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Are you planning to go? ...................................................29 Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................51-64 Education Connection ......................................................20 Fun Page ............................................................................37 Hot Off the Press .................................................................9 Industry Announcements .................................................26 Obituary: Baca, David “Dave” ..........................................40 Obituary: Gordon, James Alan “Jim” ..............................44 Obituary: Harnish, Kerry Mitchell ....................................44 Obituary: Howland, Minetta Gail ......................................44 Obituary: Shultes, Daniel M. “Dan” .................................44 Obituary: Williams, Pauline “Paula” ................................30 Product Spotlight ..............................................................20 Ronnie’s Real World / DownHome DrillFest™ ..31-34 Who’s in the News .............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................25 WorldWide Business Directory™ .............................10,11,12 WorldWide .........6 Editorial Focus for September - History C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Aardvark Packers...............................................................43 Acker Drill Company.............................................................4 Allegheny Instruments........................................................44 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................24 Assiter Auctioneers.............................................................17 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................37 Baker Water Systems.........................................................39 Better Water Industries Inc..................................................35 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................14 Bloom Manufacturing, Inc.....................................................9 Centerline Manufacturing Company....................................19 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC)..............................................28 Drill King International.........................................................62 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)....................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................21 DRILLMAX ® ........................................................................46 Eijkelkamp/SonicSampDrill.................................................61 Foremost Industries............................................................30 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................63 GeoPro, Inc.........................................................................38 Geoprobe Systems ® ..............................................................1 GeoRocFor, Inc.....................................................................8 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................40 Halco Rock Tools..................................................................7 Heron Instruments, Inc.......................................................27 Hose Solutions, Inc.............................................................22 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................3 Merrill Mfg...........................................................................15 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................16 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................45 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................41 Seametrics..........................................................................42 SEMCO, Inc........................................................................64 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................48 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................49 T&T Carbide Inc..................................................................18 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................36 TerraSonic International......................................................23 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................13 Wyo-Ben, Inc........................................................................7 Advertisers Featured Editorial Storkson, Britt: If you don’t want to be hacked..........7 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice : Stabilizing ASlope......22 Innovation is Key to Rapid Growth...................................36 A Reputation for Excellence......................................49 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring..17 University Takes Advantage of HDD..........................28 50 Years of Revolutionizing HDD..............................42 New Pump Specifically for HDD Operations.............47 Frequently-Used Geological Term Pt 89....................50 Putting Gas & Oil Workers Back to Work ~ Plugging....16 Kwader, Thomas : Environmental Monitoring...........23 Growth Doesn’t Happen by Itself...............................27 Ice Cores Reveal Global History..........................35,48 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!................8 Canadian Partners Set to Begin Ecuador Exploration..26 A Golden