Parting Shot 2019
Our Parting Shot feature in The Driller puts the spotlight on drilling contractors and the work they do in the field. Now, we’ve assembled those pictures into an entire online showcase for readers’ enjoyment. Check here each month for the latest addition or click here to see previous years’ galleries.
Parting Shot December 2019
A crewman with Premier Drilling welds casing on a project in Eureka, Nevada, at an elevation of about 7,900 feet.
Parting Shot November 2019
A crew with Hefty Drilling installs a fire protection well for a new health clinic in Tok, Alaska.
Parting Shot October 2019
A crew with FYG Perforaciones cases a 1,000-foot hole in Guatemala.
Parting Shot September 2019
Drillers with HPC Land Services mud a hole for a communications tower on a Cheraw, South Carolina, jobsite using their CME 550X.
Parting Shot August 2019
A crew with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Resources Program performs coring as part of an operation to assess natural gas deposits in the Mancos shale formation.
Parting Shot July 2019
A line of drill rigs on display at the 2018 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo (IFCEE) event held in Orlando, Florida.
Parting Shot June 2019
An American flag waves in the breeze, framed by the steel on a Kennewick, Washington, jobsite.
Parting Shot May 2019
Drillers install one of two characterization wells in the northwest region of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) in this 2010 photo. The wells, each 3,400 feet, were part of a network to help scientists study groundwater flow paths in the Pahute Mesa area.
Parting Shot April 2019
John Banziruk, left, and Ralph DeDominicis with DeDominicis Well Drilling pose with the company’s SpeedStar Model 71 cable-tool rig in this 1950s photo.
Parting Shot March 2019
Petty Officer 1st Class Peter Hidalgo, a construction mechanic with the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 drilling team from Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, Calif., mixes sodium bentonite for a well project at the Combat Center’s West training area in this 2008 photo.
Parting Shot February 2019
John Haskew of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Savannah District conducts a demo for engineers, geologists and drillers at a USACE event in this 2012 photo.
Parting Shot January 2019
A Ditch Witch JT1220 horizontal directional drill is deployed on a jobsite in Hamburg, Mich., in this 2012 photo.