The PGWA 2013 Summer Field Conference

is on June  14, 2013

At the same location as in 2012 in State College, PA.

For the  2013 Summer Field Conference agenda, registration forms,

hotel information, and a site location map with driving directions, click this link.

Learn how to convert an air-rotary drill rig to do mud-rotary drilling.

Learn how to mix, pump, and clean bentonite drilling mud.

This photo shows Rocky Baye (center) with his two Versa-Drill model V2000NG air-rotary drill rigs that have been converted into mud-rotary drilling rigs by adding factory-manufactured mud tanks with centrifugal mud pumps mounted on the side of the mud tanks.  The mud pumps are driven by 150 hp hydraulic motors that are powered through wet-lines from the hydraulic systems on the drill rigs.  The 400-gallon mud tanks are attached to the frames of the drill rigs by hinges so that they are lifted up into the air by the hoist lines as the towers are lowered.  These mud tanks and their mud pump are designed to fit these drill rigs.  We are going to demonstrate mud-rotary drilling by using a stand-alone mud pit (a hole excavated into the ground) and a stand-alone, air-powered Wilden diaphragm mud pump that can be used with any brand and model air-rotary drill rig.

For the  2013 Summer Field Conference agenda, registration forms,

hotel information, and a site location map with driving directions, click this link.

Learn About a New Way to

Case-As-You-Drill Through Caving Overburden

To download a copy of this technical article, click this link.

        Learn How we Drilled a Large-Diameter Top-Hole!

This 20-inch Cyclops™ button bit was used to drill the top-hole!

See how we constructed the large-diameter top-hole by clicking on this link.

Learn How to Make Drilling Water Clear!

The muddy drilling water in the cup on the right was treated with a Polyacrylamide polymer and became the crystal clear water in the cup on the left!

Learn how to make your drilling water clear by clicking on this link.

See how PGWA demonstrated the proper construction

of a geothermal vertical heat exchanger borehole

at the June 2009 Summer Field Conference
For a reprint of the article from the PA Driller Newsletter, click this link.

Hydrofracturing article from the 3rd quarter 2006 issue

of the Pennsylvania Driller newsletter

Click this link to open an Adobe Acrobat® pdf file of this article.

 

"Understanding Your Water Well" Fact Sheet Published by DEP.  This Fact Sheet explains how a well goes dry and what you can do if your well goes dry.  Click on this link to learn read this new Fact Sheet.  Learn how to find a good well driller.

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