Anniversary and the American Dream.......37 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II........14 Transforming Compressed Air & Power....................24 Colorado Prepares to Implement Strict Wellbore......43 The Oldest Operating Oil Well in the World...............50 New Drilling Technique for Geothermal Possibilities.....20 No Job Too Large or Small........................................45 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner...................47 Another 20 Years is a No-Brainer..............................22 Forging for Stability....................................................28 Production Resumes at the Cusi Silver Mine.............39 Connor, Tim: Lifes Ten Vital Ingredients Pt 1...........40 Five Generations of Drilling...............................................12 Over 70 Years of Innovation for Water Well Products...15 Developing High-Performance Mud Pumps..............19 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International.........29 From a Wooden Reel to a State-of-the-Art Instrument...35 Ballard, Thomas: Notes from the Groundwater Guy...38 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 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2020
6 SEPTEMBER 2020 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Proudly Made in the United States of America - deliveredWorldWide ! WorldWide Drilling Resource ce ® 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 constructiongeotechnical , 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 ! 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September is History Month ~ Read about the History of these Great Companies: American Augers...............................................42 Centerline Mfg...................................................19 East West Machinery & Drilling..........................49 Fronius International..........................................36 Hawk Drilling......................................................12 Heron Instruments.............................................27 Hose Solutions, Inc............................................22 Merrill Mfg..........................................................15 N&N Drilling Supply...........................................45 Thompson Pump...............................................37 VMAC................................................................24 Waterline Envirotech..........................................35
If you don’t want to be hacked . . . by Britt Storkson Owner, P2FlowLLC The Hour publication recently ran an article about a cybersecurity threat to an Israeli water system entitledOfficials say Iran attempted hack of Israel’s water system . If you don’t want to be hacked, then remove the potential to be hacked; and don’t put yourself in a place where you can be hacked. If you really want to eliminate the possibility of being hacked, then don’t go on the Internet in the first place. Sure, it’s nice to have all of your information uploaded to “the cloud” where it can be accessed and disseminated, but the extra convenience inherently comes with a lot of extra problems. Remember Internet information flows both ways. The “pipeline” moving information out from the cloud into your computer system also operates in reverse. The information you’re getting could be good or bad. The good information is what you wanted, and the bad information could include spyware, malware, ransomware, or worse. For some time now, I have advocated modular independent equipment monitoring that does not require an Internet connection. One way it can work is, say you have a line of ten water pumps pumping into a common water line. Each of these pumps would have its own independent control unit monitoring all if its operations. If anything is not working properly at any time, it would alert the control room by closing a mechanical relay. This relay closure would be visible in the control room or a smartphone via a simple, isolated interface. Remember, in the initial stages of a breakdown, one does not need to know exactly what is breaking down or how. All one needs to know is that there’s a problem and where it is. If the dedicated control unit did malfunction, there would be an inventory of completely preprogrammed and pretested replacement control units which could be replaced in less than 30 seconds using “keyed” cables that go together only one way. Good controls design does not allow errors (like misplaced wiring) to happen in the first place. Downtime with this setup would be 15-30 minutes at most - to replace the entire operating system, no less. And what about data logging such as hours of operation, pump pressures at various times, etc.? It can be easily transferred to an SD (Secure Digital) card or a USB flash drive. This data can then be uploaded into a personal computer system where it can be organized and presented within reports or on spreadsheets. There is no direct connection to the Internet and therefore no possibility of data corruption, otherwise known as hacking. The dedicated (or embedded) computers can be simple and inexpensive, and one “platform” (printed circuit board and software) could be repurposed for a variety of other uses by simply selecting each application in the program configuration - greatly reducing costs and increasing reliability. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your car had a “universal” computer operating all of the computer-controlled components in it? The repair would be simply unplugging the existing computer and replacing it with another one. This computer could also test all of the sensors and tell you which one was a problem, as well as evaluating engine operation. This approach is simple, cheap, and reliable, which is exactly why it isn’t widely used. There’s money to be made in obfuscation and by “cornering the market”, and the vendors leverage this scenario to obtain the maximum monetary advantage. The technology is certainly there for the taking, but if the industry doesn’t want it, the benefits won’t be utilized. You don’t want to risk being a crime victim by going into a bad neighborhood, so why allow your computer to go into the great big neighborhood called the Internet without the proper precautions? If you don’t want bad things to happen, then reduce the odds those things will happen: Just don’t go there in the first place. We currently have two house cats, but my wife complains they knock things off the counters and leave cat hair everywhere. To that I say: Either don’t put anything of value on the counters, or don’t have the cats. If you don’t want the issues, then don’t go there in the first place. Britt Britt Storkson may be contacted via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com 7 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2020
Through the Back Door! by Jim Kuebelbeck When I first began submitting articles for publication inWorldWide , it was never my intent to convince readers or to possibly change their mindset about what has become not only my avocation, but my current occupation as well. I had simply wanted to relate some of my own personal experiences regarding the still unexplainable faculty of water dowsing. Admittedly, my initial interest in water dowsing was total disbelief. My main objective at the time was to attempt to discredit the many exaggerated and embellished stories about water finders I had heard as a young farm boy back in the 1940s. Most rural water sources in our area of Minnesota were obtained from wells hand-dug down to the existing shallow water table. Not only did the digging of these wells require many weeks of hard labor, but all too often a water source was not encountered and the only recourse was to make another attempt some distance away in hopes the next one would prove to be successful. To possibly put the odds in their favor, rural landowners would often seek the advice of a “water finder” who supposedly possessed the ability to sense an underground water source. When a water source would subsequently be encountered on the chosen site, the belief in the credibility of water dowsing would then be reinforced in the mind of the landowner. My thinking at the time was the laws of chance and average came into play, and the landowner could have dug a well most anywhere some distance away from the previously dug dry hole and encountered a shallow water source. In the many accounts of a water dowser's ability, I still believe it to be true. In other situations, however, I discovered the claims of certain water dowsers and their unexplainable ability could not be denied. It was then I had to admit I was totally wrong about my previous mindset and was forced to acquiesce to the age-old adage, “The best-laid plans of men and mice often go awry.” I ultimately came to my own conclusions. In my opinion, the greatest obstacle to the acceptance of water dowsing as a credible method of locating underground water sources by the general public lies within the quirks of human nature. There is an inherent trait in our nature that suggests “if another person can do something, I should be able to do it also.” To believe otherwise, goes against our very nature. Realizing our own limitations, however, is difficult to accept. This is especially true for would-be water dowsers. It is my observation that when most individuals are first introduced to the unexplainable practice of water dowsing, it is one of initial disbelief. But when they are shown that with the use of a dowsing instrument of some sort, they too are able to receive some sort of neuromuscular reaction, it somehow instantly transforms them into an accomplished water finder! What isn't realized is they have no idea what it is that caused the dowsing instrument to react in some way. Therein lies a problem. If they have been told their dowsing reaction is an indication of the presence of an underground water source, in most cases they are badly mistaken. I will have to admit, with a bit of practice, certain individuals can sense shallow earth anomalies (changes in geologic structure etc.), but not everyone has been endowed with the ability to sense the presence of an underground water source. Therefore, in and of itself, a dowsing reaction of some sort is quite meaningless unless the person can determine just what it is that caused an instrument to respond. Unfortunately, many wouldbe water dowsers seldom make the effort, and subsequently attempt to provide (unfounded) judgment about the presence of an underground water source, only to be later proven wrong in their prediction. Such is life. The statements and comments in this article are based on information and references believed to be true and factual. If you have any questions or comments, please forward them to me in care ofWWDR . Jim Jim Kuebelbeck may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com EXB 8 SEPTEMBER 2020 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Purina plant smelled like cat food. ~Tom Bates Subscriber Snapshot
