John Schmitt, CWD/PI, can claim most of the honors the groundwater industry gives out.

Are we dooming our drill pipe because of issues that we are just not aware of? These notes will help.

This month, I’d like to write about preparing ourselves for winter weather. After all, the rig won’t run itself.

Do you own a solids control unit or a very expensive mud pit on wheels?

Raise your hand if you like profits. I bet everyone has their hands up. But do you really understand what profit is, why you might have losses or how to read an income statement?

New information on the location of private wells is helping United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists inform the public on the importance of water quality testing in areas where potentially corrosive groundwater exists to ensure safe drinking water.

Earlier this week, no further than 30 miles from where I am writing this article, an excavation company working on a utility construction project had a trench collapse on two of their workers with one of those crew members losing their life.

Almost every well constructed, and virtually all drilled wells, use casing to support the hole and allow access to the producing horizon, be it oil, gas, water or most anything else under the ground.

Sean Ryan, owner and president of American Drilling Inc. in Pensacola, Fla., founded his business in December 2015.

The use of graphite in thermally-conductive grouting applications has exploded in recent years with more and more drillers abandoning the use of sand either completely or partially.