WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® OCTOBER 2014 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................20 America West Drilling Supply........................................................85 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................8 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................17 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................14 Baker Water Systems...................................................................67 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…......................................3 Bit Brokers International...............................................................18 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................47 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................31 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................21 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................12 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................62 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................57 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC).......................................................69 Double Life Corporation...............................................................53 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................72 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................33 DRILLMAX, Inc.............................................................................88 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................26 Fecon, Inc.......................................................................................9 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................16 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................41 Foremost Industries......................................................................43 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)........................................2 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................22 GETEC, Inc..................................................................................64 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................59 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................54 Hole Products...............................................................................51 Holly Pipe, Corp...........................................................................19 Hose Solutions, Inc......................................................................68 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................28 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 34.........................................29 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................31 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................34 2 Mexico and the USA: Dynamics of New Energy Reform..................36 Offshore Technology Conference Brings Out the Best........................35 Storkson, Britt: Check It Under Load.................................................39 Geothermal Section...........................................................................41 FOCUS: A Difference..........................................................................48 FOCUS: A First for Greenwich Ave......................................................47 FOCUS: Cool New Microchips Can Take the Heat..............................47 2 FOCUS: McClarty, Ray: Drilling Fluids.......................................41,42 FOCUS: Tavino, Peter: Geothermal Feng Shui............................46,48 FOCUS: The Ups and Downs of Geothermal Engineering..................45 International Section.........................................................................49 Drilling to Hell: Urban Legends and the Strange Truth.........................53 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................49 Mining Section...................................................................................56 A Tale of Two Companies....................................................................60 Mining in the USA Part 25....................................................................58 Short, Harry W.: Amboy & Pisgah Craters..........................................57 Stateside Section..............................................................................61 2 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring....................63,64 Corey, Bill: Terms Part 10...................................................................65 U.S. Oil and Gas Professionals in Demand.........................................64 Water Section.....................................................................................67 Keck, Tracy: Triplex Well Installation Overcomes Nitrate Problem.....68 Minnesota to Start Cracking Down on Irrigation Well Permits.........68,72 Roerick, Ray: CSI Using a Down Hole Video Camera.......................71 White, Harold: Water/Gas Exploration...............................................67 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Geothermal Heights 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Infinity Tool Manufacturing............................................................86 Kentucky Blasting Conference.....................................................29 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................35 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................11 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................37 Lilin Group....................................................................................30 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................15 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................66 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................56 Minnesota Water Well Assn (MWWA) Conv. and Trade Show......71 MudPuppy International (Tibban Manufacturing, Inc.)....................4 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................46 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................39 Oklahoma Ground Water Assoc. (OGWA) Conference................27 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................44 PAPARELLI ALESSANDRO E FIGLIO srl....................................49 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................23 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................36 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................55 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................10 Rotary Drilling Equipment, LLC....................................................63 Sandvik Construction...................................................................52 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................87 Shakti Pumps, Ltd........................................................................70 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................13 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................40 Texas Ground Water Association (TGWA) Convention.................45 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................65 Varel International........................................................................28 Well-Vu, Inc...................................................................................48 WLS Drilling Products...................................................................58 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................24 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................73-88 Dealmakers ...................................................................................21,53 Education Connection ......................................................................19 Fun Page .............................................................................................29 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Brown, Michael D. .............................................................26 Obituary: Cadwallader, Ralph Aldes ................................................42 Obituary: Pelletier, Edgar H. “Ed” ....................................................50 Photos: Alberta Water Well Drilling Association.........................25,51,69 Photos: Best in the West Drill and Blast Conference...........................30 Photos: CANWELL .............................................................................84 Photos: Offshore Technology Conference.................................16,34,55 Photos: Texas Alliance Expo................................................................38 Planning Ahead ................................................................................32 Product Spotlight ...............................................................................27 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................23 Who’s in the News .............................................................................54 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Cosby, Scott: Drill Operator and Crew Teamwork..............................11 Focus on bauma China........................................................................11 2 Preparing for CONEXPO Latin America...........................................14 Directional Section............................................................................16 Connor, Tim: Sales Tips.....................................................................18 Directional Drilling on the Rise in Permian Basin.................................17 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................21 Environmental Section.....................................................................22 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................24 Mars Drilling Project Continues.................................................................23 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: