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WorldWide Business Directory™ Are you Planning to go?...................................................11 Breaking News..................................................................13 ClassifiedSection: Doc’s Buyers’ Guide for Drillers™...43-56 Dealmakers........................................................................24 Education Connection......................................................27 Fun Page..............................................................................7 Hot Off the Press.................................................................9 Obituary: LaBorde, Mary Christine.................................16 Photo Page........................................................................12 Product Spotlight..............................................................20 Who’s in the News.............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships................................19 WorldWide .........6 Acker Drill Company.............................................................3 Allegheny Instruments........................................................24 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................16 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................11 Baker Water Systems.........................................................35 Better Water Industries Inc..................................................37 Bit Brokers International.....................................................10 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................30 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC)..............................................27 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)....................................2 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................39 DRILLMAX, Inc.....................................................................1 Eijkelkamp/SonicSampDrill.................................................31 Foremost Industries............................................................13 GEFCO (BAUER Equipment America, Inc.)........................55 GeoPro, Inc.........................................................................33 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................17 Halco Rock Tools..................................................................7 Heron Instruments, Inc.......................................................23 Hole Products.....................................................................22 Horizon Hoist......................................................................18 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................4 Infinity Tool Manufacturing..................................................20 Keystone Drill Services, Inc................................................53 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................54 Merrill Mfg...........................................................................32 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................26 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................21 National Drilling Association (NDA) Convention…...……....15 O-K Bit Service, Inc...............................................................8 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................34 SEMCO, Inc........................................................................56 Service Wire Company.......................................................41 Specialty Rig Sales.............................................................36 Star Iron Works, Inc. - Construction....................................28 Star Iron Works, Inc. - Water Well.......................................29 T&T Carbide Inc..................................................................42 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................25 TerraRoc.............................................................................40 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................38 Wyo-Ben, Inc......................................................................14 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 Focus for May - HDD Diversity C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Introducing a Tunnelling Robot for the Hardest.........10 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Drilling in Restricted..11 Storkson, Britt: The Consequences of Connectivity...25,26 Recent Economic Impacts Affect Construction & HDD...37 Peterson, Ronald: HDD Diversity.............................17 HDD Crossing Completed for Crucial North Dakota.....20 Milestone Reached for Scotland Wind Farm.................35 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring.............9 Wave Energy Testing Facility Begins with HDD............15 Drilling and Blasting for a Unique Ship Tunnel..............30 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring..33 Latest Gas & Oil Estimates for Williston Basin.....12,14 The World’s