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 Chief Marketing Officer: Ed Moranski Office Administrator: Michele Stevens Editor: Bonnie Love Associate Editor: Caleb Whitaker Public Relations Professionals: Kathy Heinrich Jan Allen Production/Webmaster: Marcel Schimpf Representative: Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month: Tom Ballard Mark Battersby Tim Connor Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Todd Tannehill Harold White Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. Jeremy Wire 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 ® 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 2018, 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 Drilling Resource ® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement . We Recycle We Will See you on the trail! Keep That Smile! Ed@ Michele@ Kathy@ Caleb@ Marcel@ Jan@ Bonnie@ Troy@ worldwidedrillingresource.com NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT - BUT . . . “Grassroots at WWDR ” This pen (computer) in hand, comes straight from what I witness each month. It may not be in person, but perhaps by e-mail, telephone call, letter or postcard in the mail. With each of those, comes something I feel important to share with each of you. This quote came in an e-mail from a person beginning a new company, and who has worked with us in the past. “Kathy, Kudos the email, the "Marketing Proposal" was impressive. I feel very confident that your efforts will be of great value to me and my company! The SBA people will know and SEE that I'm working with Pro's. Nice job - thank-you. Wish me luck. Worst case in scenario, I will still work with you guys. I like (actually Love) the grass roots appeal that you guys have going for yourselves and bring to the table! Here's to OUR future, God willing!” He makes us proud to be doing what we do, the way we do it. Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a Smile!™ Accept NO imitations - there is only one true RESOURCE. With pen (computer) in hand... Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com Call us for all your marketin g needs or resource question s. 850-547-0102 6 JUNE 2018 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Featured Articles for June Monitoring Temperature with Thermal Switches. Page 40 High Voltage Direct Current to be Used for Wind Farm. Page 19 Showing You the Ropes. Page 48