Episode 65 – The Driller Newscast Major PFAS Settlement plus the Trench Safety Stand Down June 12, 2023 No Comments We explain the recent $1.18B PFAS class-action settlement with DuPont, Corteva and Chemours.Read More
Breaking Drilling, Construction Projects into Milestones Small Wins, Celebrated, Add up to Successful Completions Jake Fletcher June 9, 2023 No Comments Good leaders celebrate small wins along the way, help construction and drilling teams keep eye on completion.Read More
Episode 64 – The Driller Newscast SCOTUS, the Clean Water Act and the Chevron Doctrine June 5, 2023 No Comments We talk about the Supreme Court’s Sackett ruling and its effects on drilling, groundwater and WOTUS.Read More
Episode 63 – The Driller Newscast Scaling in Cathodic Drilling, plus a Colorado River Deal May 29, 2023 No Comments We talk with a Texas cathodic driller and get our heads back in the game after the holiday weekend.Read More
Drill Talks | Brought to you by DEREX Drill Rigs In Search of the ‘Perfect’ Drill Rig with Derek McGladdery The Driller Staff May 26, 2023 No Comments Derex Drill Rigs president discusses dual-rotary method and speeding up groundwater, geothermal projects.Read More
What is Drilling’s Place in a Carbon-Free Future? Getting to Net Zero — and Staying there — Requires Drillers Brock Yordy May 26, 2023 No Comments People say moving away from carbon-based power generation and storage means an end to drilling. They’re wrong.Read More
Advanced Drill Tool Fishing: Wire-line Cutting Downhole Cutting the Line to Before Using a Combination Socket John Schmitt May 24, 2023 No Comments Columnist John Schmitt walks readers through cutting a line before tool retrieval with a combination socket.Read More
Episode 62 – The Driller Newscast WOTUS Challenges, PFAS and the Great Lakes May 22, 2023 No Comments Opposition to the latest waters of the U.S. definition, plus minimizing jobsite distractions.Read More
Using Shallow Well Drills, Even for Confined Aquifers Options for Nimble, but Capable, Drills for Shallow Water Wells Joe Haynes May 19, 2023 No Comments Aquifer close to the surface? Often small drills can get the job done, even in tougher geologies.Read More
A Drilling Mud School with a Mission Training Drillers in Drought-Parched Monterrey, Mexico George Dugan May 17, 2023 One Comment Columnist goes to drought-parched Monterrey, Mexico, to train drillers in fluids, air drilling and foam drilling.Read More