WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JANUARY 2015 America West Drilling Supply........................................................78 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................8 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................59 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................36 Baker Water Systems...................................................................21 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP).........................................4 Bit Brokers International...............................................................29 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................35 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................23 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................64 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................31 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................63 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................47 CGA (Common Ground Alliance) Excavation Safety Conf............43 Doosan Portable Power................................................................17 Double Life Corporation...............................................................26 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................20 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................28 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................1 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................64 Fabco Power................................................................................19 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................12 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................10 Foremost Industries......................................................................14 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................40 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................79 GeoPro, Inc..................................................................................39 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................22 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................61 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................52 Hole Products...............................................................................57 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................3 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!........................................26 The S.W.E.A.T. Pledge........................................................................76 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................29 2 Connor, Tim: Special Tip............................................................31,32 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................29 Geothermal Section..........................................................................34 FOCUS: A New Generaton of Old-Fashioned Quality..........................35 Tavino, Peter: How to Inspect Geothermal Drilling.............................34 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................39 International Section.........................................................................40 FOCUS: Sonic Drilling Using One Tough Brat.....................................45 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................41 2 Roerick, Ray: Pickle Jars as a Solution to Seeing in Dirty Water.....42 Mining Section...................................................................................46 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Ethiopia has Great Mining Potential...50 Short, Harry W.: Crystal Cave in Pennsylvania.............................47,48 2 The Many Uses of Coal in Today’s World.........................................48 Stateside Section..............................................................................51 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................52 Focus on TGWA..................................................................................53 FOCUS: Powerful Force with a Small Footprint..................................55 Water Section.....................................................................................56 Corey, Bill: Charts..............................................................................61 Focus on MWWA.................................................................................58 Focus on VWWA.................................................................................64 2 Ignatius Jean and the Future of a Region Part 2..........................62,64 Keck, Tracy: Fourth Time is the Charm..............................................57 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner.............................................58 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.................................................59 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Rigs 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Int’l Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo (IFCEE).............11 Int'l Soc. of Explosives Engineering (ISEE) Annual Conference...24 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................30 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................12 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................33 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................13 Michigan Ground Water Association (MGWA) Convention...........37 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................60 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................27 Mincon, Inc...................................................................................54 Moab Bit and Tool Company, Inc..................................................10 Mountain States Ground Water Expo...........................................62 New England Water Well Association (NEWWA) Expo................35 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................50 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................15 NUMA ..........................................................................................77 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................38 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................42 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................32 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................41 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................18 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................80 Shallow Exploration Drillers Clinic (SEDC)...................................55 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................45 SVE Portable Roadway Systems, Inc. (MUD-TRAKS ® )................58 T&T Carbide Drilling Supply..........................................................46 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................49 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................9 Toney Drilling Supplies, Inc..........................................................25 Variperm Canada Limited.............................................................53 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................36 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................65-80 Dealmakers ........................................................................................23 Education Connection ......................................................................23 Fun Page ............................................................................................58 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Photos: JUBILEE..................................................................20,40,55,75 Photos: The Water Expo......................................................................56 Planning Ahead ................................................................................44 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................24 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................53 Who’s in the News .............................................................................30 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Focus on IFCEE..................................................................................10 FOCUS: Cosby, Scott: Recordkeeping is Always Important..............12 FOCUS: Drilling in Low Overhead Locations.......................................11 Important OSHA Change!....................................................................10 Directional Section............................................................................15 Focus on UCT......................................................................................16 McLarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates..................................................15 Storkson, Britt: Making a Silk Purse Out of a Sow’s Ear....................16 Environmental Section.....................................................................19 Focus on Mountain States...................................................................19 FOCUS: Everything You Want in an Environmental Rig......................21 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................19 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................24 Focus on ISEE.....................................................................................26 FOCUS: Living the American Dream...................................................25 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: