Parting Shot 2014
Our Parting Shots feature in The Driller puts the spotlight on drilling contractors and the work they do in the field. Our 2014 gallery showcases a collection of photos from the year. To see more Parting Shot photos, click here.
Parting Shot December 2014
Drillers take rock core samples at the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project site in Oak Ridge, Tenn. This photo, taken around 1974, shows early work on a project that was canceled by Congress in 1983.
Parting Shot November 2014
A rig works a geo-pressured extraction project in Brazoria County, Texas, south of Houston. The rig can drill to 20,000 feet, to reach natural heat, pressurized water and natural gas trapped in deep geothermal zones.
Parting Shot October 2014
Steven Widincamp, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District’s exploration unit, takes a turn with the district’s new TerraSonic drill rig. The rig — the first of its kind for USACE — will go to work in subsurface and geotechnical investigation projects.
Parting Shot September 2014
Drillers recover a core from a test shaft at a Department of Energy research facility. The facility is testing the viability of radioactive storage in salt rock formations more than 2,000 feet below ground.
Parting Shot August 2014
Geoprobe product development engineer Ryan Kejr introduces the new 3230DT combination rig at the company’s Salina, Kan., facility during a recent open house. The 3230DT is a mid-sized tracked rig that combines direct push with traditional auger and rotary capabilities. For more photos, visit www.thedriller.com/galleries.
Parting Shot July 2014
Scott Richardville, part owner of Richardville Drilling in Evansville, Ind., puts his new 9510 VTR PowerProbe from AMS to work on a jobsite early this year. The track-mounted rig can be used in most environmental and geotechnical applications.
Parting Shot June 2014
Drillers with Raymer Co. put a reverse-circulation rotary Gefco SS22 to work on a 310-foot PVC gravel pack well this spring in Michigan.
Parting Shot May 2014
Stirring paddles lift out after slurry wall work designed to upgrade a 4,000-foot section of the Marysville, Calif., Ring Levee. The completed wall at the levee’s center line was designed to be 3 feet wide and more than 110 feet deep, significantly strengthening the levee system surrounding the city.
Parting Shot April 2014
Drillers in early January try to get to the bottom of why Bertha, the giant tunnel boring machine under Seattle, stopped in December. A close inspection found no major obstacles, so engineers are taking a look at the seals on the front of the machine near the cutterhead.
Parting Shot March 2014
A mobile rig takes core samples on a gold mining lease. According to the World Gold Council, 100 million people worldwide make a living from gold mining.
Parting Shot February 2014
A geothermal analyst with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examines a tiny heat sensor to verify it works before sending it 500 feet below an IKEA store construction site in Centennial, Colo. The company partnered with NREL to study efficiency of geothermal for large-scale buildings.
Parting Shot January 2014
John Haskew, left, and Jim Kanady of the Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers demonstrate soil sampling using a Geoprobe direct push rig during recent a geological and geotechnical Joint Conference.