First Fully Automated Land Drilling Rig....36 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiots” Corner...................38 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II...21,24 MSU Pioneers a Different Type of Geothermal.........41 Technical Center Opens for Sustainable Tailings......22 Connor, Tim: Learning vs Unlearning......................29,32 Growing Mineral Demands Mean More Mining Jobs.40 A Crucial Decade for Irrigation Drilling and Pumping......7 A Thousand Connections for Cochabamba...............23 Could Water be Stored Under Denver?....................27 Aardvark Packers..............16 Acker Drill Company..........16 Baker Water Systems........16 Bill Johnson Equipment.....17 Bit Brokers International....17 Bitco, Inc...........................17 Centerline Mfg. Co.............20 ChemGrout®......................20 Diedrich Drill......................20 Drill King International.......21 Drill Pipe, Inc.....................21 Drill Products.....................21 Drilling Equip. Resources..24 Eastern Driller Mfg. (EDM)...24 Eijkelkamp / SonicSampDrill...24 Flomatic Corp....................25 Heisey Machine Co...........25 Hole Products....................25 Horizon Cable Service, Inc..28 Mitsubishi Materials Corp..28 PennDrill Mfg.....................28 Simmons Manufacturing....29 Solar Power & Pump Co....29 Star Iron Works, Inc...........32 T&T Carbide, Inc...............32 TerraRoc............................32 VMAC................................33 Windmill 702, LLC.............33 WWDR........................29,33 5 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource®
World Blasthole G Explor ater W e l eotechnica Construction D D B B Whe 850 G D D ™ G .™ re deals are made every day s’ 547 0102 - - Environmental Directional Gas l i E i a ation Geothermal Mining m Mi Classified Ad q p s Not Just F ent f yp r Drilling ~ s of : Oil & Gas k worldwide 8 The drillingresou 50 547 0102 - - l i on y magaz n rce.com e k SUBSCRIBE k TRADE NOW ~Covering of the Drilling~ B - - SELL UY Standing with our Drilling Industry Yesterday ~ Today ~ Tomorrow e Proudly Made in the United States of America - delivered WorldWide! WorldWide Drilling Resource 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, explorationblasthole, 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: Amy White Public Relations Professional: Jan Allen Representative: Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month Mark Battersby Tim Connor Thomas Kwader Ron Peterson “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. 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® is published monthly by: WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc., a Florida Corporation, independently owned and operated. 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 2022, 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 Third Annual T WorldWide DownHome DrillFest™ Branson, MO ~ October 18-21, 2022 ~ CHOICES! Outside Exhibit AAreaa Inside Exhibit Area FRESH NEW! CEU Classes. Lunch & Learn with ARTIST Shawn Marlow. (Advanced Water Well Technologies) Boating, Fishing, Golfing, Ladies’ Day Excursion, + Karaoke PRIZES! . . . and more! No one treats you like the WWDR Team. Come on DownHome! 6 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Featured Articles for May - HDD Diversity Economic Impacts Affect HDD - 37 A Tunnelling Robot - 10 Wave Energy Facility Begins with HDD - 15 HDD Crossing for Crucial ND Transport - 20 Milestone Reached for Scotland Wind Farm - 35 The World’s First Fully Automated Land Drilling Rig - 36 A Thousand Connections for Cochabamba - 23 See you on the trail . . . NEXT TO ~ Florida Ground Water Association in Sunny FLORIDA! Stop by Bonifay, and say Hello! The WWDR Teamwill welcome you with open arms! With Pen - Computer in hand . . . Veronica I. “Ronnie” Jones, 850-547-0102 ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com
7 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® A Crucial Decade for Irrigation Drilling and Pumping Technology Adapted from Information by Wessels Living History Farm By 1940, geologists and farmers in the U.S. recognized the existence of a huge underground “sponge” called the Ogallala Aquifer containing trillions of gallons of water below much of the plains. The problem was difficulty and expense in getting this water to the surface in large quantities. From the earliest settlement days, farmers had dug wells by hand or used windmills to power small pumps to water livestock or gardens. In dry years, some farmers made higher profits from two acres of a garden than hundreds of acres of dry crops. Early pumping technology could produce only a few gallons of water per minute, not the thousands of gallons needed to irrigate an entire farm. What they needed was well digging equipment to drill holes anywhere from 50 to 500 feet deep. They also needed a pump capable of sucking water out of the underground gravel layer and pushing it hundreds of feet to the surface; and they needed an efficient power plant for the pump with a cheap source of fuel. All three technologies finally came