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To be noticed, give us a call: (850) 547-0102 or e-mail: wwdr@worldwidedrillingresource.com 12 SEPTEMBER 2020 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Five Generations of Drilling Adapted from Information by Hawk Drilling Co., Inc. They say history repeats itself every 20 years. While 20 years may not be an exact number, the cycle really exists. Monte Hawk began his drilling career in the Oklahoma oil fields. In 1927, the cost of a barrel of oil plummeted and Monte left Oklahoma with his cable tool rig, in search of work. He found a job in upstate New York, drilling piling holes for a dam being built in the Sacandaga Valley. After his work on the dam project was completed, people started asking him to drill water wells. So Monte Hawk Well Drilling was born. His legacy lives on through four more generations of the Hawk family. In the 1940s, Monte’s son Guy started drilling with him. In 1953, Guy took over, changing the company name to Guy Hawk Well Drilling. Guy’s son Lindell started working for him in 1958, and the company name was changed to Guy Hawk and Son. Then in the early 1960s, Guy’s son Wayne joined the business, and the name was then changed to Guy Hawk and Sons. In 1967, Lindell formed his own company because he wanted to run cable tool and rotary rigs. He named it Hawk Drilling Company. Lindell’s daughter married Bill, who started working for the company in 1976, and in 1995, they purchased the company from her dad. She had a totally different career in education and never envisioned herself running a well drilling company. After 44 years in the drilling industry and almost 26 years as owners of Hawk Drilling, Bill and Janice will be officially stepping down. Their son Jeremy will officially be the fifth generation owner of the business. He has been working for the company since he was 14, and drilling with his father since he was 16. Jeremy is a master groundwater contractor and geologist. His knowledge and experience is an asset to the company. His reputation with fracture tracing in difficult water areas has him in high demand. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Empire State Water Well Drillers Association. Hawk Drilling Co., Inc. is committed to developing and protecting groundwater resources. Their goal has always been to showcase quality services at affordable prices. Over the years, they have provided services for well drilling, pump installation, hydro development, water treatment, monitoring well drilling, and geothermal drilling and heat pump installations. Education of the staff and customers is essential - they are proud to boast three master groundwater contractors on staff, in addition to their certified well drilling operators and pump installers. Bill and Janice sometimes wonder if they are doing Jeremy a favor by selling him the company since water well drilling is not for the faint of heart. The cost of equipment, insurance, and lack of competent individuals in the workforce is concerning for all, but they try not to dwell on those issues. After all their years in drilling, they know Jeremy recognizes what he is up against. Family companies succeed because of their passion for the industry. Each of them are proud to have drilled wells for generations of families. It is an honor to provide those families with safe drinking water. The Team loves listening to customer stories about their well drilling experiences with the Hawk family. Some people still have their original paperwork, dating back to Janice’s great-grandfather Monte. It is a legacy Monte started in 1927 ~ the cycle of life does exist. After 93 years, they are still providing an important service to the community. It is water for life and they are proud. WTR Jeremy, always hard at work and loving every minute of it.
13 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2020 Renewed and Improved FRASTE has updated its FRASTE MULTIDRILL XL DR. The main change is the more powerful Caterpillar engine which increased from 140 horsepower to 170, along with the latest Tier 4 emission standards (Tier V coming soon). It also features stronger pullup capacity from 10 to 12 tons. This rig is equipped with two rotary heads: the upper one is for drill pipe breaking and the lower one is for casing holding. This technology facilitates drilling operations in all alluvial deposits where casing pipes are necessary; assuring safety when working and minimizing the risk of hole collapse. Equipped with a diverter mounted below the lower rotary head, allows for perfect management of drilling debris flow, keeping the drilling area tidy and clean. Although it was originally designed for geothermal drilling, this rig is also used for water well drilling and other applications. WHO’S IN THE NEWS Numa announced the addition of Phil Dixon as international sales manager. Based in England, Phil will be responsible for managing accounts in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Phil will be working directly with drill operators to assist them with choosing the best products for the job or developing customized solutions for difficult projects where specialized tooling is required. Breaking News Additional announcements from the Deep Foundations Institute, Continental Commercial Specialty Tires, and the Underground Construction Association, can be found by clicking this box in our online issue: worldwidedrillingresource.com Send your Who’s in the News to: bonnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com
