Parting Shot 2022
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 2022
Contractors drill a monitoring well in Great Falls, Montana, as part of an ongoing testing program for contaminants at the Montana Air National Guard Base.
Source: Senior Master Sgt. Eric Peterson / U.S. Air National Guard / Public Domain
Parting Shot November 2022
A contract driller operates a rig on a foundation remediation project at Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Kentucky, in this 2011 image.
Source: Lee Roberts / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Nashville District
Parting Shot October 2022
A drilling contractor works an environmental remediation project at the former Reese Air Force Base near Lubbock, Texas, in this 2020 photo. The project involved installing 25 wells in an area around the former base to track potential migration of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination.
Source: Sriram Madabhushi / U.S. Air Force
Parting Shot September 2022
Meghan Riehl, a geologist with the USACE – Savannah, inspects soil samples during a groundwater investigation project near Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in this 2016 photo.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Parting Shot August 2022
U.S. Navy sailors conduct well drilling operations in Costa Azul, Honduras.
Source: U.S. Navy
Parting Shot July 2022
Contractors with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Sacramento District use a sonic rig in this 2006 photo at Success Dam near Porterville, Calif. Teams evaluated the soil and rock underneath the dam during a safety study.
Source: Betty J. Bailey / U.S. Army / Public Domain
Parting Shot June 2022
The sun rises over Lake Mead in this September 2020 photo. Around this time, the reservoir was at about 35% capacity. That level has further receded as droughts continue this year in the Western U.S.
Source: Andrew Cattoir / National Parks Service / Public Domain
Parting Shot May 2022
Mike Wielputz, a regional technical specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, extrudes a soil sample from a drill tube as he prepares it for testing in this 2014 photo.
Source: Tracy Robillard / USACE
Parting Shot April 2022
A crew uses a muck bucket to clean a drilled shaft on the Union Square Branch of the Green Line Extension project in greater Boston in this 2019 photo.
Source: MassDOT / Public Domain
Parting Shot March 2022
A drilling crew operates on a work platform at Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Kentucky, as a tour group stands in the background in this 2012 photo. Drillers were installing a barrier wall to stop seepage in the karst geology deep below in the embankment.
Source: Lee Roberts / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Parting Shot February 2022
Micropiles get installed to help support platform structures at Fall River Depot in Fall River, Massachusetts, in this May 2021 photo. The work was part of the South Coast Rail (SCR) project.
Source: MassDOT
Parting Shot January 2022
A contract drilling crew installs a monitoring well on the ramp of the 120th Airlift Wing in Great Falls, Montana, in this 2017 photo. The project involved 18 new monitoring wells at the Montana Air National Guard base.
Source: Senior Master Sgt. Eric Peterson / U.S. Air National Guard