No matter the industry, no two career paths are carved out the same, and for Jim LaPorte, president of Mudslayer Manufacturing, his journey toward a career in drilling began with a unique instance of family misfortune.

In Ask Brock episode 16, expert trainer and The Driller contributor Brock Yordy discusses how to get and put to use a good mud test kit.

Company offering new, improved lift pumps, built by well drillers for well drillers.

In episode 11 of our new video series, Ask Brock, The Driller contributor Brock Yordy talks about getting to that magic fluid for mixed geology.

Xanthan is designed to enhance gel strength for improved suspension and aid in transporting normal cuttings as well as heavier gravel and cobble.

In episode 9 of our new video series, Ask Brock, The Driller contributor Brock Yordy talks about one of drilling's many challenges: circulation loss in fractured formations.

In episode 7 of our new video series, Ask Brock, expert trainer and The Driller contributor Brock Yordy takes a question about drilling in reactive clays and shales.

When unforeseen problems occur on a drilling project, I imagine myself as a contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."

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

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