The Un-Comfort Zone II by Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. What Were You CERTAIN About? When I was 11, I was certain kissing caused pregnancy - boy, did I take a ribbing for it. I used to be certain butter, salt, red wine, and coffee were bad for me. Now I hear all of those in moderation may actually be healthy for me to consume. There’s a problem with certainty . . . nothing is really certain. Most people in the world used to be certain malaria is caused by bad-smelling air from swamps; the sun revolves around the earth; the earth is flat (notwithstanding the current fad); bloodletting or draining the blood out of people improves health; swimming within an hour of eating causes cramps and drowning; bats are blind, and eating tapeworms will help you lose weight (remarkably there are still a few idiots doing this). Certainty makes people comfortable, and it gives them a sense of security. It also generates confidence, which can sometimes turn into arrogance. The problem of certainty is nicely illustrated in the classic parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant. Five blind men touch different parts of an elephant then argue among themselves about what an elephant is. The blind man who touched the elephant’s side said, “It is a wall.” The man who touched the tusk said, “It is a spear.” The one who touched the trunk said, “It is a snake.” The man who touched the leg said, “It is a tree.” The one who touched the tail said, “It is a rope.” Each was certain of the whole truth even though his knowledge was limited. Certainty stifles freedom and creativity. Lately, I’ve heard phrases like: “the science is settled” and “a consensus of scientists agree.” Science isn't about consensus, politics is. Science is about evidence, provable - repeatable - evidence. In science, one person can be right and everyone else wrong. In 1848, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis discovered handwashing between patients stopped the spread of disease and saved lives. He promoted this concept, but all other doctors believed bad air caused disease and wouldn't listen to him. Semmelwies continued to promote his idea, so a colleague had him locked up in an insane asylum where he died. Today, handwashing is preventing the worldwide spread of disease. Thankfully, now, we have the Scientific Method: start with a question you are curious about; do some research, make a hypothesis (an educated guess), predict a conclusion; test your hypothesis by conducting experiments; analyze your data and draw a conclusion. Rinse and repeat. Once you think you’ve proven something, your theory will gain credence when someone else is able to duplicate your experiments. Others may try to disprove it, or see if another theory works even better. There is no certainty in science. During times of political upheaval and violence, people start seeking stability, authority, and certainty. Religious certainty has led to persecution, massacres, and war. Political certainty in the 20th century led to an estimated 100 to 200 million deaths. Journalist Henry L. Mencken once observed, “Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on "I am not too sure.” I recently read L. Neil Smith’s sci-fi short story: A Matter of Certainty . In fact, it inspired me to write this article. It’s about two alien armies battling over a planet in the middle of nowhere. Both armies have exhausted their resources, and the mother planets have sent word that no supplies are coming, and to survive they must cease hostilities and colonize their respective sides of the planet. A pair of emissaries arrive, from a third alien culture, who have been hired by both sides to teach the combatants how to stop fighting and save their species. The story is told via a conversation between the ranking officer from one army and one of the envoys, who explains how his species stopped warring when it came to realize: “The real crime is acting on a belief that certainty entitles you to impose your views on others.” The real problem with certainty is it doesn’t offer a tolerance to, or a strategy for, dealing with change. Change is constant, and certainty inevitably yields to it. Instead of certainty, we need a healthy skepticism, and the courage to question authority. Robert Robert is an innovation/change speaker, author, and consultant. He works with companies that want to be more competitive through innovation and with people who want to think more creatively. 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Over 70 Years of Innovation for Water Well Products Adapted from Information by Merrill Manufacturing Founded in 1949, by Noel Merrill Anderson, Merrill Manufacturing Company in Storm Lake, Iowa, has been a leader in the water well industry for over 70 years. The company began with its flagship product, the AnyFlow ® yard hydrant, which is still considered one of the best built hydrants in the industry. Over the years, the company has expanded its line of products as well as their manufacturing plants and facilities. From yard hydrants, tank tees, splice kits, and insert fittings, to wire connectors, controls switches, and well caps, Merrill has a complete line of water well accessories to make finishing the job easier. The company’s product line also includes a wide variety of stainless steel ball valves and no-lead brass ball valves with insert barbs included. The stainless steel ball valves have a full port thru insert barb ends and a chrome-plated ball