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Tips for Hand Safety on Drilling Jobs

Dave Bowers
Dave Bowers
October 1, 2019
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Your hands are part of almost every activity you do at work or at home. Protecting them is imperative.
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Tips for Building a Clear-Flowing Water Well

Todd Tannehill
September 25, 2019
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What is the best way to reduce remnant drilling mud from the well before installing the pumping system?
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Safety, Use Tips: Portable Air Compressors on Drilling Jobs

Chuck Barton
Chuck Burton
September 23, 2019
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Learn how to avoid or correct these five misuses of and misconceptions regarding portable air compressors.
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Effective, Simple Method to Remove Iron from Groundwater

John Schmitt is a former Certified Well Driller and Pump Installer with decades of experience in the groundwater industry.
John Schmitt
September 20, 2019
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Manufacturers tried many ways to change clear-water iron to what, in effect, is rusty water iron. Finally somebody figured out a relatively simple way to aerate the water and oxidize the iron.
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How Good a Fuel is Propane for Drilling Jobsites?

John Fischer
John Fischer
September 18, 2019
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Propane has a clean reputation and promising characteristics and it is quite near to each of us no matter where we are doing our work these days.
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How Do Smartphones Help on Drilling Jobs?

Jeremy Verdusco
September 12, 2019
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Smartphones qualify as this generation’s pocketknife — except pocketknives have a set number of tools, and the tools a smartphone has are limited only by our imagination.
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Drillers: Be Advocates for Your Own Safety

David King
David King
September 9, 2019
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Looking back on your life, were there instances where you were almost killed or almost seriously injured?
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Not All Drilling Work Happens at the Rig

Dave Bowers
Dave Bowers
September 5, 2019
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Drillers are expected to be proficient with boom trucks, bulldozers, skid steers, fork trucks, and myriad other equipment. So what does proficiency mean?
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For Drillers, Some Thoughts on Formation Pressure

Wayne Nash
September 2, 2019
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I am sure everyone has noticed that water wells have vastly different water levels, both while static and pumping. These differences are due to formation pressure.
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Pipe Stuck? Common Causes and Solutions for Drillers

General Rules for Troubleshooting Stuck Pipe Issues on Drilling Jobs
Wayne Nash
August 26, 2019
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If you have drilled for any length of time, sooner or later you are going to stick your drill pipe. Recognizing the different ways drill pipe can get stuck is the first step in prevention — and recovery.
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