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5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® APRIL 2015 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................64 Alberta Water Well Drilling Association (AWWDA) Convention....48 America West Drilling Supply..........................................................3 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................11 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................51 Baker Water Systems...................................................................71 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…....................................61 Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference (ISEE).........................32 Bit Brokers International...............................................................17 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................24 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................33 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................68 Boshart Industries........................................................................60 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................10 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................67 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................24 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)...................................25 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC).......................................................48 Double Life Corporation...............................................................53 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................20 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)............................................87 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................29 DrillKing International...................................................................55 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................2 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................42 EXPONOR International Mining Industry Exhibition.....................46 EXPOSIBRAM International Mining Exhibition.............................46 EXTEMIN PERUMIN Mining Technological Exhibition.................46 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................16 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................44 Foremost Industries......................................................................30 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................88 Geoprobe Systems ® ......................................................................22 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................41 Hole Products...............................................................................27 Hose Solutions, Inc......................................................................65 2 Warren, Phillip: Off-Road Mobilization of Drilling Equipment..........32 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.................................................27 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................35 Energy Development on Tribal Lands Part 2.......................................38 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 38.........................................37 2 Mexico Prepares for First Natural Gas Liquification Plant.................36 Geothermal Section..........................................................................40 Tavino, Peter: Backup...................................................................41,44 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................42 International Section.........................................................................46 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Beer Pipeline..................................48 Focus on Nova Scotia.........................................................................50 2 FOCUS: Nicaragua’s Long Shortcut................................................51 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................47 Mining Section...................................................................................53 Focus on Best in the West...................................................................54 Short, Harry W.: Glacial Lake Agassiz...............................................53 Stateside Section..............................................................................56 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring.......................60,62 Bizarre State Taxes!............................................................................59 Focus on Tennessee...........................................................................59 Water Section.....................................................................................63 Corey, Bill: Noisy Pump Part 1...........................................................63 Focus on AWWDA...............................................................................65 Keck, Tracy: Hose Saves the Day in a Deep Well in California...........65 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!........................................73 Storkson, Britt: Long Live the VFD!...................................................68 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Construction Equipment 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................4 International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo (ICUEE)......15 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................38 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................53 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................85 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................45 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................19 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................39 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................58 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................52 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................50 Nova Scotia Ground Water Assn. (NSGWA) Trade Show & Conv...69 Ontario Ground Water Assoc.(OGWA) Convention......................23 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................43 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................47 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................35 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................36 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................23 Rockmore International.................................................................13 Sandvik Construction....................................................................72 SEMCO, Inc...................................................................................1 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment..........................................................86 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................14 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................63 South Atlantic JUBILEE................................................................62 Sullivan-Palatek, Inc.....................................................................31 SVE Portable Roadway Systems, Inc. (Mud-Traks ® )....................68 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................34 Tennessee Water Well Assn. (TWWA) Annual Mtg & Trade Show...8 The Water Expo............................................................................26 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................37 Varel International........................................................................49 Weldco-Beales Manufacturing.....................................................33 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................21 Windmill 702, LLC........................................................................66 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................12 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................75-88 Education Connection ......................................................................33 Fun Page ............................................................................................47 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Photos: Groundwater Expo.......................................................45,56,66 Photos: Oklahoma Ground Water Association (OGWA).................73,74 Photos: Utah Ground Water Association (UGWA)................12,40,60,70 Planning Ahead ................................................................................18 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................56 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................44 Who’s in the News .............................................................................52 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 FOCUS: An Active Approach to Theft Prevention................................12 2 Cosby, Scott: Safety Spotlight: Flu............................................10,14 FOCUS: Cutting-Edge Productivity......................................................11 FOCUS: MGM Hopes for Springfield Renaissance.............................14 Directional Section............................................................................16 FOCUS: An Age-Old Question............................................................17 McLarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates..................................................16 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner.............................................20 Environmental Section.....................................................................21 Connor, Tim: Baby Steps...................................................................24 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................23 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................27 Focus on SEDC...................................................................................28 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: