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Ahead of the curve when it comes to testing city water for PFAS, Michigan has met its match with the state’s over one million private wells, urging residents to get their water tested.

A cold crew is a distracted crew—and on a drilling site, distractions get expensive fast. Following are simple strategies for staying ahead of cold stress:

2025 was a watershed year for the drilling and water industries, marked by progress, pressure, and promise. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this story, I hope you liked it. Until next time, remember to never take too many sudafeds, or tamper with nasal spray bottles.  

In the final Driller Newscast of 2025, Brock Yordy brings Festivus to the jobsite — no tinsel on the derrick, just grit, steel, and teamwork.

Our goal was to humanize that process. We needed legislators to understand that abstract regulations have concrete impacts on drilling timelines and operational costs. 

The Driller announced Jim as the winner in New Orleans at Groundwater Week

In a pre-Thanksgiving episode of The DRILLERcast, hosts Brock Yordy and Dave Bowers examine the American labor landscape, the drilling industry’s deep reliance on experience, and the realities of a rapidly expanding geothermal market.

From Army basic training to broken rigs, green lights, and the people who shaped a driller for life.

Ground2Grid Summit will connect the complete lifecycle of geothermal and carbon-neutral heating and cooling systems - from subsurface exploration to final system integration.