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Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................41-56 Dealmakers ........................................................................23 Education Connection ......................................................21 Fun Page ............................................................................37 Hot Off the Press .................................................................9 Photo Gallery .......................................................................34 Product Spotlight ..............................................................14 Where are you planning to go? ........................................28 Who’s in the News .............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................27 WorldWide Business Directory™ .............................10,11,12 WorldWide .........6 Editorial Focus for January - Directional Drilling C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Aardvark Packers...............................................................23 Alberta Water Well Drilling Association (AWWDA) Conv....14 Allegheny Instruments........................................................19 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................24 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)..........................8 Baker Water Systems.........................................................21 Better Water Industries, Inc.................................................28 Bit Brokers International.....................................................33 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................19 Blackadar Insurance Agency...............................................15 Bloom Mfg., Inc...................................................................32 CONEXPO-CON/AGG ® ......................................................53 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)....................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................36 DRILLMAX ® ..........................................................................1 Foremost Industries............................................................22 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).......................9 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................55 GeoPro, Inc.........................................................................37 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................30 Halco Rock Tools..................................................................7 Hole Products.....................................................................31 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................4 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................54 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................13 Mountain States Ground Water Expo.................................17 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................29 New England Water Well Assoc. (NEWWA) Expo..............38 Palmer Bit Company.............................................................3 SEMCO, Inc........................................................................56 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................34 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................35 T&T Carbide, Inc.................................................................16 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................18 Tennessee Water Well Assoc. (TWWA) Annual Meeting.....20 Texas Ground Water Association (TGWA) Convention.......40 Throop Rock Bit Company..................................................25 Underground Construction Technology (UCT) Conf……....26 Virginia Water Well Assoc. (VWWA) Winter Conference.....30 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................39 Wyo-Ben, Inc........................................................................7 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: There is Nothing New Under the....12 Jordan’s Potash Production Requires.......................24 Foam-Utilizing Inflatable Packer...............................30 Community Gets a New System...............................15 Designed and Built for Resilience.............................26 Connor, Tim: Resolutions or Change - that is the.........35 More Natural Gas than Expected Thanks to Directional..39 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........14 What Will Core Drilling in the Most Powerful Ocean..23 Radioactive Wastes - The Public Remains Skeptical...29 Underground Work for Highway Improvements........17 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.......................28 Drilling & Blasting in Pennsylvania............................34 Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing....7 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring..25 From Concept to Reality................................................30 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II...8 Untapped Heat Beneath UK Streets Could Pave......20 Japan Invests in Geothermal Exploration.................32 Newest Gold Mine in the Yukon is Up and Running!.....18 Playa Construction Authorized in Utah......................33 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................40 Communication - Don’t Overlook the Obvious..........19 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!..............22 Ballard, Thomas: Notes from the Groundwater Guy.....31 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International........37 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice : Researchers...........38 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JANUARY 2020