In our October 2014 edition of The Driller, read why a Pre-Setting Contractor says rig choice helps keep her company busy. Also, discover how a Texas man builds low-cost well drill rigs for ministry's charity work.
The training aims to give Illinois Department of Public Health staff a sound understanding of how closed loop wells function before they start regulating them.
The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) has announced W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CHG, CPG, as the recipient of the organization’s highest honor, the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry.
As the use of fiber optics has increased in the oil and gas industry to enhance production via better data reliability, availability and performance than traditional copper communication systems, so have the number of “deployable” systems used in remote locations.
During a discussion of the great value that top hole specialists like Transcend Drilling of Odessa, Texas, bring to today’s major oil and gas operators, Transcend’s Vice President Mark Franklin said, “Spudder services used to be the first to get cut when prices dropped, companies hoping to save money by doing it themselves.
Last month, we discussed “nominal diameter” as the term (incorrectly used by drillers) relates to augers, sonic pipe, casing, bits and borehole diameters.
The largest component of the project is a desalination plant that would draw seawater from slant wells buried in the sand and that extend beneath the ocean floor.
“Being named to the DJSI Index for North America for a third year in a row is a meaningful acknowledgment of the work we’ve done to advance sustainable business practices and solutions,” says Patrick Decker, Xylem president and CEO.
Significant papers on which Akrouch has collaborated include “Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Energy Piles in High Plasticity Clays” and “Energy Piles for Heating and Cooling Purposes.”
Boart Longyear is launching an all-new instrumentatino solution line. It offers more technology to drillers so they can offer better information and services to clients.