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Home » water well drilling

Articles Tagged with ''water well drilling''

Greg Plutko

Basics of Getting Through Clay on Drilling Jobs

Reactive Ground Conditions and Anti-Clay Addititives
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Greg Plutko
February 1, 2017
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Aqueous drilling through clay has always been a potentially difficult situation and, over the years, sundry solutions have been presented to combat this sticky enemy.
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Porky obit

Columnist, Longtime Drilling Professional Howard ‘Porky’ Cutter Dies

Mr. Cutter Was Among the First MGWCs
Jeremy Verdusco
January 27, 2017
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Mr. Cutter Spent Years Writing for The Driller.
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Bob Oliver in the field

Longtime Columnist and Drilling Fluids Sales, Support Rep Retires

Jeremy Verdusco
January 16, 2017
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Readers of The Driller will instantly recognize the name Bob Oliver.
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RockBuster

RockBuster International R100

January 16, 2017
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RockBuster International manufactures and sells portable water well drilling rigs and equipment.


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Finally, the Last Column on Pitless Adapters

John Schmitt
January 1, 2017
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You readers have probably been saying, “Ol’ Schmitt must have a fixation with pitless adapters.”


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Avoiding Common Mud Mixing Mistakes on Drilling Jobs

George Dugan
January 1, 2017
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This January will mark 40 years of experience of working with drilling fluids and drilling fluids recycling equipment for this author, and yours truly could write a book on drilling fluids mixing errors made by both vertical and horizontal directional drilling contractors.
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pumping system

What Drilling Contractors Need to Know About Motors

Bill Merkel Jeff Goldberg
January 1, 2017
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At the heart of every well operation is a pump drive system that you may know very little about. But you should.
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Ashley Foster

How Do You Stay Connected to Drilling Crews?

Ashley Foster
January 1, 2017
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I spent the first six weeks of my time at Andrews & Foster observing. I observed office workflow, the field operations, and the communication methods between the office and the field.
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Well Drilling Passes from One Generation to the Next

Howard "Porky" Cutter MGWC
January 1, 2017
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In my travels around the world, I find that many farmers are also the local well digger (that is, the person who digs wells by hand).
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Bridging the Gap Between Horizontal and Vertical

Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
January 1, 2017
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As a young vertical driller, I believed that vertical drilling and horizontal drilling were radically different.
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