together in the 1940s. During and after World War II, groundwater irrigation technology began to change. In addition to the war, farmers on the plains had been through the Great Depression and the worst drought of the century. They were realizing that periodic droughts and unpredictable rains were the reality of the area. Many surface streams and rivers were already dammed and diverted, so farmers increasingly turned their sights underground for irrigation water. In states like Nebraska, government organizations began drilling exploratory wells to test where and to what depth water could be found. Drilling professionals increased their knowledge of the geology of soil, rock, and sand layers where they were drilling. Well drilling rigs made huge technological leaps in this decade with new machines using updated understandings of hydraulics and engine innovations to provide power for operations. Pump technology saw great advances around this time as well. Irrigators began adapting deep well turbine pumps from the oil industry for use on the farm. New centrifugal pumps used impellers powered by the latest engine technology. While earlier systems used large rubber belts to transfer energy from the engine to the pump gearbox, irrigation systems in the 1940s shifted to using a direct-drive, mechanical linkage between the power supply and gearbox. Drilling and pumping advancements created exponential growth in the number of irrigated acres in the U.S. During the early part of the 20th century, growth had been relatively flat. However, between 1940 and 1950, there was a 143% increase in acres under irrigation - from 18 million acres in 1940 to 25.8 million acres in 1950. For farmers in the mid-1900s, especially in the plains region, irrigation and pump technology meant a way of life and sustenance could continue despite periods of drought. In an interview with livinghistoryfarm.org, Gordon Schmidt, a drilling contractor from central Nebraska, recalled being there to witness the miracle of modern irrigation. He remembered seeing irrigated fields for the first time in this semi-arid place. “I saw water running in the corn rows! I’ll never - I’ll never forget that,” Schmidt said with emotion. “That was a wonderful sight.” Many years, and thousands of wells later, pump and irrigation technology advancements from the 1940s have been refined to set the stage for state-of-the-art irrigation practices used by farmers across the nation today. Pump service rig from the 1930s. Courtesy of McCarthy Well Company. WTR Time for a Little Fun! April Puzzle Solution: BAILOUT CYCLONE SUNSPOT VARIANT UNLEASH Take one letter from each word and place in the corresponding number to reveal an HDD-related word on the right. Win a prize! Send completed puzzle to: WWDR PO Box 660 Bonifay, FL 32425 fax: 850-547-0329 or e-mail: michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com 1. FAR 2. RUN 3. DIG 4. LOG 5. END ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 1 2 3 4 5
9 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® OZ Lifting Launches Spark-Resistant Range OZ Lifting introduced two spark-resistant products - a chain hoist and push beam trolley - both available from a complete capacity range of 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 tons to cover most likely applications. The Minnesota-based manufacturer targeted the products at applications where gas or dust particles could create a spark. Markets include gas and oil, mining, wastewater, and others where an explosive atmosphere exists. As with other manual chain hoists in OZ’s catalog, 10-, 15-, 20-, and 30-foot heights of lift are offered as standard, with custom lengths available on request. All chain hoists and push beam trolleys are painted white, but distributors and end users could recolor them to suit protocols at specific facilities. Key features of the hoists include a unique hand wheel design; minimal load lifting effort; fully enclosed gearing; stainless steel or copper components; and suitability to lifting and pulling applications. The push beam trolleys boast precision ball bearing, copperplated trolley wheels and lifting bale; copper-riveted identification tags; antidrop plate; and compatibility with most I-, S-, and W-beams. “The products go hand in hand,” said Steve Napieralski, president at OZ Lifting. “We saw a need in the market for spark-resistant manual chain hoists, and if you are going to offer them, you typically will be hanging the equipment from a trolley that also needs to be spark resistant. However, the products can work independently of each other.” For a link to this website, visit this page at: worldwidedrillingresource.com Environmental Monitoring by Thomas Kwader, Ph.D., P.G. Owner, Qwater Well Developer and WorldWide Drilling Resource® Hydrogeologist Conserving Groundwater - We Must All Do Our Part We all have a good understanding of the water cycle, which involves rain falling on the porous land surface, which then helps recharge the shallow aquifers below. Those aquifers provide water to our wells for irrigation, drinking water, and other potable uses. Groundwater