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When I was growing up, I loved going to the rig with my dad.

They are known by many names: VFDs, variable frequency drives, variable speed drives, adjustable speed drives, inverters, etc.

My recent trip to Las Vegas for the National Ground Water Association Expo-my first big industry show-left me with a great first impression of the industry and a lot to think about.

Recently, marketing guru Seth Godin wrote about the contrasting problems of “this is the best I can do” and “it’s not good enough.”

There are many small, portable drilling machines manufactured all over the world that I would classify as wannabe drills-drills that are purchased by well-meaning nonprofit charities, church groups and others to drill water wells in developing countries.

The simplest method of starting a three-phase pump motor is by closing a contactor and allowing the motor to start at full voltage, or “across-the-line,” as it is called.

Walt Gomolka, of Sano Drilling in Pennsylvania, conducts coring for coal exploration to depths of 1,500 feet, using NQ wireline with a Mobile Drill B37.

I can remember asking this column’s title question long before I started working for a bentonite company.