WorldWide Drilling Resource

Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................57-72 Education Connection ......................................................44 Fun Page ............................................................................11 Hot Off the Press - Sponsored by Aries Industries, Inc. ..9 Obituary: Stevens, Thomas Lauren “Tom” .....................46 Obituary: Ulses, Paul D. “Don” ........................................16 Obituary: Walker, Kenny ...................................................46 Obituary: Williams, Earl Harvey ......................................16 Photo Gallery ...........................................................17,25,54 Product Spotlight ..............................................................20 Ronnie’s Real World . .....................................................38 Where are you planning to go? ........................................33 Who’s in the News ............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................31 WorldWide Business Directory™ .................................10,11 WorldWide ..........6 WorldWide Service Center™ ...............................................56 Editorial Focus for May - Drill Pipe and Casing C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Aardvark Packers...............................................................49 Allegheny Instruments........................................................40 America West Drilling Supply..............................................69 AMS, Inc.............................................................................53 Aries Industries, Inc..............................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................13 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................20 Baker Water Systems.........................................................30 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)..............................47 Better Water Industries, Inc.................................................19 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................43 Bloom Mfg., Inc...................................................................45 Blue Demon Company, Inc.................................................48 Constant Water, LLC...........................................................27 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC)..............................................42 Drill Pipe, Inc.......................................................................22 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)....................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................15 DRILLMAX ® ..........................................................................1 East West Machinery & Drilling….......…………..................27 Epiroc...................................................................................3 Filmark Products, Inc..........................................................34 Foremost Industries............................................................55 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................71 GeoPro, Inc.........................................................................33 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................21 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................25 Headwater Companies.......................................................39 HINOWA S.p.A...................................................................38 Hole Products.....................................................................35 Hose Solutions, Inc.............................................................29 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................4 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................18 MARL Technologies, Inc.....................................................37 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................32 Moab Bit and Tool Company, Inc.........................................44 Mud & More, LLC................................................................17 N&N Drilling Supply Manufacturer......................................16 National Drilling Assn. (NDA) Buckeye Chapter Expo.........52 National Drilling Association (NDA) Convention..................23 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................70 Pioneer Sands LLC.............................................................34 Qwater Well Development Tools.........................................23 Rex McFadden Ltd.............................................................12 SAER Elettropompe S.p.A....................................................7 SEMCO, Inc........................................................................72 Sonic Drill Corporation........................................................40 South Atlantic JUBILEE......................................................36 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................26 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................41 T&T Carbide, Inc.................................................................24 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................28 Well-vu, Inc.........................................................................51 Wyo-Ben, Inc........................................................................8 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: Smaller is often Better....................17 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................26 Riding the Bullet........................................................37 Book Highlighting the History of Tunneling in the U.S...40 2018 Osterberg Memorial Lecturer - Jack Hayes......50 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring.....12 Drill Pipe Maintenance..............................................22 Stay Safe in the Exit Pit!............................................35 New Water-Activated Product Helps with Repairs....52 The LIvELy LEGACy...............................................14 Saving Arizona’s Sonoran Pronghorn.......................29 Ballard, Thomas E.: Notes from the Groundwater Guy..41 Rathi, Ashish: Overseas Travel Management.........43 How Friction Welding Creates Drill Pipe...................46 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International........49 Open House with Lunch ~ A Great Combo................50 Letter from the President...........................................53 Roman Engineering & a New Harbor Basin Revealed...25 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........29 AGrowing Renewable Resource.....................................42 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!..............23 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 71..............30 Wire, Jeremy C.: Tales from the Field......................36 Drill Pipe Market Expects Increased Demand by 2025..45 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II.....8 How to Lead Like a Soldier........................................34 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Scotland Gold........44 Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Coal.............51 Tannehill, Todd: Boring Thoughts............................19 Geothermal Myths Debunked...................................32 Bringing Geothermal to the Caribbean......................37 UK’s First Large-Scale Mine Water Energy Project...43,48 World of Minerals - Diamond.......................................7 Ice Cream, Paint, Air, and Crude Oil..........................27 Connor, Tim: Individual Differences...............................33 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration..............................52 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® MAY 2018