Drillers @Work: Winter 2018
Drilling contractors find themselves in the field far more often than most. Rig-up, rig-down, there are always memorable views worth sharing. Our Drillers @Work gallery for Winter 2018 showcases photos submitted by readers from December 2018 – February 2019.
A crewman with Premier Drilling welds casing on a project in Eureka, Nevada, at an elevation of about 7,900 feet.
Source: Alan Beaudoin / Premier Drilling
A Top Giant rig from Top Drill Co. Ltd. works an apartment building construction site in Seoul, South Korea.
Source: Yenbem Hur / Top Drill Co. Ltd.
Albert Hyatt & Sons Well Drilling drills to 800 feet in salt and pepper granite on a job in Holmes, New York, with a 1986 Jaswell drill retrofitted by David Kay in 2005 to 1,360 cfm at 500 psi.
Source: Jeff Hyatt
Jeff Hyatt with Albert Hyatt & Sons Well Drilling shows off his restored 1891 well drilling machine/core drill at an antique machinery show at Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster, New York.
Source: Jeff Hyatt
Slattery Drilling in New York welcomes a new Comacchio MC 22 hydraulic crawler drill rig to their fleet.
Source: Mark Slattery / Slattery Drilling