Smartphones qualify as this generation’s pocketknife — except pocketknives have a set number of tools, and the tools a smartphone has are limited only by our imagination.
Drillers are expected to be proficient with boom trucks, bulldozers, skid steers, fork trucks, and myriad other equipment. So what does proficiency mean?
I am sure everyone has noticed that water wells have vastly different water levels, both while static and pumping. These differences are due to formation pressure.
If you have drilled for any length of time, sooner or later you are going to stick your drill pipe. Recognizing the different ways drill pipe can get stuck is the first step in prevention — and recovery.
Having the proper training and understanding of drilling fluids to know if a drilling fluid is capable of performing the task at hand can save contractors a lot of grief and money.
Before ground breaks on any new construction project, the site in question must be investigated to determine whether the soil has the bearing capacity to support the proposed building.
The manufacturers in the water conditioning industry had long realized that a successful filter had to get the iron from solution, or invisible, to suspension, or visible, iron. How to do this seemed to baffle everyone for a long time.