What’s it like to be in the business of drilling? We ask an unlikely face in a growing industry. One man’s no-ego approach to learning and growing in a demanding trade Kerith Gabriel June 9, 2026 No Comments He came to drilling with questions, not experience. Two years later, Gerard Sylvain says humility, hard work, and the right team made all the difference.Read More
Emerging Drillers Geothermal Drilling: ‘You Just Have to Put the Work In’ The Driller Staff December 2, 2024 One Comment Featured in this installment is Gerard Sylvain, a geothermal field technician with Skillings & Sons.Read More
Emerging Drillers Direct-Push and Sonic Drilling: ‘You Never Can be too Safe’ The Driller Staff December 4, 2023 No Comments Driller Sean Opland found the industry gave him hands-on, varied work where he’s not sitting behind a desk.Read More
Emerging Drillers Well Pump Work: ‘Absorb Information as it Comes’ The Driller Staff December 4, 2023 No Comments Water well pump installer and servicer Layne Sanchez says you can learn a lot what people do, how they do it.Read More
Emerging Drillers Geotech and Environmental Drilling: ‘Just Try Something Different’ The Driller Staff December 4, 2023 No Comments Driller Joey Kingsbury has become an advocate for both drilling as a line of work and for safety.Read More
Emerging Drillers Drilling in Honduras: ‘Learn to Love the Challenge’ The Driller Staff December 4, 2023 No Comments Ben Wolfe moved to Honduras as a teen to learn Spanish, and then got into drilling with no prior experience.Read More
Isn’t Your Emerging Drillers Series Discrimination? June 22, 2023 No Comments Host Brock Yordy answers a question about our focus on a new generation of workers. It’s Ask Brock 218.Read More
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