This month, researchers are undertaking a pioneering geological study in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming to search for clues to a massive global warming event that occurred about 55 million years ago. A team of 27 scientists from 11 institutions will drill a series of cores into the basin’s stratified layers of rocks that they hope will yield better understanding of this mystery and – perhaps – of current and future global climate change.
"When the housing bubble burst in late 2008 and early 2009, the domestic water well drilling industry also took a big hit, especially in certain areas of the country. .... Fortunately, for some, there were other markets to explore."
"This article is going to deal with a couple of problems that have been and, in some cases, still are inherent to the design of many submersibles – plugged parts and underperforming check valves."