with Teflon seals and are constructed of high-quality 304 stainless steel. These valves are insert barb by insert b a r b f o r P E (polyethylene) pipe and are available in ¾-, 1-, or 1¼-inch, f ea t u r i ng an adjust flow or positive shutoff. The company’s no-lead brass ball valves also have a full port thru insert barb ends and a chrome-plated ball with Teflon seals. These ball valves are insert barb by insert barb for PE pipe with ¾-, 1-, or 1¼-inch sizes available. They also have an adjust flow or positive shutoff. The no-lead brass ball valves have a maximum temperature rating of 212ºF (100ºC). Merrill Manufacturing Co. is always looking into the future and will soon be offering these products as a curb stop type of valve with an adjustable PVC riser pipe for a wide range of bury depths and easy finished grade changes. The company came to life in Noel’s onecar garage in Clive, Iowa. He moved the company to Storm Lake in 1957. Noel’s many innovations included pitless adapter units which were introduced in 1959. WTR 15 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2020
16 SEPTEMBER 2020 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Putting Gas and Oil Workers Back to Work ~ Plugging Old Wells Adapted from Information by Resources for the Future Researchers with Resources for the Future and the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University examined the potential of boosting employment for the gas and oil industry by tackling another problem - orphaned and abandoned wells. Located around the country, orphaned and abandoned wells are a serious problem. They leak methane and other pollutants, causing poor air quality and potential health problems. Today, states and the federal government use bonding requirements, industry fees, and other resources to pay for plugging wells, however, that wasn’t always the case. Back in the 19th and early 20th centuries, regulations and bonding requirements were weak, and even nonexistent in some cases. This lead to an abundance of orphaned and abandoned wells. In fact, some estimate there are millions of unplugged abandoned wells. The majority of them are in Pennsylvania, where commercial gas and oil drilling began in 1859. Since the pandemic has slowed demand for gas and oil, the industry has seen employment decline to levels not witnessed since 2006. With equipment and labor readily available, why not put them back to work plugging old abandoned wells? Researchers published the paper, Green Stimulus for Oil and Gas Workers to examine the impact a federal program to fund plugging orphaned wells may have. Here are a few points the paper unveiled: / Plugging orphaned / abandoned wells will reduce air pollution. Every year, abandoned wells in the U.S. emit as much greenhouse gas as 2.1 million vehicles. / A federal program to fund plugging orphaned abandoned wells would create tens of thousands of jobs. More than 76,000 direct industry jobs were lost in the first half of 2020. Unemployed gas and oil workers already have the skills required to plug wells and restore surface sites. For example, plugging requires workers to characterize a well’s interior using wirelines or other logging equipment, cementing portions (or the full length) of the well, testing the integrity of the cement, and hauling equipment / materials. Based on these duties, it appears there is a clear match between the skills of unemployed gas and oil workers and the requirements needed to plug orphaned / abandoned wells properly. The study offered solutions to potential obstacles, and concluded a large federal program focused on plugging these wells has the potential to boost U.S. employment while also reducing air pollution. To read the entire paper, visit rff.org ENV
Drilling Into Money Not Boring by Mark E. Battersby Funding Virus Survival and More Every drilling professional and drilling-related business owner should be aware of the many resources available to help them recover from the pandemic. The Payroll Protection Program (PPP) was the keystone of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, but it was not the only source of recovery funding. The long-standing Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) offer lowinterest loans directly by the Small Business Administration (SBA) - rather than by a bank - of up to $2 million to small businesses practices which have suffered major issues related to a disaster. These loans can be repaid over a period of up to 30 years and carry an interest rate of 3.75%, with no payment due the first year. Congress has expanded the EIDL program to offer an immediate advance of up to $10,000. Effectively a grant, this amount does not have to be repaid and is available within days of a successful application. In addition to their low cost, SBA loans have long provided a way out of damaging financial situations. The SBA’s lower interest rates and longer payback periods mean more money is available to the borrower for other business needs. While the actual terms depend on how the funds are to be used, several different SBA loan programs, each with their own advantages, restrictions, and limits are available. Don’t overlook those Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), almost 1000 strong, that “help existing businesses remain competitive in a complex, ever-changing global marketplace.” SBDCs are hosted by universities and state economic development agencies and funded, in part, through a partnership with the SBA. Less than half of an SBDC’s