WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JUNE 2014 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................71 America West Drilling Supply........................................................85 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)................................33 AMS, Inc.......................................................................................63 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................44 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................54 Baker Water Systems...................................................................66 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)….....….............................3 Bit Brokers International...............................................................17 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................21 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................35 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................70 Boshart Industries........................................................................68 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc....................................................................11 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................50 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................29 Diedrich Drill Inc...........................................................................23 Double Life Corporation...............................................................61 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................18 DrillHead, Inc................................................................................40 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................26 DRILLMAX, Inc.............................................................................88 Energy Exposition........................................................................19 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................69 Fecon, Inc.......................................................................................9 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................39 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................41 Foremost Industries......................................................................59 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)........................................2 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................20 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................57 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................34 Halco Rock Tools..........................................................................27 Hole Products...............................................................................22 FOCUS: Ammonium Nitrate Presentation at Best in the West.............27 FOCUS: Gold for 30 Miles in Ireland...................................................30 FOCUS: Roerick, Ray: Now where did that charge of explosives go?...30 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!........................................28 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................32 Drilling: The New Frontier........................................................................35 Hughes, Donald: A Post From The Patch...........................................33 Geothermal Section...........................................................................38 Kentucky’s Berea College Opens Geothermal Residence Hall...........41 2 Nicaragua’s San Jacinto-Tizate Remediation Drilling..............................39 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II.....................38,42 International Section.........................................................................44 2 Drilling and Blasting Through Spain..................................................46 Exciting Products Revealed at CONEXPO-CON/AGG........................44 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................45 Mining Section...................................................................................50 2 FOCUS: Keck, Tracy: Flexible Drop Pipe for Mine Dewatering.......52 FOCUS: Mining in the USA Part 23.....................................................53 FOCUS: Modern Depends on Ancient.................................................54 Short, Harry W.: California Caverns...................................................51 Stateside Section..............................................................................55 A Bold and Strategic Energy Plan for the U.S......................................61 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................57 Water Section.....................................................................................62 Corey, Bill: Terms Part 6.....................................................................63 2 FOCUS: Stockert, Reggie: Reggie’s World....................................69 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 31.........................................68 Storkson, Britt: Knowledge and Understanding................................67,70 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Mining 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Hose Solutions, Inc......................................................................52 Infinity Tool Manufacturing............................................................86 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc...........................................................54 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................37 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................12 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................31 Lilin Group....................................................................................48 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................36 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................60 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................64 Mitsubishi Materials Corporation..................................................38 MudPuppy International (Tibban Manufacturing, Inc.)....................4 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................16 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................32 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................43 PAPARELLI ALESSANDRO E FIGLIO srl....................................45 Premier Silica...............................................................................70 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................49 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................32 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................65 RLC Bit Service, Inc.......................................................................8 Rockmore International................................................................13 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................61 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................87 Shakti Pumps, Ltd........................................................................47 South Atlantic Well Drillers Jubilee...............................................69 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................10 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................14 The Water Expo............................................................................72 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................53 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................25 WLS Drilling Products...................................................................28 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................15 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................73-88 Dealmakers ........................................................................................49 Education Connection ......................................................................58 Fun Page .............................................................................................35 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Photos: Michigan Ground Water Association (MGWA)....11,22,58,65,84 Photos: New England Water Well Association (NEWWA)..............56,62 Photos: Virginia Water Well Association (VWWA)..........................24,42 Planning Ahead ................................................................................67 Product Spotlight ...............................................................................37 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................42 Who’s in the News .............................................................................66 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Cosby, Scott: Safety Spotlight: The First Aid Kit.................................10 Important One Call Changes for Iowa!.................................................12 NDA Board of Directors.......................................................................12 Directional Section............................................................................15 Company Celebrates Record-Setting HDD Installation.......................17 Connor, Tim: Special Tips..................................................................16 Study Reviews Hydraulic Fracturing....................................................15 Environmental Section.....................................................................20 Core Samples Reveal Pollen Over 200 Million Years Old....................25 2 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring..................................21 Scientific Drilling Helps Solve Deep Mysteries....................................25 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................27 FOCUS: Alaska Minerals Commission Takes Action in 2014..............29 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: