Greg Ettling's "For Openers" column discusses various goings-on with the industry.
Two recent polls on your favorite drilling-related Web site (www.drilleronline.com) reveal that 1) the preponderance of drilling projects are bid jobs and 2) “securing necessary permits” finishes somewhere just above “prostate exam” on the drilling contractors' list of enjoyable activities.
Lots of bid work - 45 percent of respondents tell us that 81 percent to 100 percent of their work is bid work; 67 percent of respondents say at least half of their work is bid. A small (yet seemingly content) percentage of respondents (17%) say their firms do between 0 percent and 10 percent bid work.