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Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................57-72 Education Connection ......................................................34 Fun Page ............................................................................29 Hot Off the Press - Sponsored by Aries Industries, Inc. ..9 Obituary: McAlpine, Clifford J. ........................................51 Obituary: McNeill, Stephen Douglas “Steve” .................51 Photo Gallery ...........................................................22,25,36 Product Spotlight ..............................................................49 Ronnie’s Real World . .....................................................22 Where are you planning to go? ........................................11 Who’s in the News ............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................43 WorldWide Business Directory™ .................................10,11 WorldWide ..........6 WorldWide Service Center™ ...............................................56 Editorial Focus for April - Technology C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Allegheny Instruments........................................................42 America West Drilling Supply..............................................69 Aries Industries, Inc..............................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................48 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................25 Baker Water Systems.........................................................13 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)..............................47 Barrett Supply Company, Inc..............................................33 Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference (ISEE)…..........18 Better Water Industries, Inc.................................................38 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................30 Bloom Mfg., Inc...................................................................12 Blue Demon Company, Inc.................................................24 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)..........................23 Constant Water, LLC...........................................................29 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC)..............................................27 Drill Pipe, Inc.......................................................................45 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..................................71 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................32 DRILLMAX ® ..........................................................................2 Energy Exposition...............................................................52 Filmark Products, Inc..........................................................53 Foremost Industries............................................................14 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................72 Geoprobe Systems ® ..............................................................4 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................27 Headwater Companies.......................................................37 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................3 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc.................................................20 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................55 MARL Technologies, Inc.....................................................56 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................39 N&N Drilling Supply Manufacturer......................................28 National Drilling Assn. (NDA) Buckeye Chapter Expo.........31 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................26 Pioneer Sands LLC...............................................................8 Qwater Well Development Tools.........................................30 Rex McFadden Ltd.............................................................15 SAER Elettropompe S.p.A....................................................7 SEMCO, Inc..........................................................................1 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment.................................................70 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................16 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................50 T&T Carbide, Inc.................................................................40 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................19 Throop Rock Bit Company..................................................34 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................21 Wyo-Ben, Inc......................................................................17 Advertisers Featured Editorial: C&G - Construction/Geotechnical ENV - Environmental G&O - Shallow Gas and Oil MIN - Mining DIR - Horizontal Directional Drilling EXB - Exploration/Blasthole GEO - Geothermal WTR - Water Storkson, Britt: It’s Great Except...............................8 A New Way of Looking at Things...............................24 Protecting Yourself in Permit-Required Spaces........36 Is Futuristic Travel Closer than You Think?...............38 Removable Gooseneck’s 70-Year Anniversary.........45 Wire, Jeremy C.: Tales from the Field......................18 New Pipeline Integrity Management Solution...........21 Horizontal Directional Drilling on the Beach..............36 Advanced Drilling Performance Tools.......................52 Ballard, Thomas E.: Notes from the Groundwater Guy..16 Springs of Hope in South Africa................................25 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International........35 Companies Merge to Pump up the Industry..............39 Van Norman Well Development................................51 FRASTE Celebrates Success in Turkey!..................54 Mines Test New Polymer for Mercury Remediation..12 Tannehill, Todd: Boring Thoughts............................30 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........54 Using Gas and Oil Technology for Offshore Wind.....56 Urban Construction Blasting.....................................20 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!..............29 Planning and Drilling the Blast Pattern......................42 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II...44 Customer Appreciation Days Are Special.................49 Mines of the Future Being Driven by Technology......17 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Drilling Lithium Brine...31 From the Mine to the History Books..........................33 Connor, Tim: Is Technology Stealing Your Life?............41 Rathi, Ashish: Overseas Travel Management.........53 Partnership Aims to Increase Geothermal Energy......7 Always Seeking a Better Look..................................27 A Two-Well Project and One Safe Rig.......................35 A Geothermal Well Goes Subhorizontal....................46 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................48 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring.....15 Layne Christensen Signs Monumental Agreement........28 Using Subsurface DNA in the Oil Industry............42,52 New Laboratory Brings the Bakken to Students........46 Exascale Computing in the Energy Sector................50 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® APRIL 2018