Steve Raabe - Wed August 18, 2010
Colo. Small Towns May See Rise in Oil Drilling
GROVER, Colo. (AP) In the shadow of Colorado’s largest wind farm, the new-energy economy is taking a back seat to old-fashioned oil. Drilling rigs are springing up in areas of Weld County largely bypassed by the natural-gas boom of the past decade....
Fri December 18, 2009
Schlouch Forms Joint Venture to Prep Shale Gas Drilling Sites
Schlouch Incorporated has formed a joint venture with Amy and Karl Barth of Morgantown, W.Va., to provide support services to companies drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale structure of the Appalachian Basin....
Fri July 17, 2009
E-Z Drill Offers Model 210 Twin Vertical Drill Attachment
E-Z Drill offers the Model 210 twin vertical, a concrete drill attachment that is compatible with most skid steers and compact loaders. This rock drill system contains two adjustable vertical drills, making it ideal for pulling patches, slab-jacking and under sealing....
Wed June 24, 2009
Ditch Witch JT100 Directional Drill Gives Power Where Power Is Due
Equipped with a 268-hp (200 kW) engine, the Ditch Witch JT100 directional drill is designed so that rotation, thrust, and drilling fluid flow can operate simultaneously at full power. With 100,000 lb. (445 kN) of pullback and 12,000 ft....
Jay Adams - Mon March 02, 2009
Firm Donates Special Drill to Rural African Villages
John Repasky has spent a lifetime manufacturing concrete brick and slabs from raw materials of the earth. He mostly enjoys the building of the machinery to manufacture the product. Making paving products has been his focus for more than 40 years....
Fri January 30, 2009
Va.’s Atlantic Drill & Equipment Names Judd to Sales Team
Atlantic Drill & Equipment Company, based in Woodstock, Va., recently hired Ridley Judd as its new inside sales representative. Judd has more than 14 years of experience in the foundation drilling industry, including expertise as a purchasing agent for Dulles Industries — part of a major contracting company that specializes in earth retention and foundation drilling....
Fri January 23, 2009
Atlantic Drill & Equipment Company Adds Foundation Drilling Expert
Atlantic Drill & Equipment Company, based in Woodstock, Va., recently hired Ridley Judd as its new inside sales representative. Judd has more than 14 years of experience in the foundation drilling industry, including expertise as a purchasing agent for Dulles Industries — part of a major contracting company that specializes in earth retention and foundation drilling....
Sat November 22, 2008
Atlas Copco’s Mustang 4-F1 Compact Rig Can Drill in Tight Work Sites
As energy costs rise and fossil fuel resources decrease, renewable sources such as geothermal energy are becoming more popular. Geothermal heat pumps, or ground source heat pumps as they also are known, can offer consumers heating and cooling savings of between 25 and 70 percent....
Fri December 12, 2008
GUCA Drills County Fire Departments in Trench Rescue
Excavation work is recognized as one of the most hazardous construction operations. Cave-ins are perhaps the most feared trenching hazards but other potentially fatal hazards exist, including: asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen in a confined space; inhalation of toxic fumes; and drowning....
Doug McMurdo -Elko Daily Free Press - Mon August 18, 2008
Elko Driller Eklund Recognized for Mining Innovations
ELKO, Nev. (AP) Curiosity might have killed the cat, but for Lew Eklund, curiosity led to a 45-year career in gold exploration that landed him in the National Mining Hall of Fame. “This is very humbling, I can tell you that,” said Eklund, founder of Eklund Drilling Co....
