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The DRILLERcast episode 3 - Drillers Needed: The Real Halloween Scare Facing the Industry

Drillers Needed: The Real Halloween Scare Facing the Industry

Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
Dave Bowers
Dave Bowers
December 10, 2025
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Drilling is experiencing a surge unlike anything seen in recent years. At the same time, new legislative momentum is emerging that aims to expand the national drilling workforce. Despite these promising signs, the gap between the industry’s needs and the available talent remains significant.



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What 2025 Taught Me About Change, Community, and the Future of Drilling

Rachel Bourne
Rachel Bourne
December 10, 2025
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It’s been a tough year for small businesses, owner-operators, and the folks out in the field. Personally, this year challenged me too, just in a different way.


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The DRILLERcast episode 2 - The ".4 Employee": Valuing the 21st Century Construction Workforce

What Today’s Water Well Workforce Says About the Future of Drilling

Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
Dave Bowers
Dave Bowers
December 9, 2025
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A small workforce can be a powerful one, but only with the right investment in training, compensation, and long-term development.


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The Driller's Progress: 5,000 Years of Fueling Civilization

Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
December 8, 2025
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Cloud Data, Streaming Internet, and Artificial Intelligence have needs that require water and energy at increasing demand, which cannot be met without drilling more wells and boreholes throughout the country. 


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Driller's Life

A Driller's Life: Heat, Hard Lessons, and Florida Grit

From freeze wells to first beers, one teenager’s unforgettable days in the citrus groves of Florida.
Jim Beath
November 30, 2025
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Thanks for taking the time to read this story, I hope you enjoyed it, and until next time, work hard for what you want, and if you don't know what you want just work hard. 


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The Driller Newscast episode 154 - Beyond the MOS: The Hidden Project Management Power of Military Veterans
Episode 154 – The Driller Newscast

Beyond the MOS: The Hidden Project Management Power of Military Veterans

John Oldani
John Oldani
Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
November 24, 2025
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In this episode of The Driller Newscast, Host Brock Yordy connects global climate urgency with real-world infrastructure work, and also sits down with retired Army National Guard sergeant Shane Banks


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Pacific Institute Report Finds Sharp Rise in Water-Related Violence Worldwide

Water-related conflicts were recorded in every major world region in 2024.
National Driller staff
The Driller Staff
November 24, 2025
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A new analysis from the Pacific Institute shows that violence involving water resources has climbed to its highest level on record, continuing a steep upward trend that has accelerated over the past several years.


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Elevator Drains: The Future of Building Code Compliance and Safety

Chad Kaatz
November 21, 2025
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Automatic sprinkler systems are indispensable in high rise fire safety, but the water they release must be properly managed.


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From Garbage Truck to Glory: Building the Big Rig

Highlights the unlikely transformation and ambition behind the rig build.
Jim Beath
November 21, 2025
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I’ve made holes of every kind, distillation shafts, dewatering shafts, ventilation shafts , mast arm shafts, injection wells.


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EPA Proposes Revisions to PFAS Reporting Rules

The news prompts both relief and skepticism
John Oldani
John Oldani
November 19, 2025
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EPA’s new proposal steps directly into that tension and invites another round of discussion about how best to regulate a class of chemicals that remains both widely used and deeply scrutinized.


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