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Tips for Safely Operating Mobile Generators

Todd Howe
May 25, 2015
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The oil and gas industry is a difficult business.


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Are Hard Times Ahead for Oil Drillers?

Wayne Nash
March 1, 2015
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As I write this in January, a lot has been happening in the drilling industry.


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For drilling contractors, getting to the jobsite also demands safety

David S. Bardsley
March 1, 2015
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Over the last 30 years of my career, I have seen a dramatic shift in the safety requirements in the water well/environmental drilling industry.


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Ask Yourselves, Drilling Contractors, Are You That Guy?

Jeremy Verdusco
February 2, 2015
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Raise your hand if you know that guy. You know the one.


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Final Comments on Bladder Tanks

John Schmitt
February 2, 2015
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Two months ago I wrote that in my next column I would write about something a bladder tank won’t do, in my opinion, and that is make up for a weak well or slow pump.


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Solid Answers to Questions About Drilling Fluids Disposal

Bob Oliver
February 2, 2015
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Combinations of bentonite drilling fluids and a variety of additives are widely used here in North America and around the world.


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You Can't Do Geothermal Here, Said No Driller Ever

Jay Egg
January 20, 2015
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“You Can’t Do Geothermal Here,” said no driller ever …


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HDD Methods for Water Wells, Environmental Wells

David S. Bardsley
December 9, 2014
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I hope by now everyone has heard about the use of horizontal drilling in the oil and gas industry.


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John Schmitt Responds to an Untimely Water Pressure Service Call

John Schmitt
December 9, 2014
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In my last column I wrote that, on occasion, painted steel bladder tanks will rust from the outside in.


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Drilling Jobsite Innovations for the New Year

Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
December 9, 2014
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By the year 2020, the world population will be 7.5 billion people.


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