Drillers @Work: Winter 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 for Winter 2017 showcases photos submitted by readers from December 2017 – February 2018.
A crew with Forsyth Drilling drills at an angle at a quarry near Orbisonia, Pa.
Source: Robin Polohonki / Forsyth Drilling Inc.
West Coast Drilling shows off their new Soilmec SR-45 ADV, a final rig purchase of 2017 bought from Champion Equipment Sales.
Source: Sean Montgomery / Soilmec North America
Drillers with Ken Lee Well Drilling based in Linwood, Mich., brave the cold for a residential project.
Source: Robert Lathroo / Ken Lee Well Drilling
A Soilmec SR-75 works with Wagman Heavy Civil to drill 42-inch shafts 65 feet deep with rock sockets. Sale, service and commissioning performed by American Equipment & Fabricating Corp.
Source: Patrick Griffin / Soilmec North America
Western Equipment Solutions LLC was happy to help with the commissioning of a new SC-120 Soilmec crane to Inland Foundation Specialties. The crane will be used in St. Maries, Idaho, for a new bridge across the St. Joseph River on the south end of Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Source: Celeste Wilson / Soilmec North America
Drillers with FYG Perforaciones work on a water well project on a beach in Guatemala.
Source: Francisco Duque / FYG Perforaciones
A crew with FYG Perforaciones drills 17-inch saltwater well, which they cased with 12-inch PVC.
Source: Francisco Duque / FYG Perforaciones
A TW4 rig in the FYG Perforaciones fleet is set up to drill a 1,000-foot well in Guatemala.
Source: Francisco Duque / FYG Perforaciones
A crew with SD Drilling in uses a customized Soilmec SR-75 LDP rig on a project in San Diego, Calif.
Source: Sean Montgomery / Soilmec North America
A welder with FYG Perforaciones welds casing for an 1,100-foot water well in Guatemala.
Source: Francisco Duque / FYG Perforaciones
A crew with Natural Power drills a water well for site for an industrial site in north Wales before carrying out extra ground investigation boreholes for a related wind farm.
Source: Nick Williamson / Natural Power
A crew with Horsley Drilling reams a 10-inch steel casing to 460 feet and installs a stainless steel screen for the city of Athol, Idaho.
Source: Zach Horsley / Horsley Drilling
A new Soilmec SM-17 recently commissioned by American Equipment & Fabrication Corp. in Long Island, N.Y., installs minipiles as the contractor works hard to beat the coming January 2018 blizzard.
Source: Emanuele Zanotti / Soilmec North America
An Atlas Copco T4W gets a ride on La Guarunta, a Honduran navy ferry. The rig is on its way to a volcanic island called Amapala, which the crews describe as a “geological nightmare.” But, the company says it overcame issues of fractured rock and lost circulation to find a fresh water aquifer that will meet water demand for years to come.
Source: Hector Ordonez / MAPA
A drill crew with Thein Well Co. gets a gusher developing a city well in Motley, Minn.
Source: Brian Pinkelman / Thein Well Co.
A crew with Hazzazi Global Technologies Co. drills a borehole to 100 meters in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Source: Abid Butt / Hazzazi Global Technologies Co.