Parting Shot 2012/2013
Our Parting Shots feature in The Driller puts the spotlight on drilling contractors and the work they do in the field. This gallery showcases a collection of photos from 2012 and 2013. To see more Parting Shot photos, click here.
Parting Shot December 2013
U.S. Navy Seabees conduct water well training at Camp Krutke, Afghanistan, earlier this year. The Seabees specialize in a variety of construction and building trades for the U.S. military—including water well drilling.
Parting Shot November 2013
Crews in Seattle build the pile wall box that would become the “safe haven” for a boring machine drilling two miles of tunnel for State Road 99. “Bertha,” as the machine is named, took her first cuts in July, and the safe haven allowed engineers to work out kinks before getting tunneling under way.
Parting Shot October 2013
A drill rig works the natural gas fields of Colorado. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Colorado natural gas output accounts for more than 5 percent of U.S. natural gas production.
Parting Shot September 2013
A drilling contractor uses a Ditch Witch JT5 horizontal directional drill to install new utility lines in a residential area. The JT5, the company says, is designed for shallow cable, fiber and water system installations.
Parting Shot August 2013
John Blackson, a rig operator with the United States Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District, conducts drilling operations near the Saddle Dam at Center Hill Lake, Tenn. The Baltimore District was offering exploratory drilling support to the Nashville District, whose geologists were analyzing core samples.
Parting Shot July 2013
A driller with C.S. Raymer of Grand Rapids, Mich., works with the help of an old Bucyrus cable rig.
Parting Shot June 2013
A government team of drillers uses an Atlas Copco TH60 on an exploratory project near Lake Mead, Nev. The receding lake is crucial to Las Vegas and surrounding areas, so the agency drilled a test well to monitor water quality and quantity. The crew also used an Atlas Copco XRVS compressor and an Atlas Copco Secoroc Aqua 60 down-the-hole hammer to cut through the clay, sand and water.
Parting Shot May 2013
A Boart Longyear Trusonic team member bags an on-site core sample from an LS600 sonic rig at a job in Cornwall, southwest England.
Parting Shot April 2013
Marc Natali, field supervisor and driller for C.S. Drilling in Naperville, Ill., uses 4.25-inch hollow stem augers with their Geoprobe 7822DT to install 2-inch monitoring wells at a golf course in suburban Chicago. The project was part of an ongoing subsurface investigation for arsenic. Special care was given to not damage the turf or landscaping at the golf course.
Parting Shot March 2013
Jeremiah Longoria with San Antonio-based Hard Rock Directional Drilling operates a Vermeer D60x90 Navigator drill on an oil pipeline installation job in western Texas. Here, Longoria monitors a bore 25 feet under an environmentally sensitive area and adjusts the drill head accordingly.
Parting Shot February 2013
National Exploration Wells and Pumps (EWP) drills a reverse circulation well at 45 degrees to a depth of 200 feet using a Schramm T685WS. A small producer called US Gold hired National EWP to drill exploration holes for future production work at the Tonkin gold project, about one hour from Eureka, Nev. National EWP has about 12 Schramm rigs, ranging from the T450GT to T200XD.
Parting Shot January 2013
Army Lieutenant Colonel Nelson G. Kerley takes delivery of the first of many water well drilling rig equipment packages from Laibe Corp. Laibe was recently awarded a “sole sourced” program of record contract with the U.S. Army. The packages will include a Versa-Drill V-2000NG, Flat Water Fleet Support Vehicle, Mud Puppy, other equipment and support from Laibe field representatives.
Parting Shot December 2012
Walt Gomolka, of Sano Drilling in Pennsylvania, conducts coring for coal exploration to depths of 1,500 feet, using NQ wireline with a Mobile Drill B37.
Parting Shot November 2012
The Djiboutian government allowed for the base’s use by the United States, providing for demining, humanitarian and counter-terrorism efforts, and it now serves as the location from which United States and coalition forces are operating in the Horn of Africa. Today, Camp Lemonnier is the only U.S. military base located in Africa supporting operations geared toward building security, sovereignty, and stability in the region.