Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

Recently, I had a couple of difficult jobs where I had to realize my own limitations.

Drilling in cold weather environments presents unique health and safety challenges.

John Schmitt, CWD/PI, can claim most of the honors the groundwater industry gives out.

Are we dooming our drill pipe because of issues that we are just not aware of? These notes will help.

This month, I’d like to write about preparing ourselves for winter weather. After all, the rig won’t run itself.

Raise your hand if you like profits. I bet everyone has their hands up. But do you really understand what profit is, why you might have losses or how to read an income statement?

Almost every well constructed, and virtually all drilled wells, use casing to support the hole and allow access to the producing horizon, be it oil, gas, water or most anything else under the ground.

The use of graphite in thermally-conductive grouting applications has exploded in recent years with more and more drillers abandoning the use of sand either completely or partially.

Lack of clean water is a global crisis, and it is only going to grow. My 2018 challenge for you is to get involved.

In the first two columns I wrote about this job, we attempted to spud down a 4-inch well on a piece of property where a customer was going to move his house.