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I have watched a lot of changes in the years I have been around the drilling industry, both in the water well business and the oilfield.

Recently, I was driving to an appointment and I passed a drill rig that appeared to be drilling a new well very near the road I was driving on. Both the driller and his helper were working bare headed.

In North America, state or provincial regulations work to ensure that wells are properly drilled and do not pose a threat to valued groundwater aquifers. An important aspect of completing a well is to grout the annular space between the drilled borehole and the casing.

Drillers get a bad rap. Sure, there are bad practices in any industry. But the vast majority of people working in drilling trades know just what the impact is of every aspect of their job.

In my last column, I wrote about some customers who thought they knew more about well repair than we, as professionals, did.

Holy rip, where did my drilling fluids go?

The weather, gas prices and the moods of a young child all have one thing in common: uncertainty.