WorldWide Drilling Resource

5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® MAY 2015 Acker Drill Company.....................................................................16 AIMEX (Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition).................46 America West Drilling Supply........................................................86 Aries Industries, Inc........................................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)............................................47 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..................................21 Baker Water Systems...................................................................22 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…....................................20 Bit Brokers International...............................................................17 Bitco, Inc.......................................................................................44 Bloom Mfg., Inc............................................................................18 Blue Demon Company, Inc...........................................................21 Buckhorn Pumps, Inc...................................................................53 California Groundwater Association (CGA) Convention...............41 Center Rock, Inc. (CRI)................................................................43 Centerline Manufacturing Company.............................................69 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC).......................................................27 Double Life Corporation...............................................................11 Drill Pipe, Inc................................................................................38 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..............................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM).........................................................59 DRILLMAX, Inc...............................................................................1 Energy Exposition..........................................................................8 Enid Drill Systems, Inc. (EDSI).....................................................35 EXPONOR International Mining Industry Exhibition.....................46 EXPOSIBRAM International Mining Exhibition………………46 EXTEMIN Mining Technological Exhibition………..........…………46 Filmark Products, Inc....................................................................28 Flow Center Products, Inc............................................................23 Foremost Industries......................................................................51 GEFCO (an Astec Industries Company)......................................87 GeoPro, Inc..................................................................................39 Geoprobe Systems ® .....................................................................24 Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc....................................63 Gus Pech Manufacturing Company, Inc.......................................10 Hole Products...............................................................................54 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.....................................27 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner.............................................25 2 FOCUS: Water from the Wind.....................................................23,26 Exploration-Blasthole Section.........................................................28 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 39.........................................29 Warren, Phillip: Some Things the Boss Should Know........................28 Gas & Oil Section..............................................................................33 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: The Unsinkable Tanker of Sherwood ...37 Focus on Energy Exposition................................................................37 Storkson, Britt: Simply Elegant Process Control Part 1.....................33 Geothermal Section..........................................................................38 Connor, Tim: More Time or Money?..............................................41,44 2 Costa Rica Helps Bolivia with Geothermal Development.................39 Tavino, Peter: College Students.........................................................42 International Section.........................................................................46 Developer of Sonic Drilling Technology Accepts Fourth Award............50 Focus on Ontario Ground Water Association.......................................50 Rasmussen, Tim: Water for Life International....................................49 Mining Section...................................................................................52 Focus on EXPONOR Chile 2015.........................................................56 FOCUS: Keck, Tracy: Heavy Load, Frigid Conditions, Remote Location..56 2 Short, Harry W.: North Dakota Coal Mines................................53,54 Stateside Section..............................................................................57 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring............................60 Water Section.....................................................................................62 Basic Irrigation Terminology Part 1......................................................63 2 Focus on Water Expo.......................................................................69 FOCUS: Corey, Bill: Noisy Pump Part 2........................................67,68 FOCUS: Family Legacy........................................................................67 FOCUS: Roerick, Ray: My Pump Quit Working..................................64 2 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration..............................................72 A D V E R T I S E R S This Month’s Editorial Focus ~ Pumps 2 These articles are also in Spanish. 2 Estos articulos son también en Español. Hose Solutions, Inc......................................................................56 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..............................................................3 International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo (ICUEE)......12 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc...........................................................32 Keystone Drill Services, LLC/Stockdale Mine Supply, LLC.............4 King Oil Tools (an Astec Industries Company)..............................33 Kingsland Drill International, Inc...................................................11 KS Bit, Inc.....................................................................................31 MARL Technologies, Inc...............................................................14 Mills Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................52 Mills Machine Company, Inc.........................................................61 National Drilling Association (NDA) Convention……..….……......18 Noland Drilling Equipment............................................................29 North Houston Machine, Inc.........................................................19 Palmer Bit Company.....................................................................40 Qwater Well Development Tools...................................................25 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc............................................................35 Rex McFadden Ltd.......................................................................33 RLC Bit Service, Inc.....................................................................25 SEMCO, Inc.................................................................................88 Shakti Pumps, Ltd........................................................................85 Sonic Drill Corporation.................................................................60 South Atlantic JUBILEE..............................................................65 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................13 Star Iron Works, Inc......................................................................71 SVE Portable Roadway Systems, Inc. (Mud-Traks ® )....................68 T&T Carbide Drilling Supply..........................................................36 Tascosa Pump & Supply...............................................................67 The Water Expo............................................................................66 Throop Rock Bit Company............................................................49 Variperm Canada Limited.............................................................50 Well-Vu, Inc..................................................................................26 Windmill 702, LLC........................................................................27 WorldWide Service Center™ ..........................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc................................................................................19 Breaking News ...................................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ...................................73-88 Education Connection ......................................................................71 Fun Page ............................................................................................28 Hot Off the Press .................................................................................9 Obituary: Brovold, Keith Lloyd .........................................................60 Obituary: Chappell, Jr., Walter Rhodes ...........................................48 Obituary: Knox, Cheryl May ..............................................................64 Obituary: LeClaire, Jean-Pierre “J-P” ..............................................48 Obituary: Morrow, Christopher James "Kit" ...................................10 Obituary: Page, Dale A. .....................................................................72 Obituary: Stainton, Joan Mary .........................................................67 Photos: Int’l Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE)......................30,55 Photos: Minnesota Water Well Association (MWWA)................22,45,62 Photos: Mountain States Ground Water Expo...........................38,58,70 Photos: Texas Ground Water Association (TGWA)..............................84 Photos: Underground Construction Technology (UCT).......................15 Planning Ahead ................................................................................68 Product Spotlight ..............................................................................30 Ronnie’s Real World ..........................................................................26 Who’s in the News .............................................................................45 WorldWide Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a smile™! ...........................6 Construction-Geotechnical Section................................................10 Enter Now for the bauma Innovation Award.........................................10 FOCUS: Cosby, Scott: Pumps: Another Look....................................14 Good Shopkeeping..............................................................................11 Directional Section............................................................................16 McLarty, Ray: Drilling Fluid Updates.............................................17,18 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........................21 Wyo-Ben Announces Aquisition...........................................................18 Environmental Section.....................................................................22 This Month’s Editorial Highlights Include: