In 2015, the focus was on jobsite innovations
that would make the job easier
and safer. The next step, and the 2016
focus, is that people are the most important
component of a great company.
As today’s drilling contractors focus on reducing operating costs to maintain profitability, the best way to reduce coring rod costs is to purchase rods that have the lowest cost per meter, rather than the lowest price.
In the middle of September this year, Piglet and I traveled to the southwestern part of Virginia to assist some fellow water well drillers in obtaining their Virginia Master Drillers Licenses. The drilling company they work for has been in business since 1905.
The editor of The Driller, Mr. Jeremy Verdusco, gives us column writers wide latitude in choice of subjects. This article was going to be about the marriage of my granddaughter, Samantha, to a fellow named Trevor, a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve, the event to take place in four days.
Picture yourself five years ago when selling a barrel of oil would net you a steak dinner in a nice restaurant (if you brought your own wine). Fast forward and these days it seems trading oil is only resulting in macaroni and cheap beer.
Consider a new approach to your drilling operations. Making a career change is one example of trying something new, but there are many opportunities to try something new in all aspects of life.
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