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Kennametal offers state-of-the-art solutions for all major drilling portfolios with easy tool setups, reduced costs, and improved operations overall to meet constantly changing manufacturing demands. (L) Mahesh Todkar, Manager, & [...]

Anirban Sen, Business Line Manager -- Underground Division, Epiroc Mining (India), explores the technologies, methods and benefits of modern intelligent face drilling equipment, the reasoning behind selection of 'smarter' face [...]

Refurbs are an option on lots of durable products, including drilling rigs. Well, Elburn, 111., drilling equipment supplier Rig Source Inc. recently contacted National Driller about an extensive refurb project [...]

ATV CME/Central Mine Equipment Co. Diedrich Drill Inc Inland Tracked Equipment, Acheson Bros. Ltd. (D) Malone Equipment Inc. (D) SJB Services Inc. Appraisals Ed Livingston Sales Co. Higgins Rig Co. [...]

All too often, Michael Schnieders, PG, PH-GW, sees water well drillers go into projects assuming that a problem well should be diagnosed and treated the same as other problem wells [...]

Geothermal drilling is a messy business. Jobsites get taken over by mud and managing it is an important step to conquer. At the 2017 International Ground Source Heat Pump Association [...]

There is nothing more rewarding than making water flow out of the ground. Water is a necessary component of life and, as water well drillers, we get to help sustain [...]

Three companies exhibiting at the 2020 Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition (UCT) took home prestigious UCT Show Stopper Awards earlier this year. Winners were: * Evolution Drilling Systems--a [...]

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ATV * CME/Central Mine Equipment Co. Diedrich Drill Inc Inland Tracked Equipment, Acheson Bros. Ltd. M & R Soil Investigation Malone Equipment Inc SJB Services Inc. USExploration Equipment Co. Appraisals [...]

Bestma CS Power Hammers Bestma has sold more than 5,000 hammers since 1998. CS Power hammers available, and new customers can receive a 20-percent introductory discount on their first hammer. [...]

The 2019 South Atlantic Jubilee was held in late July in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The family event attracted drilling industry pros from around the country. Counter-clockwise from top: Crowds gather [...]

For many professionals, including water well drillers, 'policy involvement' sounds complicated and time consuming. Finding motivation to keep up with legislation can be tough amidst a busy schedule, especially when [...]

The Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) was initiated as the Trenchless Excavation Center in 1989 and formally established as the Trenchless Technology Center in November 1991. It was created to promote [...]

Higgins Rig Co. has been dedicated to the drilling, industrial, construction and agricultural industries for over 30 years. Proud to be internationally known for top quality, previously owned well drilling [...]

This unit is ideal for soil and rock exploration using auger, rotary or core drilling tools. Rated from 125- to 250-foot depth with hollow-stem or continuous-flight augers up to 14-inch [...]

Rauch Manufacturing specializes in building pipe spinners for rigs and pump trucks. Make your operation faster and safer with a pipe spinner. Models available from 1 inch to 20 inches [...]

It's time to take out pen and paper and make a wish list. Manufacturers sent us their newest products, and this month, the Product Showcase winds up 2004 with a [...]

Ace Pipe Cleaning #1113 www.caryloncorp.com Circle no. 345 Advance Products & Systems #527 www.apsonline.com circle no. 346 Advantica Technologies #328 www.advantica.biz Circle no. 347 AIRVAC #337 www.airvac.com Circle no. 348 [...]

Recently, buried in thought, I fidgeted with the cap of a bottle of water, twisting the cap on and off. (Yes, even us well owners sometimes drink bottled water.) I [...]

Bentonite-Based Baroid Drilling Fluids Circle No. 195 Bore-Gel: Specifically blended system using high-yield Wyoming sodium bentonite. When mixed with fresh water, develops an easy to pump slurry with desirable properties [...]

Metal fatigue is the process by which a material is slowly and progressively damaged by stresses and strains not strong enough to cause immediate breakage. In HDD drilling where the [...]

Center Rock and Hutte Drilling Equipment have joined forces, with Center Rock taking on distribution for the eastern United States for the hydraulic drilling rig manufacturer. Center Rock will manage [...]

Meet the Multidrill XL Max. A compact, tough, multipurpose drill, perfect for medium-size water wells and geother-mal drilling. The built-in famed Fraste Automatic Drill Pipes Manipulator provides maximum performance from [...]

Once, I worked with Givens International and we sold some drill pipe to a good customer in Turkey. The pipe would go on a new Driltech rig that our customer [...]

Grundfos, a global leader in water technology, today announced the release of WellConnect, an app that enables water well contractors to more efficiently manage their pump or well business by [...]

Center Rock Inc. is known worldwide as the leader in canister drill technology, but we also manufacture and distribute a complete line of air drilling tools and specialty drilling products. [...]

For new or rehabilitated water wells, adequate development is essential if the disinfection process is to be successful. During the construction of a well, drill cuttings and drilling fluids may [...]

SourceBook 2020 Alberta Water Well Drilling Assn. P.O. Box 236, Edgerton, AB T0B 1K0 Canada (780) 386-2335 awwda2019@gmail.com https://www.awwda.ca Arizona Water Well Assn. 4802 E. Ray Rd., Ste. 23-500, Phoenix, [...]

A new mine, Troilus, opened outside of Chibougamau, Quebec, several years ago. They had purchased several Atlas Copco DM45 rigs and the drilling conditions were difficult. They were having a [...]

The new Fraste MITO 100 TB powerful foundation rig works with all drilling techniques: tie rods, anchors, micropiles. On-board innovative drill pipes loader to advance simultaneously with DP and casings. [...]

If you have drilled for any length of time, sooner or later you are going to stick your drill pipe. It's one of the hazards of the job. Recognizing the [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Along with most segments of the economy, the horizontal directional drilling (HDD). industry is seriously affected by a worldwide recession. Some underground utility projects have been halted, others [...]

The companies that design, manufacturer and sell horizontal directional drilling equipment want their products to be productive and reliable. Underground Construction asked makers of drill rigs for suggestions about how [...]

A laboratory experimental program has been undertaken to develop a better quantitative understanding of the performance of polymer-based slurries for geotechnical drilling applications in shale. The Department of Civil and [...]

Bulk displacement is the recommended method of introducing a prepared chlorine solution into a well. It involves preparing a predetermined volume of disinfectant solution and pouring or pumping the solution [...]

In the El Pantanal Barrio in Nicaragua, life is much better for Juanita and little Maria, now that they have good, safe drinking water only a few hundred yards from [...]