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5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® FEBRUARY 2015 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................32 Alberta Water Well Drilling Association (AWWDA) Convention....44 America West Drilling Supply........................................................77 AMS, Inc.......................................................................................63 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................41 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................12 Baker Water Systems...................................................................59 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…......................................3 Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference (ISEE)……..................27 Bit Brokers International...............................................................51 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................15 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................15 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................60 Boshart Industries........................................................................66 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................60 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................22 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................50 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC).......................................................25 Double Life Corporation...............................................................28 Drill Pipe, Inc.................................................................................11 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................61 DRILLMAX, Inc.............................................................................80 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................43 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................50 First Corp International, Inc…………….............……....................16 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................41 Foremost Industries......................................................................56 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)........................................2 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................24 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................20 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................39 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Front Door!........................................29 2 Warren, Phillip: Off-Road Mobilization of Drilling Equipment..........30 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................33 FOCUS: Fit for a King..........................................................................33 Results from the Second Annual West Coast Oil & Gas Awards..........36 Storkson, Britt: Protect Your Investment...........................................35 Geothermal Section..........................................................................39 FOCUS: Progress of the Bit Broker PDC Line.....................................41 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 36.........................................39 Tavino, Peter: Inspecting Geothermal Grout......................................40 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................43 International Section.........................................................................44 2 Colombian Well Reaches New Depths.............................................44 New 8 TX Automatic Transmission......................................................46 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................45 Mining Section...................................................................................48 FOCUS: Dull Grading: A Simple and Effective Practice.......................50 Mining in the USA Part 27....................................................................48 Short, Harry W.: Calcite and Dolomite...............................................49 Stateside Section..............................................................................53 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................57 Focus on MGWA.................................................................................55 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.................................................55 Water Section.....................................................................................58 Corey, Bill: Amp Story.........................................................................64 Focus on NEWWA...............................................................................60 FOCUS: Increased Profit, Decreased Stress......................................66 FOCUS: The Competitive Edge..........................................................63 Roerick, Ray: Freshwater Solution to Seeing in Dirty Well Water.......59 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Bits 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Hole Products...............................................................................18 Infinity Tool Manufacturing............................................................78 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc...........................................................49 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................34 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................45 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................65 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................48 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................37 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................62 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................52 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................14 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................29 Ontario Ground Water Assoc.(OGWA) Convention......................66 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................42 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................21 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................35 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................36 RLC Bit Service, Inc.......................................................................8 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................79 Shakti Pumps, Ltd........................................................................47 Shallow Exploration Drillers Clinic (SEDC)...................................28 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment............................................................4 Southwest Mississippi Comm. College Well Drillers CE Sem.......23 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................13 SVE Portable Roadway Systems, Inc. (Mud-Traks ® )....................64 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................31 Texas Alliance of Energy Producers Expo & Annual Mtg..............33 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................57 Varel International........................................................................26 Weldco-Beales Manufacturing.....................................................55 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................35 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................19 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................67-80 Education Connection ......................................................................46 Fun Page ............................................................................................25 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Petersen, Hyrum Dewey ..................................................60 Photos: California Groundwater Association (CGA).......................40,58 Photos: National Drilling Association (NDA).........................10,18,54,64 Planning Ahead ................................................................................38 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................54 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................19 Who’s in the News .............................................................................34 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Exciting Changes for ICUEE 2015!.....................................................14 Focus on CGA Excavation Safety Conference & Expo........................12 2 FOCUS: Cosby, Scott: More About Bits.....................................11,12 Directional Section............................................................................15 FOCUS: Know Your Directional Drilling Bits........................................17 McLarty, Ray: Tribute to a Friend.......................................................15 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner.............................................19 Environmental Section.....................................................................20 Connor, Tim: Relationship Tip............................................................23 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Shipwreck Uncovered During Drilling...24 2 FOCUS: Bit Options for Environmental Drilling................................21 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................25 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................26 FOCUS: It’s Time to Get More From Your Blasthole Bit.......................27 Freimuth, Eric: Revisiting System Cleanliness Part 4........................28 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: