WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® DECEMBER 2014 America West Drilling Supply..........................................................3 AMS, Inc.......................................................................................15 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................8 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................31 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................33 Baker Water Systems...................................................................86 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…..................................109 Bit Brokers International...............................................................17 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................30 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................12 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................85 Boshart Industries........................................................................90 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc....................................................................11 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................18 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................19 CGA (Common Ground Alliance) Excavation Safety Conf............68 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC).......................................................94 Doosan Portable Power................................................................87 Double Life Corporation...............................................................44 Drill King International..................................................................71 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................96 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)...........................................111 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................74 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................2 East West Machinery Exporting, Inc……………….....................35 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM).....................78 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................21 Fecon, Inc.......................................................................................9 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................72 First Corp International, Inc…………….............……....................23 Flomatic Corporation....................................................................89 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................43 Foremost Industries......................................................................84 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................42 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company).....................................112 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................24 GETEC, Inc..................................................................................37 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................75 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................47 Halco Rock Tools..........................................................................81 Hole Products...............................................................................80 Holly Pipe, Corp...........................................................................76 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................4 Int’l Soc. of Explosives Engineering (ISEE) Annual Conf............107 McLarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates.............................................17,20 Environmental Section.....................................................................24 Focus on Oklahoma Ground Water Association..................................25 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................27 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................28 2 Increased Exploration Efforts in Peru...............................................33 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!........................................30 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................34 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................37 Geothermal Section...........................................................................41 California Addresses Geothermal Heat Pumps...................................47 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner.............................................44 FOCUS: Tavino, Peter: Geothermal Borehole Grouting.....................43 International Section.........................................................................64 2 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International............................65,70 Mining Section...................................................................................72 Mining in the USA Part 26....................................................................72 Short, Harry W.: Calico Silver Mine....................................................73 Stateside Section..............................................................................77 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................81 Storkson, Britt: Be Cheap...If You Can Get Away with It...............79,80 Water Section.....................................................................................84 Corey, Bill: Terms Part 12..................................................................89 Focus on UGWA..................................................................................96 2 Ignatius Jean and the Future of a Region Part 1.........................91,94 Roerick, Ray: Driving in Fog and the Solutions to Seeing.................90 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.................................................85 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ What’s New for 2015 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc...........................................................73 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................35 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................91 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................83 Lilin Group....................................................................................65 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................27 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................28 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................88 Michigan Ground Water Association (MGWA) Convention...........85 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................36 Minnesota Water Well Assn (MWWA) Trade Show and Conv.......94 Mobile Drill Intl..............................................................................32 Mountain States Ground Water Expo...........................................41 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................40 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................43 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................45 Premier Silica, LLC.......................................................................76 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................70 R.E. Rupe Company.....................................................................29 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................34 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................16 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................10 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................70 SEMCO, Inc...................................................................................1 Shakti Pumps, Ltd........................................................................92 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment........................................................110 Sonic Drill Corporation.................................................................30 SonicSampDrill.............................................................................44 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................13 T&T Carbide Drilling Supply..........................................................48 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................38 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................39 Texas Ground Water Association (TGWA) Convention.................93 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................69 Toney Drilling Supplies, Inc..........................................................41 Underground Construction Technology (UCT) Conf……......….…14 Utah Ground Water Association (UGWA) Conference and Expo..79 Varel International……………………………..…….......…….…….95 Virginia Water Well Assn. 2015 Winter Conference......................86 Weldco-Beales Manufacturing……….....…….......……….…...….21 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................12 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................20 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Buyers Meet Sellers .....................................................................49-63 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ .................................97-112 Education Connection ......................................................................25 Fun Page .............................................................................................72 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Deitman, John Eugene “Gene” .......................................16 Obituary: Jones, Albert L. “Al”, Jr. ..............................................66-67 Obituary: McBride, Richard Winget “Mac” ......................................34 Obituary: Millgard, V. Dennis ............................................................16 Obituary: Mount, Richard L. .............................................................96 Obituary: Palmer, Bruce Wayne, Sr. ..............................................29 Obituary: Pelton, Norman Lee ..........................................................25 Photos: JUBILEE...........................................................26,42,46,82,108 Photos: The Water Expo......................................................................64 Planning Ahead ................................................................................22 Product Spotlight ...............................................................................31 Ronnie’s Real World ....................................................................66-67 Who’s in the News .............................................................................40 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 2 Cosby, Scott: Safety Spotlight: Wound Infection........................11,16 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 35.........................................15 Directional Section............................................................................17 A Look at the 2014 Wyo-Ben Mud School............................................20 FOCUS: Could this Tool Replace the Sledgehammer?..................21,34 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................19 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: