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NASA’s Lunar Drill Survives a Crash Landing and Still Gets the Job Done

Drilling gets a bit spooky (and lunar) for Halloween

The Driller Staff

October 31, 2025

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NASA’s latest lunar mission, Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1, just pulled off a cosmic mic drop

Surveying, Inspection Drones Can Help Cut Costs During Oil, Gas Bust

Valerie King

November 14, 2016

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The oil and gas drilling industry is in the midst of what many consider a devastating bust tied to increased production and lower prices per barrel.

Diedrich Drill D-50

August 22, 2016

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The D-50 is an all-purpose drilling rig for environmental and geotechnical drilling.

Diedrich Drill D-50

November 3, 2014

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Gets you where you need to go and give you the power to get the job done!

AquaLocate Helps Find Groundwater in Texas, Other Drought-Stricken Areas

Company says it can take guess work out of water well drilling

May 27, 2014

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GF6 groundwater locator uses soundwaves, performs pre-drilling assessments.

AquaLocate Releases Updated Seismic Groundwater Location Device

January 16, 2014

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Company says its GF6 seismic device eliminates need for test wells.

Diedrich D-50 Track Drill

July 10, 2013

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The radio remote D-50 uses the latest hydrostatic drive technology for low maintenance and high reliability.

Auger Cleaner Gives Drillers Smooth Flights

Jeremy Verdusco

July 9, 2013

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I have to take turns speaking to different subsets of the *The Driller* audience. Sometimes, it's foundation people. Other times, it's geothermal. Today's post is for the rotary folks, whatever market they might work in.

Rig Access Can be Half the Job for Geotechnical, Environmental Drilling

Ryan Jackson

June 7, 2013

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In last month’s The Driller, I started a discussion of limited access drilling with some thoughts on site visits

Location, Rigs for Limited Access Drilling Jobs Demand Creativity

Ryan Jackson

May 6, 2013

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Whenever I read an issue of The Driller magazine and see an article about limited-access drilling, I get a little excited. But then I usually feel a bit disappointed when I realize that it’s about limited access for foundation drilling. While it certainly is important to have buildings with a properly designed and built foundation, that’s not the only type of limited access drilling. In my case, the discipline is geotechnical and environmental drilling.