funding comes from the SBA, with the remaining portion coming from Congress, state funding, donations, grants, and corporate sponsorships. The Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program, is providing up to $600 billion in loans to small- and medium-sized businesses. Designed to help businesses and professional practices in need of funding to help until they have recovered from, or adapted to the impact of the pandemic, the program offers five-year loan amounts ranging from $250,000 to $300 million. Congress is reportedly considering yet another bailout bill, the SBA is constantly upgrading and refining its loans and loan guarantee programs, while banks and other financial institutions, online and brick-and-mortar, continue to offer assistance to their customers while attracting new business. Obviously, every drilling professional and drillingrelated business owner will want to keep a close eye on upcoming legislation and be prepared to take advantage of any new program. Mark Mark E. Battersby may be contacted via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com 17 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2020 Dealmakers This Acker Drill Company of Pennsylvania’s, factory-remanufactured 2005 SOIL-XLS rig is headed to Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers ~ ready for more decades of service to the Northeastern U.S.! Acker Drill Company Send your deals to: michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com November Issue Deadlines! Space Reservation: September 25th Display & Classified Ad Copy: October 1st
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Developing High-Performance Mud Pumps Adapted from Information by Centerline Manufacturing In 1983, Cory Miller began a research and development project for what would become the Centerline hydraulic drive mud pump. The first prototype was built later that year and was evaluated and tested in the field in actual drilling operations duty. Cory Miller, president, started Centerline Manufacturing in 1986, with the buyout of Wilson Well Screen Company. From the beginning, Centerline Manufacturing has been involved in the design, manufacture, and production of hydraulic drive mud pumps for the water well industry, with expert design and acute attention to detail. Centerline’s goal has been to maintain the highest quality line of mud pumps, which perform beyond the highest expectation of the customer. Ingersoll-Rand made a number of attempts to develop a hydraulic-driven mud pump that would provide the performance needed, and last an acceptable life in the high-duty cycle required for well drilling contractors. With all of their resources and design wisdom, they were unable to solve the problems associated with a high-performance, heavy-duty reciprocating hydraulic-drive mud pump. In 2001, Centerline developed the second hydraulic drive mud pump prototype; following that with the third prototype, Centerline's unique pump and drive, which was introduced at the 2001 National Ground Water Association convention, receiving orders for pumps at that time. Over the next ten months, Centerline worked out the design of their production model pump technology, had custom hydraulic valves manufactured, custom hydraulic drive cylinders designed and manufactured, casting patterns made, castings poured, machined, assembled, tested, and was delivering Centerline pumps to customers in November 2002. Not only did Centerline Manufacturing provide solutions to the problems that stumped Ingersoll-Rand’s efforts, Cory Miller’s design provided huge size and weight savings compared to typical gear-driven duplex mud pumps. Along with the high-performance duplex design, he also provided a new monocylinder mud pump to meet the less demanding applications for the mud rotary drilling industry. This double-acting piston pump provided as much mud flow and pressure as the standard 5X6 duplex pumps, but with 1/3 the weight and half the size! The following few years, Centerline worked to integrate their line of mud pumps into drill rig manufacturers’ product lines. In 2002, the first duplex was installed on an Ingersoll-Rand T3W by a customer; the first duplex was acquired by GEFCO for installation on a 30K; and Centerline's duplexes were running in northern Canada in 24/7 drilling operations in a -40ºF (-40ºC) environment. From 2002 to 2004, Centerline pumps were delivered across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the Dominican Republic, and installed on numerous makes and models of drill rigs and mud systems. In 2003, Versa-Drill acquired the duplex for installation on their rigs; Ingersoll-Rand put Centerline pumps through comprehensive testing, performance evaluation, and documentation at the IngersollRand Drilling Solutions plant in Garland, Texas, resulting in the adoption of the Centerline mud pump as an optional offering on Ingersoll-Rand drill rigs. From 2004 to 2010, Centerline installed the first diesel-powered skid package with a triplex pump, sent to Canada; many more manufacturing relationships developed, such as Schramm installing Centerline duplex pumps on their rigs and making Centerline a standard offering; Atlas-Copco obtained U.S. military acceptance to Centerline's mud pumps, in lieu of Gardner-Denver for the first time. After the first order of rigs by the military was accepted, later military specifications for their drilling rig purchases accepted only Centerline's mud pumps. Since 2010, Centerline mud pumps have established