WorldWide Drilling Resource

6 JANUARY 2017 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Proudly Made in the United States of America - delivered WorldWide ! WorldWide Drilling Resource ® The complete magazine for the drilling industry worldwide, owned by drilling industry associates dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date technology and information to subscribers. Covering construction-geotechnical , directional , environmental , exploration-blasthole , shallow gas & oil, geothermal, mining , water well , irrigation , wastewater ; from bits, to pumps, to rigs, to tanks, through wire and more - whatever it takes to get the drilling job completed ! Managing Publisher/CEO/President: Veronica I. “Ronnie” Jones Vice President: Troy Cunningham Office Administrator: Michele Stevens Editor: Bonnie Love General Sales Manager: Brenda Helms Sales Representative: Jan Allen Production/Webmaster: Marcel Schimpf Representative: Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month: Mark Battersby Tim Connor Bill Corey Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen Kyle Rehme “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Harold White Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. Hyd/Eng Consultant: Thomas Kwader, Ph.D.,P.G. Consultant: Mary Ann Pelletier * Editorial contributions & advertisements include statements of fact and opinions that are the sole responsibility of the author and/or companies and do not necessarily imply any opinion of the owners, management, or staff of WorldWide Drilling Resource ® . Images may have been altered for clarity. Complete advertising information may be found at: www.worldwidedrillingresource.com or by calling 850-547-0102. WorldWide Drilling Resource WorldWide Drilling Resource ® makes every effort not to place advertisements for “like” products on the same page in our publication; this may occur however, due to size and space within the publication. We regret any inconvenience this may cause our advertisers. WorldWide Drilling Resource ® i s published monthly by WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc., a Florida Corporation PO Box 660 (3089 Northride Lane) Bonifay FL 32425-0660. Telephone: 850-547-0102 Fax: 850-547-0329 E-mail: wwdr@worldwidedrillingresource.com Website: www.worldwidedrillingresource.com Copyright 2017, WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. Seen by countless WorldWide. Publication Agreement No. 40892520. Back issues may be requested. Cost per issue $10.00 USD. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the strict written consent of the publishers. Advertising rates furnished upon request. Editorial contributions are welcome subject to editorial review.* WorldWide Dr i ll ing Resource ® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement . We Recycle So, let me ask you - Did you guess the answer to the question I posed last month? Or haven’t you had a chance during the holidays to read your copy of WorldWide Drilling Resource ® ? The hint is to the right here for you again. Send your guess in and see what you just may win for being so smart! It was ironic as I received my first Christmas card from nephew Richie and his wife Kelly down in Bronson, Florida - it had those words on the cover of the card. We gave a special thank-you to all our advertisers in the December issue too! Were you one of them? Would you like to be? Have you heard of our WWDR Reward Points Program? What? You haven’t? Well no matter what kind of ad you place with the WWDR Team, you receive points for each and every dollar you spend here at WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. So, get on the phone - 850-547-0102 - e-mail - rewards@worldwidedrillingresource.com and our special professionals will explain it all to you. And best of all - you do nothing but place an advertisement with WWDR like you always have or should have been doing to reach the widest coverage area in the industry - some 40,000 plus read THIS magazine each month. Some publications claim to have the best circulation - do they really? Hmmmm, yet another important question. Don’t worry about whether our title says “ WorldWide ” or not - you get that coverage yes - but it’s your stuff and your ad, and you can stress any part of the United States, North America, or any part of the international world in your ad to get those folks interested in what you have to sell or service. Rates are great, editorial is tops, and no one treats you better. I’m so proud of all this great team has managed to accomplish. That’s one reason I am always smiling! See you on the trail! We’ll be the ones with the smiles! And “Positive” Attitudes! No frowners allowed! Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@ worldwidedrillingresource.com With pen (computer) in hand... “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!” Hot Topics for January 2017! Equipment Maintenance: Tips for Fuel System Performance ~ 32 Working in Cold Weather ~ 27 Taking Care of your Generator ~ 33 Most Valuable Tool ~ 23 PDS Systems ~ 35 Computer Maintenance ~ 16 Ronnie@ Troy@ Michele@ Brenda@ Jan@ Marcel@ Bonnie@ worldwidedrillingresource.com