Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

Spending over 40 years in the drill pipe industry has sent me on more than a couple trips to look at drill rod problems. Even the obvious extremes give us lessons.

Following a few best practices to ensure you have an effective, long-lasting seal will save you headaches down the road and give you peace of mind that your well is safe from contamination.

Recently, I have attended two good meetings, sadly missed an important one and visited some locations that have a serious water quality problem.

When unforeseen problems occur on a drilling project, I imagine myself as a contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."

If there's one drilling project that could use the high-tech advantages of award-winning sonic drilling, it's the long-standing treasure hunt on Oak Island — an island in Nova Scotia, Canada, and home to a captivating legend about sunken tunnels, unexplained artifacts, strange stone markings and buried treasure.

Water well production is 100-percent dependent on minimizing impact to the production zone.

In episode 4 of our new video series, Brock Yordy discusses the qualities to look for in a mud pump.

We make decisions every day that affect our business. We are not experts on all these things, so sometimes we need a little help.

In coastal areas and river bottoms, and most places not in hard rock country, water is often produced from sand.

In episode 3 of "Ask Brock," The Driller contributor Brock Yordy takes on topics of safety culture and near misses.