Tara Deering - Tue May 09, 2006
Big Warrior Attacks Bigger Utility Job in Alabama
Sometimes big jobs call for big machines. When Big Warrior Corp., based in Cleveland, AL, was faced with installing a 12-in. natural gas transmission line spanning 2,000 ft. (610 m) in solid rock, the company’s horizontal directional drilling (HDD) experts enlisted its biggest HDD machine — a Vermeer Navigator D200x300....
Wed April 26, 2006
National Drilling Association Announces President, Board
The National Drilling Association (NDA) board of directors has appointed Larry Gibel the new president of NDA at the recent board and committee meetings in Atlanta. P. Don Ulses, who had served as president since early 2004, announced his retirement from Boart Longyear and the drilling industry as well as his resignation from the position of NDA president....
Sat April 15, 2006
MPS Machinery Adds Sandvik’s Driltech and Tamrock Drills
MPS Machinery, a Texas dealer in the aggregate industry, recently added Sandvik Mining and Construction’s Driltech and Tamrock drill lines to its line of Sandvik crushers. Since 1978, MPS has carried Sandvik Rock Processing’s Jawmaster, Hydrocone H and S series, Impactmaster and Merlin vertical shaft impact crushers....
Fri May 13, 2005
Tamrock Drills Keeping Up With the Joneses in Bustling Atlanta
J.B. Jones Drilling is one of the busiest drilling and blasting contractors in the equally busy Atlanta area, where new residential and commercial construction sites seem to appear as naturally as Georgia peaches in the spring....
Wed July 07, 2004
Ditch Witch Gives FL Workers Fresh Drilling Directions
Ditch Witch of Central & South Florida recently hosted a series of half-day HDD training workshops featuring directional drilling. Ditch Witch designed the sessions to educate directional drillers on all aspects of the job....
Jeff White - Thu September 18, 2003
HDD Proves Valuable in Rural Iowa Water Projects
As one might guess, a rural water district in the Midwest — especially Iowa — by its very nature may cover hundreds of square miles of farmland, prairie, and forest, with a small to mid-sized town here and there....
Thu October 17, 2002
Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd.: Permitting Completed for Additional Drilling in Nevada
Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. has announced that permitting for a Phase II drilling program on the Company’s South Carlin project is now complete.
The 17-sq.-mi. (44 sq km) project is located on the Carlin Trend between Newmont Mining’s Gold Quarry Mine (20 million ounces) and Rain Mine (1.5 million ounces) in Elko County, NV....
Amanda L. Gutshall - Wed June 27, 2001
Driller’s Choice Penetrates Marietta Market, Fills Niche With GA Facility
Driller’s Choice Inc. has moved to a new location at 1849 Candy Lane, Suite B, Marrieta, GA.
Allen Cellar, president, took on the Svedala Drilling line in December. The company is an authorized distributor in the states of Georgia and Alabama.
Cellar has built Driller’s Choice into a company that focuses on one industry: drilling....
Sun August 20, 2000
Contractor Gets Connected With Vermeer Navigators
The country is getting connected with the help of Leon E. Wintermyer Inc., Etters, PA.
A site development contractor, the company recently created a new underground directional boring division.
One of Wintermyer’s first contracts for its new directional boring division was for KMC Telecommunications of Rockville, MD....
Wed February 14, 2001
Massachusetts Drilling Company Creates Custom Rig
DRAGIN Drilling, a full-service company that provides environmental, geotechnical construction, landfill and water supply drilling services, has added a custom-designed, high-torque drill rig to its fleet....
