Support staff who think like drillers can improve drilling methods, product installation, resource extraction processes, equipment innovation, regulations and safety.

Drilling is one of the only construction industries that openly accepts jobsite injuries as part of the job. Our safety culture needs improvement.

Industrial drilling for cathodic protection wells removes the typical and straightforward from all installation sites.

The increasing age gap is an epidemic that, as an industry, we have to solve by defining and fixing faults in promoting the drilling industry, recruiting and the onboarding process.

It is time to become proactive and help educate OSHA about our procedures, as opposed to arguing why drilling doesn’t fit in OSHA standards.

If we know what is dangerous and respect it, we can minimize the possibility for failure that leads to injury or death.

Before drilling a well, we must consider what variables of contamination could have a negative impact on the well. Minimizing that risk starts with a proper site assessment.

The PDAC is one of the biggest mining conventions in the world; the attendance totaled 25,606 people from 130 countries. The annual event hosts people, companies and organizations in, or connected to, mineral exploration.

I have had great success drilling around the world with multiple types of mud drilling in water well, exploration and construction. The success came from understanding the basic components of drilling fluids.

People are drinking raw water! Before we decide if this is a healthy solution or absolute insanity, we need to understand what the 21st century definition of raw water is and what is involved in drinking it.