Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

How much does the average driller really know about wire rope? What industry standards apply?

Drilling, like all professions, has pros and cons.

If you have perforated casing and the formation no longer produces enough, you must seal the open perforation with cement before you drill down to the next aquifer.

This will be the first of a few columns on the first well rig I ever had experience with.

Drillers have a special talent for grabbing what’s on hand and innovating to get the job done. Such is the case with Hefty Drilling in Anchorage, Alaska.

Just after the National Ground Water Association’s Groundwater Week 2019 event in Las Vegas, Astec Industries Inc. announced plans to sell Enid, Oklahoma-based Gefco Inc.

It’s a new year and a new decade, so let’s welcome 2020 with resolutions to become 21st century drillers and drilling companies.

Any operations start-up has a degree of risk associated with the first time it is done at the rig site.

Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits have been around for years. Now, they are just getting popular in the water well industry.

As drilling professionals, we should encourage consistently safe behaviors from all drill crew members, tool pushers, foremen and even the company owner. One of the most effective ways to do this is to lead by example.