Several years ago, Franklin Electric Co. became aware that thousands of children die every day in Africa from diseases caused by drinking dirty surface water.
Daniel Ortuño pulled a small piece of Texas history from a shelf in a building at the University of Texas at Austin. The yellowing piece of paper said that on Dec. 19, 1951, John L. Boyd began drilling a 1,350-foot-deep oil well through 17 layers of shale and limestone in Crockett County in southwest Texas.
One of the commonly heard terms these days is “big data.” A definition found in a recent Forbes.com article stated that big data is “a collection of data from traditional and digital sources inside and outside your company that represents a source for ongoing discovery and analysis.”
It is our mission here at The Driller magazine to stay informed on all the happenings around the drilling industry as well as stay up-to-date on the latest news, products and projects affecting drillers across the world. In order to accomplish those feats, we aim to connect with our readers in as many ways as possible. But, sometimes, our readers take the time to reach out to us and their feedback proves to be invaluable.
If the Air Force recruiter I met in high school had told me I could jump out of airplanes and drill water wells around the world, I would have signed up immediately. And that is exactly what the 820 RED HORSE is trained to do.