levels tend to fall or drop when we pump groundwater out of the aquifer faster than it is recharged - primarily by rainfall. There isn’t much we can do to increase rainfall rates, but we can minimize surface runoff rates by allowing more water to soak into the soil and less to travel downhill along impermeable surfaces such as roofs, concrete, and asphalt surfaces. Groundwater recharge can be increased by retaining runoff on permeable surfaces such as grassy surfaces and retention ponds with permeable bottoms which can aid in groundwater recharge. Agricultural irrigation and high-density housing (i.e., ¼-acre or less lots) with irrigation wells can cause extreme lowering of shallow groundwater tables which, in turn, can affect deeper aquifer recharge rates. Over time, these diminished recharge rates can cause regional groundwater declines. The lowering of groundwater levels can also cause drying-up of wetlands, lakes, springs, and even cause land subsidence and increase sinkhole activity. To prevent these effects from lowering groundwater levels, we should minimize the use of groundwater in sensitive areas and use best practices for agricultural irrigation, as well as encouraging the capture and retainment of rainfall and runoff rather than draining excess surface water to streams and rivers, and allow more recharge to the surface aquifers located in upland areas. Tom Tom Kwader may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com ENV Last chance to be included in WWDR’s JUBILEE Pinpointer Map! DEADLINE: May 25th Call 850-547-0102
10 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Introducing a Tunnelling Robot for the Hardest Formations on Earth Adapted from Information by Petra Petra, the first robotics company capable of undergrounding critical utilities through hard geologies, announced the successful completion of a 20-foot demonstration tunnel through the hardest rock on earth. The project involved a new hard rock boring robot invention. According to Petra, their robot could transform the way utilities are buried by tackling the hardest problem in underground construction: how to bore utility tunnels reliably and cost-effectively through nightmare geologies. The ability to place utilities underground is essential to meet the increasing global demand for energy, and to avoid grid-related disasters in a changing climate. Petra developed the thermal drilling method which can uniquely bore 60-inchdiameter microtunnels through hard rock, making it possible to create utility tunnels through previously impenetrable geologies. While conventional microtunnelling machines are purpose-built for a single diameter, Petra is capable of boring a range of diameters between 20-60 inches. This technique also offers the first reverse-tunnelling technology, making machine maintenance and cutter head rescue possible. “As the former President of SoCal Edison, I oversaw capital projects in urban, suburban, and rural mountainous areas. A robot that can bury utility facilities in bedrock would have been a game changer for us,” said Bob Foster, a Petra advisor. “In cities, it would allow us to bury utilities in bedrock, below the existing infrastructure. In mountainous areas, like the Sierra foothills, it would allow us to bury utilities in the most fire-prone regions of our state.” “Petra successfully completed a 20foot bore through hard Sioux Quartzite, where we averaged an astounding oneinch-per-minute . . .” said Ian Wright, Petra’s CTO and a Tesla cofounder. The U.S. national grid, established more than 40 years ago, wasn't built to withstand climate change or new strains on the system. Aboveground power lines have caused thousands of wildfires in recent years and are frequently destroyed during violent storms. Without a new approach, the stresses will only get worse. The Energy Information Administration projects global energy demandwill increase by 50% in the next 30 years, requiring more transmission lines. Amore resilient infrastructure will rely on underground power lines. Petra addresses vulnerabilities in cities to prevent man-made disasters. Most cities have a maze of existing utility infrastructure housed in soft soil layers just below the surface. Going into bedrock below existing infrastructure allows engineers to reduce the complexity and vulnerabilities of urban utility projects. C&G Like articles like this? amy@worldwidedrillingresource.com
11 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Drilling in Restricted Access Areas Adapted from Information by Borehole Solutions Numerous situations can make restricted access drilling necessary. A heavy-traffic urban setting may come to mind; but realistically, a rural setting is just as likely to have these conditions. Should a site be difficult to enter, a rig designed speci f ical ly for rest r icted access is l ikely to be required. Some restricted access scenarios include, but are not limited to, micropiling, open borehole sampling, cable percussion drilling, sonic drilling, installation of retrofit geoexchange units, hollow stem augering, and window sampling. It is important to note the marked difference between limited and restricted access drilling. Limited access refers to limitations which impede the operator from using equipment they already have in place, while restricted access refers to difficulty when accessing the site in the first place. Several considerations come into play with restricted access drilling: Urban areas - An urban setting could mean anything from entering an underground tunnel to drilling in the midst of traffic. Depending on the site, there may be no more than a few square feet to work with, in which case, a conventional rig will not be suitable. Restricted access rigs allow the unit to be dismantled and remantled, offering portability. Should the issue be the width of access, a mounted rig would be more suited to the task at hand. Headroom considerations - Height restriction may also be a factor. At locations with minimal headroom, whether from a rural overhead canopy or an urban setting with a low ceiling, restricted access drilling solutions can help solve issues. For example, telescopic masts make it possible to drill in spaces with only a couple of feet of headroom. Rig safety - Of course, safety is paramount in the drilling industry. As such, the vast majority of restricted access rigs are fitted with hydraulic breakout clamps. These are essential in cramped conditions, as they negate the need for the drill operator to be completely hands-on when operating. They also mitigate the risk of injury. Leaving the smallest carbon footprint possible is important to keep in mind as well. Naturally, any drilling will create some level of disturbance - this is inevitable. However, a modular, portable rig will keep disruption to a minimum. Editor’s Note: In between our print issues, the WWDR Team prepares an electronic newsletter called E-News Flash by WorldWide Drilling Resource®. This newsletter is filled with articles not included in our print issue. Based on readership, this was the most popular article of the month. Get in on the action and subscribe today at: www.worldwidedrillingresource.com C&G Borehole Solutions used the SmallRotoSonic PL (SRS-PL) rig by Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill to complete the job inside a pub. Mfg., Scree Atlan Inc. n & tic E-mail: atlantic@ce Atlantic-Screen.c Manufactu 302-684-3197 Manholes j Pipe Clear PVC j Inline Chemical Mixers j ell Rehabilitation Produ jW .net om rers cts DE 19968 Milton, 142 Broadkill Rd ½” - 24 ranging f Perforated of Slotted Fax: 302-384-0643 more! MUCH And j Bailers Sampling j Locking Caps j Filter Sock j Bentonite j ” rom Pipe and June 2-4, 2022 ~ Look for the WWDR Team at Booth #104 at the Florida Ground Water Association Annual Convention & Trade Show at the Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate, in Orlando, Florida. Visit www.fgwa.org See more events at worldwidedrillingresource.com online issue. Are you planning to go? WorldWide will be looking for you! If you haven’t already sent in your subscription form to receive this great resource in PRINT as well as ONLINE, please do so now. Help us deliver it by sending only $1.00 USD per month (just $12 per year) POSTAGE. We thank-you.
12 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Anthony with Benson Pump. Justin represented Mitsubishi Materials U.S.A. Robert with ESI Supply. Baroid IDP had Justin onboard. Great group representing Wholesale Pump & Supply. Andre was busy working at the Johnson Screens booth. Bobby & Michael with Baker Manufacturing Company. Rick was on deck for Foremost. Carmela & David Worwood. Norman was happy to represent Cotey Chemical. Wyo-Ben had Stewart on duty. Gavin & Shalee were in the Moab Bit & Tool Co. booth. Charles & Jeff with WellJet®. Geoprobe® Trio of Dan, Lee, and Doug. Lots of help at the Solar Power & Pump Co. booth. Blue skies for the Geoprobe® demo on core sampling. Andrew for DAB Pumps. Dr. Caitlin Barnes got a song and a trim?! Breanna & Ingrid were there for Drilling Equipment Resources. The King Oil Tools / GEFCO duo. This is just a sneak peek ~ visit www.worldwidedrillingresource.com/gallery.html for more photos online! Utah Ground Water Association Latest Gas and Oil Estimates for the Williston Basin Adapted from Information by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) The USGS has completed a gas and oil estimate for the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota. The estimate includes 4.3 billion barrels of unconventional oil and 4.9 trillion cubic feet of unconventional natural gas in the two formations. This assessment updates the 2013 USGS assessment of the Williston Basin. "This assessment is the latest in a long line of work we've conducted in the Williston Basin," said Sarah Ryker, USGS associate director for energy and minerals. "The Williston Basin has, in many ways, mirrored our broader energy work. What began with assessments of potential energy resources has grown to encompass both energy and water production, infrastructure and impacts, demonstrating the importance of both to the regional and national economies." G&O USGS / Williston continued on page 14.
New Distribution Partnership Matrix Drilling Products announced a distribution partnership with Jentech Drilling Supply. It is specific to M 3.25-inch and M 3.5-inch Matrix rods and accessories. The partnership will provide product support through Jentech’s vast distribution network and industry experience in the U.S. and Mexico. For more information, click on this box in our online issue. WHO’S IN THE NEWS Send your Who’s in the News to: bonnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com 13 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Arto Halonen was appointed as Robit Group CEO after Tommi Lehtonen stepped down. Halonen has been employed as CFO and COO since March 2020. He previously held leadership positions for Metso Minerals Inc. from 2015-2020. Arto Halonen
14 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® More than 11,000 wells have been drilled in the basin since 2013, resulting in both more production and more knowledge of the basin’s resources. This assessment is focused on areas where less drilling has occurred and less is known about potential resources. “The USGS assessment is of undiscovered resources; in other words, it’s a sciencebased estimate of what may be discovered in the basin, in the future,” explained Ryker. “It’s different from, and complementary to, industry production numbers, which focus on the known or discovered resource. Our research focuses on areas of uncertainty.” This assessment will also assist with efforts to better understand interactions and dependencies between energy resources and water resources. In 2016, the USGS conducted an assessment of the water and proppant requirements and water production associated with potential future production of undiscovered gas and oil resources in the Williston Basin's Three Forks and Bakken Formations. In addition, the USGS has published geochemical data from water samples taken during hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil wells in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations. This assessment was conducted based on a peer-reviewed, publicly available methodology used for all USGS gas and oil assessments. This allows an apples-toapples comparison for USGS assessments across the country and over time. The USGS is the only provider of publicly available estimates of undiscovered, technically recoverable, gas and oil resources, defined as: Conventional resources are those which have collected into discrete accumulations, are buoyant by nature, and can be extracted using traditional techniques. These contrast with continuous resources, which are spread throughout a rock layer across large areas of a petroleum basin and typically require enhanced recovery techniques such as hydraulic fracturing. Technically recoverable resources are those which can be produced using today’s standard industry practices and technology. These are different than economic reserves, which are quantities of gas and oil that can be produced profitably. Undiscovered resources are those estimated to exist based on geologic, geophysical, and geochemical information for the assessed rock layers. Undiscovered resources are contrasted with proven reserves, which are quantities of gas and oil confirmed to exist via drilling and production. USGS / Williston continued from page 12.
15 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Wave Energy Testing Facility Begins with HDD Adapted from Information by Oregon State University and PacWave If you have ever stood by the ocean and watched waves roll in, curling repeatedly into the sand or sending spray sky-high against a rocky shore, you have experienced the seemingly infinite power of the ocean. What if some of that renewable energy could be harnessed to power homes and businesses? Researchers are currently working to develop devices to harvest energy from waves. PacWave, based at Oregon State University, is helping the energy industry test new ideas. After nearly a decade of efforts to obtain regulatory approval, work is underway on a wave energy testing facility for Oregon State University, to be located about seven miles off the coast near Newport, Oregon. PacWave South will be the first commercial-scale, utility gridconnected wave energy test site in the United States. The approximately $80 million facility will offer wave energy developers the opportunity to try different technologies for harnessing the power of ocean waves and transmitting energy to the local electrical grid. Power and data cables buried below the seafloor will connect the ocean test site to a shore-based facility. Construction began with underground installation of conduits to house these subsea cables. Crews assembled in the parking lot of the Driftwood Beach State Recreation Site, where horizontal directional drilling (HDD) commenced to install cable conduits. After 163 days of HDD operations, the last section of offshore conduit was pushed into the ground. A total of four offshore conduits were successfully installed. This represents over a million pounds of steel conduit and more than four miles in length, making this a massive undertaking. Work has now shifted to onshore drilling operations to install terrestrial conduits. Once this work is complete, the focus will shift to civil construction work at the Driftwood Beach State Recreation Site. “An underground vault in the Driftwood parking lot will house the cable connections,” said Dan Hellin, PacWave’s deputy director. “When all the work is complete, the only thing visible at Driftwood will be some manhole covers. Everything else will be buried.” The project is being completed with minimal disturbance to the beach. A sound wall made of shipping containers encloses the work site to reduce noise and visibility. The research center is expected to begin operations after subsea cables are installed in 2022 or 2023. With its connection to the local power grid, the PacWave South facility will provide wave energy developers with the ability to test both the efficacy of devices, as well as mechanisms for turning captured energy into a commodity with value on the energy market. There is currently no U.S. facility for developers to measure the electrical and environmental performance of their devices on this scale. The testing site is located on a sandy-bottomed stretch of the Pacific Ocean away from popular commercial and recreational fishing reefs. The ocean site will have four different testing locations, which combined can accommodate up to 20 wave energy devices at a time. PacWave South is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, the state of Oregon, and other public and private entities. Oregon State’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences is managing construction and operation of the facility. Photo of HDD operations for the wave energy testing facility, courtesy of PacWave. ENV
