WorldWide Drilling Resource

6 DECEMBER 2014 This was a year... There is a saying (as there always is a saying), “If we could just turn back the clock and do this all over again...” Included in this issue is a tribute to my husband Al Jones, who died this past October - not through illness at the age of 83, but rather doing what he loved doing, working outdoors. Please take a moment to read it and realize just how precious life is. May you always be safe and happy. It may not be common knowledge, because we have the very best Team in the world and they are great at what they do for our industry, but we have had to overcome illnesses, surgeries, employee turnovers, and deaths. And yet this small group of people has pulled together to ensure our industry gets the most vital information and assistance possible. Each one has had the ability to move from position to position without a misstep. I am so very proud of their abilties, I wanted the world to know. This issue is the largest of 2014 and has a great Buyers Meet Sellers Section in the center, which may be pulled out for future refer- ence; or better yet - just go to www.worldwidedrillingresource.com and click on Buyers Meet Sellers and these ads are available from December 1, 2014, through November 30, 2015; always at your fingertips! And as we move past this 2014 and on into 2015, the WWDR Team is gearing up to provide even better coverage and opportunities for our valued subscribers, advertisers, associations, and friends in the drilling industry. We thank you for your continued confidence and patronage, and look forward to working with you all again. Each of us here at WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. wish you and yours a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR. Our offices will be closed at noon on the Tuesday, December 23 through Thursday December 25, wi th minimal staff ing December 26, 29, 30, 31; being closed Thursday, January 1, and open FULL SWING on Friday, January 2, 2015. E-mails will be monitored . See you on the trail! Proudly Made in the United States of America - delivered WorldWide ! WorldWide Drilling Resource ® The complete magazine for the drilling industry worldwide, owned by drilling industry associates dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date technology and information to subscribers. Covering construction-geotechnical, directional, environmental, exploration- blasthole, shallow gas & oil, geothermal, mining, water, international, and stateside drilling; from bits, to pumps, to rigs, to tanks, through wire and more. Managing Publisher/CEO/President: Veronica I. “Ronnie” Jones Office Administrator: Michele Stevens Editor: Bonnie Love Associate Editor: Amy White Classified Sales Manager: Kathy Heinrich Marketing Assistant/Support: Jan K. Allen Production/Webmaster: Marcel Schimpf Editorial Contributors for this month: Mark Battersby Bill Corey Scott Cosby Eric Freimuth Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Ray McLarty Tim Rasmussen Ray Roerick Harry Short “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Peter Tavino Harold White Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. Translator: Hector Leos Hyd/Eng Consultant: Thomas Kwader, Ph.D.,P.G. Consultant: Mary Ann Pelletier * Editorial contributions & advertisements include statements of fact and opin- ions that are the sole responsibility of the author and/or companies and do not necessarily imply any opinion of the owners, management, or staff of WorldWide Dr ill ing Resource orldWide Dr il li ng Resource ® . Images may have been altered for clarity. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner with- out the strict written consent of the publishers. Advertising rates furnished upon request. Editorial contributions are welcome subject to editorial review.* WorldWi de Dr i l l ing Resource ® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement . We Recycle VB Where is the Wyo-Ben mud school? VBVBVB Really? A tool to replace the sledgehammer? VBVBVBVB Idiots Corner ~ get your laughs in. .. VBVBVBVBVB You’re not real ly CHEAP, are you? VBVBVBVBVBVB Invalid ban on fracturing.. . VBVBVBVB SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Ignatius Jean We are doing something different ~ this issue is RIGS! (You asked for it ~ We heard you!) NEXT MONTH! Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com With pen (computer) in hand... We are proud of i t. Ronnie, for the WWDR Team We Built This in the United States of America! WorldWide Drilling Resource ®