WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® NOVEMBER 2014 America West Drilling Supply..........................................................4 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................8 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................48 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................25 Baker Water Systems...................................................................61 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…....................................86 bC India 2014...............................................................................42 Bit Brokers International...............................................................17 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................28 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................50 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................60 Boshart Industries........................................................................46 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................47 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................57 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................65 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)...................................20 Double Life Corporation...............................................................25 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................27 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)............................................88 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................29 DRILLMAX, Inc.............................................................................87 East West Machinery Exporting, Inc……………….......................41 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................70 Fecon, Inc.......................................................................................9 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................18 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................37 Foremost Industries......................................................................64 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)........................................1 GeoPro, Inc..................................................................................35 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................23 GETEC, Inc..................................................................................62 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................21 Hole Products...............................................................................24 Holly Pipe, Corp...........................................................................38 Infinity Tool Manufacturing............................................................85 Int’l Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo (IFCEE)...........14 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................31 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................50 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................67 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................28 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................30 Keck, Tracy: Flexible Drop Pipe for Temporary and Emergency.........32 Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater..............................31 Geothermal Section..........................................................................35 2 Connor, Tim: Success Tips........................................................36,38 FOCUS: Murdered by a Silent Killer....................................................35 Inspecting the Desander Cone............................................................37 Tavino, Peter: Geothermal Financing.................................................37 International Section.........................................................................41 FOCUS: Ebola Virus Could Hurt West Africa’s Oil and Gas Industry...42 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................41 TEE JAY INTERNATIONAL.................................................................45 Mining Section...................................................................................47 2 FOCUS: Argentina Mining Project set for 2015...........................48,66 FOCUS: New Tool for Miners..............................................................50 Short, Harry W.: A Brief History of the Priest Mine.............................47 Stateside Section..............................................................................52 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring.......................55,56 Roerick, Ray: The Trout Cam.............................................................54 Serving Those Who Have Served........................................................56 Water Section.....................................................................................58 Corey, Bill: Terms Part 11...................................................................61 2 Drought in Latin America has Widespread Effects......................59,70 South Atlantic JUBILEE: Generations in the Making............................69 Storkson, Britt: Water Can Hammer..................................................60 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.................................................62 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Safety is Utmost 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Lilin Group....................................................................................34 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................58 Merrill Mfg.....................................................................................70 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................49 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................33 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................71 Minnesota Water Well Assn (MWWA) Trade Show and Conv......36 Mobile Drill Intl..............................................................................72 Mountain States Ground Water Expo...........................................22 MudPuppy International (Tibban Manufacturing, Inc.)....................3 New England Water Well Association (NEWWA) Expo................66 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................52 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................59 Oklahoma Ground Water Assoc. (OGWA) Conference................56 Ontario Ground Water Assoc. (OGWA) Meetings.........................41 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................40 Petrowsky Auctioneers, Inc..........................................................12 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................62 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................32 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................43 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................15 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................66 Sandvik Construction...................................................................19 SEMCO, Inc...................................................................................2 Shakti Pumps, Ltd........................................................................68 Sharewell HDD, LLC....................................................................51 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment..........................................................69 SonicSampDrill.............................................................................27 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................54 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................44 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................11 Underground Construction Technology (UCT) Conf….......….…10 Utah Ground Water Association (UGWA) Conference and Expo..60 Virginia Water Well Assoc. (VWWA) Winter Conference..............65 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................38 WLS Drilling Products...................................................................30 WorldWide Service Center ™ ...........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................13 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................73-88 Dealmakers ........................................................................................51 Education Connection ......................................................................43 Fun Page ............................................................................................43 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Edwards, James Emery ...................................................60 Photos: CANWELL..........................................................12,39,46,58,63 Photos: Energy Exposition..............................................16,27,30,52,84 Planning Ahead ................................................................................55 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................27 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................24 Who’s in the News .............................................................................34 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 FOCUS: Cosby, Scott: Safety Program Development.......................11 FOCUS: History of the Hard Hat..........................................................14 From Simple Rig Repairs to Refurbishing............................................12 Directional Section............................................................................16 FOCUS: Increase Drill Rig Safety with New Bearing Assembly...........18 McLarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates.................................................17 Environmental Section.....................................................................20 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................21 2 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring..................................22 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................24 Focus on Kentucky Blasting Conference.............................................24 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!........................................25 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: