More than 50 years passed before sonic drilling came back to one of its earliest uses as a pile driver. Today, the technology is far superior and set to revolutionize the piling industry with a just-patented method.
Rotary bits can handle soft to medium soil formations. But when you find yourself between a rock and a hard place, you need specialized equipment designed to power through rock formations.
After all the years I have attended NGWA, I found myself in an uncharted drilling community of drillers from all around the world. I had to seek out the team that brought drillers together from multiple continents.
If you have perforated casing and the formation no longer produces enough, you must seal the open perforation with cement before you drill down to the next aquifer.
Drillers have a special talent for grabbing what’s on hand and innovating to get the job done. Such is the case with Hefty Drilling in Anchorage, Alaska.
Just after the National Ground Water Association’s Groundwater Week 2019 event in Las Vegas, Astec Industries Inc. announced plans to sell Enid, Oklahoma-based Gefco Inc.
In Vancouver, British Columbia, rated the third best city in the world for quality of living in 2019 by Mercer Consulting, one thing is very clear: Geothermal has a lot of fans.