In the ’70s, after drilling and pushing tools for a few years, I had every roughneck’s dream. Every roughneck I ever met wants to be a fisherman. They see him sit in his truck, making pretty good money, and they trip pipe. That’s gotta be better, right? Sometimes, but not always.
In the 1950s, I was involved in oil drilling gas in southeastern Kansas. Much of the free-flowing, 28 gravity (thick) oil had diminished to one to three barrels per day. Hence came secondary recovery!
Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co. in April graduated 55 attendees from their 23rd annual Pumpology School at their corporate facilities in Port Orange, Fla.
The National Drilling Association expects more than 100 drillers, drilling managers, company owners and manufacturers at the 2012 NDA Convention this fall.
The recent occurrence of arsenic in some wells in Pennsylvania has the National Ground Water Association reminding people of the importance of regular water testing.
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