Articles by Jim Beath

Nothing went right on the Melbourne injection well—and then a raspy voice started calling out from the casing pipe

Jim Beath recalls a year of writing about his life for The Driller.

Jim Beath’s latest “A Driller’s Life” follows a Miami deep-well job, a jump to underground mining in Nevada, and the hard lessons that came with chasing bigger holes.

Entry number 8 of Jim Beath's engrossing series - this one is about safety on and off the rig.

We're lucky to be working in a safety culture. Is it becoming an industry of its own? I'd say yes, and we can’t stop it, nor should we. If we just follow the light that the safety gods shine at our feet, all might be well. Right? Who knows? I do know that if I hadn’t broken my wrist, you wouldn't be reading this. 

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.  

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

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