WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JANUARY 2014 Aardvark Packers.........................................................................45 Alberta Water Well Drilling Assoc. Convention (AWWA)...............62 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................16 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................17 Baker Water Systems...................................................................25 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)….....….....…....................4 Bit Brokers International...............................................................61 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................35 Bloom Mfg., Inc.............................................................................40 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................17 CANWELL (Canada’s National Groundwater Symposium)..........24 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................26 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................29 CONEXPO-CON/AGG...................................................................8 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC).......................................................20 Doosan Portable Power................................................................63 Double Life Corporation...............................................................39 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................52 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................31 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................1 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM).....................18 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................19 Fecon, Inc.......................................................................................9 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................12 Flomatic Corporation....................................................................67 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................43 Foremost Industries......................................................................70 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................87 GeoPro, Inc...................................................................................39 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................23 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)....................................43 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................53 Hole Products...............................................................................36 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................3 Int'l Soc. Of Explosives Engineering (ISEE) Annual Conference..27 Court Rules in Favor of Wyoming Uranium Project..............................27 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door.........................................29 PROBABLY DOES NOT MEAN POSITIVELY.....................................30 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................32 Stockert, Reggie: Reggie’s World......................................................34 White, Harold: Water/Gas Exploration...............................................33 Geothermal Section...........................................................................36 Connor, Tim: Relationship Tips..........................................................39 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................40 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 26.........................................37 International Section.........................................................................44 FOCUS: Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International.....................45 2 FOCUS: Schlumberger Wins Drilling Contract for Paraguay Proj....44,62 FOCUS: SMOPYC 2014 ~ AWinning Show........................................46 Focus on TGWA..................................................................................44 Mining Section...................................................................................50 Mining in the USAPart 18..........................................................................52 Short, Harry W.: ASARCO Mining Company......................................51 Stateside Section..............................................................................54 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................57 2 Cutter, Bess: Your View..............................................................54,60 Focus on Mountain States Groundwater Expo....................................60 Storkson, Britt: Simple, Cheap, and Low-Power Water Level Control...56 Water Section.....................................................................................61 Corey, Bill: Terms Part 1.....................................................................61 GEFCO Training Class 2013 Through the Eyes of a Student Part IV...69 Roerick, Ray: Multiple Uses for Your Down Hole Camera..................67 2 Volunteers Drill Wells and Change Lives in Central America.......66,72 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ International 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Iowa Geothermal Association (IGA) Annual Conference..............38 KC Bit & Supply............................................................................22 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................32 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................14 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................65 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................42 Michigan Ground Water Association (MGWA) Convention...........66 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................68 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................86 Mincon Inc....................................................................................59 Mobile Drill Intl..............................................................................15 Mountain States Ground Water Expo...........................................60 MudPuppy International (Tibban Manufacturing, Inc.)..................85 Mudslayer Mfg..............................................................................49 New England Water Well Association (NEWWA) Expo................54 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................34 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................37 Ontario Ground Water Assoc. (OGWA) Convention.....................48 Pacific Northwest Ground Water Exposition.................................57 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................41 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................35 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................33 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................10 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................72 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................88 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................13 T&T Carbide Drilling Supply..........................................................50 Thompson International, Inc.........................................................28 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................21 Toney Drilling Supplies, Inc..........................................................57 Varel International……………………………..…….......…….…….47 Variperm Canada Limited.............................................................71 Well-Vu, Inc...................................................................................44 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................11 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................73-88 E-News Flash Update .........................................................................48 Dealmakers ........................................................................................40 Education Connection ......................................................................43 Fun Page .............................................................................................33 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Dowling, Thomas Patrick “Tom” .....................................30 Obituary: Jensen, Ronald Ian “Ron” ...............................................62 Photos: California Groundwater Assoc. (CGA)...........36,42,58,64,72,84 Photos: LAGCOE..................................................................16,28,32,56 Photos: National Drilling Association (NDA)...................................12,20 Photos: The Water Expo.....................................................................71 Planning Ahead ................................................................................38 Product Spotlight ...............................................................................25 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................24 Who’s in the News .............................................................................64 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 2 Cosby, Scott: Safety Spotlight: Electrical Safety........................11,14 Directional Section............................................................................16 McClarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates.................................................17 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................19 Environmental Section.....................................................................20 Dalzell, Thomas D.: Outsmarting the Dirt ~ Remediation Part 3........21 Focus on MWWA.................................................................................22 FOCUS: Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring......................22 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................26 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: