Changes in the Drilling Industry

Hello Readers, I have again not written a column in several months but let me say that it is good to be back. In this column I want to write about some contractor changes we have had in my local area recently. And also changes I have observed industry wide. 

In recent months, four long-time-in-business local contractors have joined forces to become two. One of these “mergers” was in the county I live in and the other in an adjacent county. All of these contractors have been in business a long time and at least one, a really long time. They are all, like most contractors in our industry, family-owned and operated. I don’t know if they merged or somebody sold to somebody else, it’s not my business to know or divulge the details.