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17 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® HDD Diversity by Ronald B. Peterson Drilling Products Specialist, Mountainland Supply Company This month’s discussion topic is “HDD (Horizontal Directional Drilling) Diversity.” Horizontal Directional Drilling is advancing a hole that is, as the name indicates, horizontal. It is usually very shallow, and is very carefully monitored to make sure it is on target. The fluid properties and the testing procedures are similar in horizontal drilling and vertical drilling. Calcium or hardness and pH still need to be identified, measured, and controlled at desirable levels; calcium preferably below 200 ppm (parts per million), and pH between 8.5 and 9.5. Filtrate or water loss and filter cake are also still critical properties. The test procedures are basically the same, but some of the desired properties are different. Select a good, reliable, convenient source of makeup water, test it, and treat it as necessary. To get the desirable properties, add soda ash to adjust the calcium content and raise the pH as necessary. You will need a bentonite product designed to provide the correct properties for horizontal boring and polymers to achieve desirable filtration control properties and to stabilize active formation clays and shales. You may also need a lost circulation control material in very fragile formations. Viscosity is a measurement of the apparent thickness of the fluid or resistance to flow and can be a necessary evil. Higher viscosities require greater pressures to move the fluid and can cause frac-outs in the formation, creating potential environmental and cosmetic concerns. The viscosity is not an indication of carrying capacity of the fluid. You need to suspend and carry the cuttings by building different properties related to viscosity. These properties are yield point and gel strength. Different bentonite products are designed to develop different drilling fluid properties; thus, they are designed for different drilling disciplines. Some provide high viscosities and others enhance the yield point and gels. Some polymers will give you a great deal of viscosity, but only a couple of them will give you yield point. Viscosity is resistance to flow, and you are trying to maintain flow. You are usually boring very close to the surface and so the ground is very fragile. High-viscosity fluid plus high solids content results in reduced flowability. Reduced flowability means more pressure will be required to move the slurry. High viscosity causes high circulating pressures. High circulating pressures tend to break things and cause frac-outs and/or humps in streets, highways, and driveways. This is never good. Suspension is critical in HDD; any solids generated need to be kept in suspension while in the borehole so they do not settle out and close off the bore. Gels are the tendency of the fluid to set up when idle. They need be able to be broken so the fluid can flow again when disturbed. This ability is referred to as fragile gels. els, yield point, and viscosity - while related properties - are not the same. A thick fluid may not suspend cuttings, but a thin fluid can be designed to suspend cuttings. In HDD, flowability is the major concern. When you select your drilling fluid additives, make sure they provide the properties you need to successfully complete the bore and install the product. There is a popular statement: “At the end of the bore, if the fluid will flow, the product will go.” If you have any questions on horizontal directional drilling fluids or if you have another topic you would like addressed, please remember this column is yours and needs to be an interactive tool. Please contact Michele (below) and she will get your question to me. Ron Ron Peterson may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com DIR For more information call: (270) 786-3010 or visit us online: www.geothermalsupply.com All New! Atlantis-Pro Vault • Traffic-Rated Capable • Simple installation • Trouble-free operation
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20 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® HDD Crossing Completed for Crucial North Dakota Transport Adapted from Information by Michels Corporation The limits of trenchless construction are continuously being extended. Michels Corporation has once again proven this fact by completing a 15,426-foot horizontal directional drill of a 24-inch pipe crossing of Lake Sakakawea in the Missouri River basin in North Dakota. The crossing is part of a new pipeline being constructed between Tioga and Watford City. It is a critical element in the pipeline’s ability to deliver higher levels of natural gas associated with oil production from the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in Williston Basin, and reduces the amount of natural gas which would otherwise need to be flared. The HDD crossing of almost three miles is one of the longest of its kind, surpassing a 20-inch HDD crossing Michels previously completed in the Bakken region by 3174 feet. The earlier crossing was covered by WWDR in the December 2020 issue, and was a world record at the time. Although the crossings were similar in location, length, and technique, each project included its own unique and noteworthy accomplishments. Prior to pullback, the 15,426-foot pipeline was assembled into two sections. One section was 426 feet and the other was 15,000 feet. When laydown space allows, long sections of pipe can be advantageous because they require fewer pull stoppages to weld pipe strings together. While stopping can generally be accomplished, resuming movement of pipe can be challenging, even with a specific and well-planned drilling fluid and lubrication program. Like the previous project, the recently completed HDD project used the pilot hole intersect method and two custom-made drill rigs, each with more than one million pounds of push/pull capacity. HDD minimized disturbances to the area and provided a delivery outlet for previously untapped energy sources. DIR BORZAN® D, from Wyo-Ben, Inc., is a biopolymer designed for use in vertical or horizontal drilling applications. It may be used as a stand-alone drilling fluid or as an additive to enhance properties of conventional bentonite-based drilling fluids. As a stand-alone fluid, BORZAN® D is a highly concentrated xanthan gum allowing for lower addition rates than most biopolymers. BORZAN® D fluids are particularly effective in vapor extraction and other environmental wells where it can be flushed out of the bore with minimum residual wall cake once the drilling operation is completed. BORZAN® D may also be added to conventional bentonitebased drilling fluids to enhance gel strengths, control filtrate, and inhibit clays. It is highly effective in horizontal applications where higher gel strengths and low downhole pressures are desirable. Wyo-Ben, Inc. is a Valued WWDR Advertiser.
