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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.

Long-polluted waterways near Chicago are part of a system of natural and manmade barriers keeping invasive crustaceans at bay, a recent study suggests.

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.

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.

A small workforce can be a powerful one, but only with the right investment in training, compensation, and long-term development.

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. 

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. 

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