Drillers make their living chewing through earth, so we found it only natural to talk to a geologist with deep drilling experience, and bring that perspective to readers. Dr. Thomas Herbert, a cofounder and vice president of Lampl-Herbert Consultants Inc. in Tallahassee, Florida, joins us for Drilling In-Site 17.
“From the driller standpoint, you walk in and you’ve got a degree. You’re the college kid,” he says. “You don't have the same skill set that they do. From the academic side, you get a kid that comes out that's got a degree and they think they know a lot, and they really don't know anything.”