Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

Necessity is the mother of invention.” This popular maxim has proven true in the drilling industry year after year.

In a recent discussion about his purchase of a Dando Drilling sonic rig, Enviroprobe Service Inc. CEO Tim Gallagher said, “Everyone knew that, at some point, sonic head technology would become important to the environmental and geotechnical drilling sectors.”

In the U.S., the typical method of measuring groundwater levels takes a fair amount of manpower.

Well drilling has been my life. We don’t usually think of it as exciting. However, we do run into some jobs that are unusual and memorable.

I hope by now everyone has heard about the use of horizontal drilling in the oil and gas industry.

In my last column I wrote that, on occasion, painted steel bladder tanks will rust from the outside in.

The Engineer’s Handbook states the torque for a 5⁄16-18 NC Grade 8 cap screw is 29 foot pounds, and a 5⁄8-11 NC Grade 8 cap screw is 230 foot pounds.

By the year 2020, the world population will be 7.5 billion people.

Another year, another Groundwater Expo — this time returning to Las Vegas.

Few if any would dispute the vital importance of drill site safety.