21 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® The Un-Comfort Zone II by Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. The Opposite of FEAR (It’s not what you think.) In this space, I’ve written about fear several times: how it is the most powerful motivator; how it can be used to manipulate people; how it can drive some people to seek power; and how it can establish lifelong limiting beliefs when we’re exposed to it as children. In this article, I’d like to consider the opposite of fear. Discovering the Opposite Requires Identifying the Circumstances - Fear, however, does not exist in a vacuum; there must be some environment or situation (which could be perception) that causes fear, which we should consider when asking, “What is its opposite?” For example, there are real dangers (such as a charging lion that would strike terror in pretty much anyone) that are obvious. However, there are also varying levels of fear that are less conspicuous than terror which also exist, such as anxiety, uneasiness, apprehension, and panic. When considering the opposite of fear, the first word that usually pops into people’s heads is courage or bravery. People who are behaving courageously can, however, still be afraid and often are, but feel their behavior is necessary because of a higher emotion, such as the desire to save the life of a loved one from a burning building. Therefore, courage cannot be the opposite of fear. Wilson continued on page 24.
22 MAY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Technical Center Opens for Sustainable Tailings Management in Brazil Adapted from Information by Clariant In support of the mining industry’s efforts toward sustainability, Clariant announced a new technical facility in Brazil exclusively dedicated to developing solutions for tailings management. The Competence Center for Tailings Treatment (CCTT) recently opened in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mining is a key enabler for sustainability megatrends, delivering minerals required by future-focused technology for energy and transport including wind turbines, electric vehicles, “green” buildings, smart phones and other electronics, and recycling. While empowering crucial technological developments, mining operations also address their most significant challenges as they advance in their own drive toward sustainability. As part of this process, increased emphasis is placed on tailings management as the industry searches for alternatives to existing dams, and aims to explore this as-yet untapped source of valuable minerals. Clariant’s new CCTT will develop mining chemicals and technologies to support the industry’s efforts from the heart of Brazil’s mining hub. The new lab is outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and is home to a dedicated team of research and development experts. “Clariant is at the forefront of offering sustainable solutions for mining, and the CCTT will provide robust technical capabilities to demonstrate how our innovations can improve tailings management and waste reduction,” said Wagner Silva, global head of technology for Clariant Mining Solutions. The new CCTT is a core pillar of Clariant’s Tailings Management Program, which comprises four complementary technology platforms including: a Flotation a Magnetic separation a Dewatering a Rheology modification For example, flotation chemicals for slimes help mines recover valuable minerals currently going to waste. Flotation chemicals for secondary mining enables operators to reprocess old tailings. In addition, filter aids help operators dewater tailings better, leading to drier stacks and faster rates of processing. George Nunes, global head of Clariant Mining Solutions said, “Our new Competence Center is an important milestone in our strategy to support the global mining industry’s focus on sustainability. With this additional resource, we will continue working closely with our customers to develop relevant, practical solutions which address their most significant sustainability challenges.” MIN
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