themselves as the piston mud pump of choice throughout the U.S. civilian and military drilling industry and are in daily operation on every inhabited continent on earth. Centerline Manufacturing is proud to announce their new line “HYPerformance” duplex mud pump technology is under development. The next generation design for the Centerline Mud Pump coming out later next year will be a true game changer for this industry. It will also open up the application into many other industries. WTR Cory Miller and Centerline Manufacturing received the NGWA (National Ground Water Assn) Manufacturers Special Recognition Award and The Equipment Design Award. WWDRphoto from trade event. Small & Lightweight AluminumModel: 7.5" x 10" duplex pump fits in place of 5"x 6" and weighs half as much. Pumps 300 gpm at up to 800 PSI. Mono and triplex pumps also available. 19 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2020
20 SEPTEMBER 2020 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Numa added to its HDD (horizontal directional drilling) product line with the HDD 80, which consists of a variety of HDD components including hammer, bits, side-load sonde housing, bent subs, and adaptors capable of drilling holes 9¾ to 10 inches in diameter. Some of the many benefits of the HDD 80 are improved steerability, fast penetration rate, simplified field maintenance, reduced air requirements, plus lower overall cost per foot. Numa’s high-quality HDD products are made in the USA, and provide the right balance of performance and dependability without sacrificing tool life. Numa is a ValuedWWDRAdvertiser. New Drilling Technique for Geothermal Possibilities Adapted from Information by Huisman Equipment In the Netherlands, the RESULT (enhancing reservoirs in urban development) project is studying an innovative drilling technique is to see if it can improve production from thin reservoirs 30-100%. The group is currently searching for a borehole to demonstrate the new technique. Although the preferred location for the demonstration is in the municipality of Zwolle, the final location will be known in 2021. In the Master Plan Geothermal Energy in the Netherlands , the country has an ambitious goal to use geothermal energy to heat approximately 25% of homes, light industry, and the horticulture sector by 2050. In the Westland and North Holland areas, a great deal of knowledge about the subsurface and suitable reservoirs for geothermal heat extraction already exists. Of course, whether it is economically feasible to develop those resources depends on the depth, thickness, and permeability of the reservoirs. Typically, areas with a permeable layer around 325 feet thick are practical for development. However, this new drilling method may be helpful in extracting heat from less thick and less permeable layers. Maurice Hanegraaf of TNO, the Netherlands Organization for applied scientific research said, “If the drilling with the new technique succeeds, geothermal energy can be developed in many more areas of the Netherlands than is currently the case.” According to Remco van Ee of Huisman Geo, “For Zwolle, we are assuming a stratum of approximately [200 feet] at the location where a heat network can be developed. Through multilateral drilling - a form of drilling with different lateral branches - we want to demonstrate that production can be significantly increased and costs can be reduced using innovative tools as compared to regular drilling techniques. In a successful demonstration, the first well will be the production well and the second will be the injection well.” Councillor Monique Schuttenbeld of the municipality of Zwolle is excited about the possibilities. “In Zwolle, we have already done a lot of preliminary work in order to be able to use geothermal energy as a sustainable source of heat for the city. In Dijklanden, we’ve found a suitable location for this. The site next to the neighborhoods of Holtenbroek and Aa-landen is very favorable. For these neighborhoods, a heat network seems to be the best alternative to heating with natural gas. Research shows that the subsurface is suitable for the extraction of geothermal heat, but that there’s a stratum with a limited thickness. RESULT’s goal therefore fits in very well with the situation in Zwolle. For us, this project is a wonderful opportunity to take the development of geothermal energy in Zwolle to the next phase,” she stated. Before work begins, TNO and Huisman Geo will test the drilling technique to depths of roughly 1300 feet at the TNO facility, Rijswijk Centre for Sustainable Geo Energy, in the province of Zuid-Holland. Construction by: Concrete Sawing and Drilling Assn Sawing & Drilling 101 Training October 12-16 ~ Olathe, KS phone: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org Engine/Machinery Maintenance by: Sullivan-Palatek, Inc. Portable Diesel Air Compressor Technician Training October 12-15 ~ Michigan City, IN phone: 219-874-2497 www.sullivan-palatek.com Groundwater / Water Well by: Princeton Groundwater, Inc. Pollution & Hydrology Course October 5-9 ~ Las Vegas, NV phone: 813-964-0800 www.princeton-groundwater.com Irrigation by: Rain Bird Academy Training October 5-9 ~Tucson, AZ October 5-9 ~ Charleston, SC October 12-16 ~ Memphis, TN October 12-16 ~ Sacramento, CA phone: 800-498-1942 www.rainbirdservices.com More education opportunities during events can be found online at: worldwidedrillingresource.com Education Connection GEO
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