The Driller Magazine

Thom Hanna literally wrote the book on water wells. As a hydrogeologist, he has worked for more than 35 years in well design and well hydraulics.

Water well production is 100-percent dependent on minimizing impact to the production zone.

If there's one drilling project that could use the high-tech advantages of award-winning sonic drilling, it's the long-standing treasure hunt on Oak Island — an island in Nova Scotia, Canada, and home to a captivating legend about sunken tunnels, unexplained artifacts, strange stone markings and buried treasure.

Success as a small business owner which, let's be honest, most contractors are, often relies on facing and overcoming our limiting beliefs.

Insights into diesel engine cooling systems and tips for operators to get the most out the heat transfer that happens within.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimates infrastructure in the U.S. is in need of $4.5 trillion in investment by 2025.

We make decisions every day that affect our business. We are not experts on all these things, so sometimes we need a little help.

Soda ash! If you have sat through a mud school, you have heard all about it. Yet drillers can be resistant to use it.

Captive air tanks did away with the problem of water logging and also gave the customer far less rusty water than the old-style pressure tanks because the water in the tank and the air were completely separated. This, however, created a whole new situation regarding iron filtration.

In coastal areas and river bottoms, and most places not in hard rock country, water is often produced from sand.