Parting Shot 2021
Our Parting Shots 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 2021
Drillers engaged by the U.S. Geological Survey work a project on Long Island, N.Y., in this 2017 photo.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Parting Shot November 2021
A crew with Burton Construction Inc. drills a 6-inch well as part of a renovation project at the Camas National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Idaho, in this 2010 image. The old well had twice tested positive for coliform bacteria.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Parting Shot October 2021
The upcoming fifth generation at Toy Drilling Contractor oversees work on an exploration project for a limestone mining company.
Source: Brody Toy / Toy Drilling Contractor
Parting Shot September 2021
A Field Exploration Unit with the USACE – Baltimore District conducts standard penetration tests for a Staten Island project meant to defend against severe coastal storm surges.
Parting Shot August 2021
Drillers Russell Neill and Justin Groves of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development install monitoring wells with a sonic rig in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Parting Shot July 2021
Contractors with M.C. Wheeler & Sons out of Columbia City, Indiana, upgrade the water well at Franklin Electric’s headquarters in Fort Wayne with a high-efficiency, permanent magnet motor.
Parting Shot June 2021
Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Richards, an equipment operator with the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 drilling team, does a little mud cleaning during a geothermal project at a U.S. Marines facility in this 2008 photo.
Parting Shot May 2021
Project engineer John Dickerson conducts water testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in this 1975 photo. The NTS, now known as the Nevada National Security Site, was at the time the primary testing location for the United States’ nuclear devices.
Parting Shot April 2021
Contractors for the USACE–Sacramento District take soil samples in a Natomas, California, neighborhood in this 2015 photo. Engineers required sand and clay content information to guide decisions on flood risk reduction.
Parting Shot March 2021
Geology students examine a fresh core after a drilling demo in this 2017 image. The field day event outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was part of Western Michigan University’s annual summer Hydrogeology Field Course.
Parting Shot February 2021
Crews fill the final pile for a barrier wall at Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Kentucky, in this 2013 photo. It was the last of the project’s nearly 1,200 piles built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Nashville District.
Parting Shot January 2021
Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District drill holes for final blasting of the shear zone on the excavation site for the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway in Folsom, California, in this 2012 image.