Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

If you’re like a reader who wrote me the last time we had a feature about the industry practice, you think I’m a liberal stooge for making it The Driller policy to use frack and fracking in our pages.

My wife Shirley and I recently attended the annual Michigan Ground Water Association (MGWA) Convention held in Battle Creek, Mich.

Most equipment that we sell is for an individual or a company that we know, or we know the history of the specific equipment.

The oil and gas industry is a difficult business.

Hydraulic fracturing has played a huge role in opening the door to once unreachable oil and gas resources while creating a wealth of employment opportunities across the nation.

The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) recently announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officer Kevin McCray, CAE, to the federal Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC).

New efficiency standards that take effect next year will directly impact vertical hollow-shaft and other electric motors that are used to pump water in the majority of the nation’s irrigation systems.

For many professionals, including water well drillers, “policy involvement” sounds complicated and time consuming.

Robert Carvalho, co-owner of Hanford, Calif.-based West Valley Drilling, started drilling water wells in the mid ‘80s and says he gave up the gig after just three or four years.

There comes a time in every driller’s life when a new rig has to be bought.