Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

Andrews & Foster, based in Athens, Texas, is a 76-year-old family-owned company that specializes in water well drilling, cathodic protection drilling and groundwater exploration development.

The U.S. fossil fuel industry is under attack.

Safety. Regulation. Compliance. Licensing. All of these crucial aspects of the industry do their part to keep contractors up at night.

Our company, Drilling Consultants International, was formed in 1989 in Virginia Beach by Howard and Bess Cutter.

A couple weeks ago, Viking West’s Vice President Kevin Reimer had the opportunity to interact with members of a community that’s near and dear to the drilling industry, but possesses its own unique elements. Literally.

We prepare for every drilling scenario possible, but we do not do a good enough job preparing for the worst.

I recently took a job for an old friend, and one of the best drillers I’ve ever known. He called me about a well that his company had bid, and received, but were short-handed on.

A few days ago my wife, Shirley, and I attended the 2016 Michigan Ground Water Association Convention in Battle Creek, Mich.

Think about the things that are obsolete because of the smartphone. The portable radio, video camera, alarm clock, compass and calculator, to name a few.

The drilling industry is a “whole new world” today, compared to what it was around 60 years ago, according to David Haupt, MGWC.