WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JUNE 2015 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................52 America West Drilling Supply........................................................77 AMS, Inc.......................................................................................11 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................48 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................16 Baker Water Systems...................................................................56 Bit Brokers International...............................................................49 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................19 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................16 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................55 Boshart Industries........................................................................65 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................23 California Groundwater Association (CGA) Convention...............61 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................30 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................28 Double Life Corporation...............................................................38 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................59 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................40 DRILLMAX, Inc.............................................................................80 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM).....................17 Energy Exposition........................................................................33 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................63 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................65 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................35 Foremost Industries......................................................................18 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)........................................2 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................21 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................39 Hole Products...............................................................................34 Hose Solutions, Inc......................................................................23 IFT Energy....................................................................................45 IFT Modern Mining.......................................................................45 Infinity Tool Manufacturing............................................................78 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc...........................................................62 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................23 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 40.........................................24 Keck, Tracy: Polyurethane Hoses on a Brazilian Barge.....................23 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!........................................26 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................27 FOCUS: All Pumped Up and Nowhere to Go?....................................28 Storkson, Britt: Simply Elegant Process Control Part 2................27,28 2 Update on Cuba’s Natural Resources..............................................32 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II.....................31,48 Geothermal Section..........................................................................34 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Geothermal Drilling Exposes..........39 2 Tavino, Peter: What Could Go Wrong with Geothermal?...........35,38 International Section.........................................................................41 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................41 2 Safety Celebration.......................................................................43,44 Mining Section...................................................................................47 Sandvik Helps Boost Quarry Production.............................................49 Short, Harry W.: Bingham Copper Mine.............................................47 Stateside Section..............................................................................50 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.................................................54 Water Section.....................................................................................55 Basic Irrigation Terminology Part 2......................................................61 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................58 Corey, Bill: Wouldn’t Go Over 2100 Part 1.........................................55 Focus on JUBILEE..............................................................................56 2 FOCUS: Roerick, Ray: Inspecting Water Storage Tanks............62,64 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner.............................................65 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Tanks 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................31 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................50 Kruse Energy & Equipment, LLC (Auction)...................................54 KS Bit, Inc.......................................................................................3 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................61 Merrill Mfg.....................................................................................55 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................14 Mills Machine Company, Inc...........................................................8 Mitsubishi Materials Corporation..................................................46 National Drilling Association (NDA) Convention……......……....20 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................44 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................32 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................37 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................58 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................27 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................27 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................22 Robit ® Rocktools Ltd.....................................................................53 Rockmore International................................................................13 Roseland’s South Texas Showdown Oil & Gas Expo...................29 Sandvik Construction...................................................................57 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................79 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment............................................................4 SonicSampDrill.............................................................................24 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................10 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................64 Sullivan-Palatek, Inc.....................................................................47 SVE Portable Roadway Systems, Inc. (Mud-Traks ® )....................60 Tee Jay International, Inc..............................................................60 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................43 Varel International……………………………..…….......……..….25 Weldco-Beales Manufacturing.....................................................41 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................26 Windmill 702, LLC........................................................................35 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................22 Bravo! .................................................................................................56 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................67-80 Education Connection ......................................................................12 Fun Page ............................................................................................28 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Ortt, John David ................................................................42 Obituary: Thron, Albert J. “Al” .........................................................64 Photos: Michigan Ground Water Association (MGWA)........................36 Photos: Southwest Mississippi Comm. College Well Drillers Sem....12,24 Photos: Texas Ground Water Association (TGWA)....................19,58,66 Photos: Virginia Water Well Association (VWWA).....................38,50,63 Planning Ahead ...........................................................................34,53 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................46 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................60 Who’s in the News .............................................................................59 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 FOCUS: Cosby, Scott: The Water Truck............................................10 Time is Running Out for AEM Hall of Fame Nominations.....................11 Directional Section............................................................................14 Connor, Tim: Yes or No...that is the Dilemma!...................................16 McLarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates..................................................15 Environmental Section.....................................................................19 FOCUS: Remote Project Locations Create Unique Challenges..........20 Freimuth, Eric: Hydraulic Training.....................................................22 Kwader, Tom: Environmental Monitoring............................................19 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: