Drillers @Work: Spring 2017
Drilling contractors find themselves in the field far more often than most. Rig-up, rig-down, there are always memorable views worth sharing. Our Drillers @Work gallery showcases photos submitted by readers from March – May, 2017.
Quality Well Service LLC drilled this pasture well in sandstone. They test pumped it to 30 gpm and it’s powered with a 3-panel solar pump.
Source: Jeremy Promes / Quality Well Service LLC
Drillers with Toy Drilling Contractor perform test drilling for possible reclamation on behalf of a coal company at a site near Dora, Pa.
Source: Brody Toy / Toy Drilling Contractor
A crew with Drill Management drills a production shot at a jobsite in Churchville, Md.
Source: Jeff Taylor / Drill Management
Jaime Pazmino, drill site environmental superintendent with Earthtech Engineering, stands atop an oil storage tank with an SCR 1,275,000-pound hook capacity rig in the background on a jobsite in Coca, Ecuador.
Source: Jaime Pazmino / Earthtech Engineering
A crew with Earthtech Engineering in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, use a custom tripod to run 16-inch casing into a hole drilled for the foundation of a refining process unit. The crew cited the presence of underground utilities, potentially explosive gases in the air and very limited space as challenges.
Source: Jaime Pazmino / Earthtech Engineering
A crew with Ecuaperforacion sets up a CP-1800 rig for 12-inch cased groundwater well for use as oilfield supply for a project in Ecuador. Mud pits were specially lined, as requested by the client.
Source: Jaime Pazmino / Ecuaperforacion
Drillers with J.R. Drilling set up and drilled 405 feet for 20 gpm on this dairy farm in Alexandria, Ontario.
Source: Brady Moloughney / J.R. Drilling
Drillers with Clark Well Drilling set up on an existing well to deepen it on a jobsite in Needmore, Pa.
Source: Keith Clark / Clark Well Drilling Inc.
Drillers with FYG Perforaciones install a saltwater well in Guatemala.
Source: Francisco Duque / FYG Perforaciones
A view from high up on an oil rig in West Virginia.
Source: G. Boyd / BE
Drillers with Terracon have a good view from their jobsite, using a D-50 drill rig on work for a new highway bypass outside Reno, Nev.
Source: Chad Nix / Terracon
A crew with Weldon Drilling welds an 8-inch casing on a windy March day in Aliceville, Ala.
Source: David Bass / Weldon Drilling Co.
A crew with Weldon Drilling Co. is set up for work on a recent Monday morning in Aliceville, Ala.
Source: David Bass / Weldon Drilling Co.
Drillers with AMA Drilling install a 16-inch pipe for a school in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.
Source: Mark Pickering / AMA Drilling
A crew with Hanni Well Drilling mills out the casing on a collapsed hole on a jobsite in Tulare, Calif.
Source: Jordan Hanni / Hanni Well Drilling
A crew with Horsley Drilling had to pause an installation of a 6-inch residential well in Blanchard, Idaho, during a cold week with temperatures in the single digits. After a few days, it warmed up to the mid-20s, and they were able to finish the job.
Source: Zach Horsley / Horsley Drilling Inc.
A crew with J.R. Drilling in Navan, Ontario, Canada finishes a 6-inch, steel-cased well. They said they finished just in time, since the day after it got down to -25 degrees Celsius (-13 degrees Fahrenheit).
Source: Brady Moloughney / J.R. Drilling