 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................65 Boshart Industries........................................................................70 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................29 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................52 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................18 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)...................................24 Di-Corp.........................................................................................68 Double Life Corporation...............................................................57 Drill King International..................................................................69 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................26 DrillHead, Inc................................................................................48 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)............................................95 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................32 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................2 Energy Exposition........................................................................34 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................37 Eno Scientific…….....................................................…......……...78 Expomin 2014..............................................................................55 EXPOMINA Peru 2014.................................................................46 Fecon, Inc.......................................................................................9 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................17 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................41 Foremost Industries......................................................................49 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................96 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................27 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................77 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................45 FOCUS: Focus on 27 th Annual Best in the West..................................29 FOCUS: My Journey into Mining Part 1...............................................30 FOCUS: O’Brien, William: The Blasting Agent..................................30 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 29.........................................33 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................34 2 Increased Investment in Natural Gas Infrastructure in Mexico.........35 Storkson, Britt: Getting More for Less.....................................................37 White, Harold: Water/Gas Exploration...............................................39 Geothermal Section...........................................................................40 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................44 FOCUS: Geothermal Exploration Begins in Sumatra..........................41 Funding Available to Study Mineral Recovery from Geothermal Fluids...41 International Section.........................................................................46 2 Keck, Tracy: Production Wells for an Island....................................51 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International...............................47,48 Mining Section...................................................................................52 2 Bolivia’s National Treasure..........................................................54,56 Focus on CICEME...............................................................................57 Mining in the USAPart 21..........................................................................57 Short, Harry W.: A West Virginia Landslide........................................53 Stateside Section..............................................................................58 Cutter, Bess: Your View......................................................................60 2 Stockert, Reggie: Reggie’s World..............................................63,68 Water Section.....................................................................................64 Ackers, Sam: Getting to Know The Joseph Assignment....................77 Corey, Bill: Terms Part 4.....................................................................65 Focus on Alberta Water Well Drilling Association................................78 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!...................................73,74 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Exploration Blasthole 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Halco Rock Tools..........................................................................33 Hole Products...............................................................................47 Hose Solutions, Inc......................................................................51 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................4 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................36 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................53 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................31 Lilin Group....................................................................................56 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................28 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................16 Mincon Inc....................................................................................80 MudPuppy International (Tibban Manufacturing, Inc.)..................93 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................21 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................44 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................42 PAPARELLI ALESSANDRO E FIGLIO srl....................................71 Premier Silica...............................................................................25 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................74 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................39 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................35 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................75 Rockmore International................................................................11 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................57 Samoter Triennial Earth-Moving and Building Machinery Exh.....12,50 Sandvik Construction........................................................................62 SEMCO, Inc.........................................................................................1 Shakti Pumps, Ltd........................................................................79 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment..........................................................63 South Atlantic Well Drillers Jubilee...............................................66 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................13 T&T Carbide Drilling Supply..........................................................38 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................23 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................73 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................65 WLS Drilling Products...................................................................14 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................15 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................81-96 Dealmakers ...................................................................................68,74 Education Connection ......................................................................19 E-News Flash Update .........................................................................78 Fun Page .............................................................................................48 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: McDaniel, Jr., Michael F. ...................................................60 Photos: Minnesota Water Well Assoc. (MWWA)..............26,40,44,58,71 Photos: Texas Ground Water Assoc.(TGWA)..................20,43,61,76,92 Photos: Underground Construction Technology (UCT)..................10,18 Photos: Utah Ground Water Assoc. (UGWA).......................................64 Planning Ahead ................................................................................22 Product Spotlight ...............................................................................45 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................74 Who’s in the News .............................................................................70 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Connor, Tim: Sales Tips................................................................11,74 Cosby, Scott: Safety Spotlight: CPR Training....................................14 Focus on Samoter...............................................................................15 Directional Section............................................................................17 A New Water Tunnel for New York City................................................18 McLarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates..................................................17 Environmental Section.....................................................................20 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................21 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................25 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................29 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: