Articles by Howard "Porky" Cutter MGWC

A perspective on dealing with unpleasant people on the jobsite.

A perspective on state regulators visiting job sites. 

"Many well drillers aren’t into technical electronic things, but I just have to tell about the iPhone’s Droids to be more specific."

"In 1959, we had just lost our first child, Cindy Lynn, at birth, and I immediately was drafted into the army and sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., for basic training."

"As everyone is going green, military bases, more and more, are installing geothermal systems."

"In today’s society, certification means everything to a client who wants quality work done."

"I usually can recognize the professional drilling contractor when I drive up to a drill site ..."

One of ND's regular columnists shares an anecdote. 

"The recent mining incident, successful drilling and recovery of the 33 miners in Chile brought back memories of a drilling project we did near La Serena, Chile. La Serena is some five hours south of the mining incident."

"In the 1960s, my dad and I were drilling oil wells in southeastern Kansas. Drilling was much simpler then – one rig, a water truck and maybe a pickup. Many times when we were drilling a long distance from our base of Chanute, Kan., we would take our motorhome that Bess and I built from a Metro Milk truck."