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National Protect Your Hearing Month: Elevating Professionalism Through 21st Century Safety

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Noise comes with the job, permanent hearing loss does not have to. Modern PPE can help drillers communicate clearly, work safely and protect their hearing for the long haul. Noise…

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Extreme Ownership from the Front Lines to the Rig Platform

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Stop Asking “What Were You Thinking?” After a Safety Incident

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When an unsafe shortcut gets the job done, it can quickly start to feel like experience. Instead of asking, “What were you thinking?” after something goes wrong, ask why the…

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Three bits: Gateway tunnel boring begins, the ‘dirty energy’ states and more

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Your routine roundup of drilling news from across the globe. Your routine roundup of drilling news from across the globe.

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Yale Completes 263-Borehole Geothermal Field Beneath Science Hill

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Crews drilled 263 boreholes to depths of 850 feet as part of a district geothermal system that will heat and cool the university's research buildings. Crews drilled 263 boreholes to…

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Diamond to Geotech – How Two Fields Diverge

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Diamond drillers and geotechnical drillers may work in distinct specialties today, but their histories are closely connected. A look back at early soil sampling, the rise of the Standard Penetration…

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EPA Changes Approach to Leaking Underground Tanks in Midwest

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The agency says more targeted testing helped close 10 leaking underground storage tank cases in Michigan and Minnesota while cutting investigation costs. The agency says more targeted testing helped close…

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Three Bits: The Behind the Scenes Extension on Coal and Drilling for Noah’s Ark?

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Your routine roundup of drilling news and notes from across the globe Your routine roundup of drilling news and notes from across the globe

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The Anthropology of Drilling: A Field Guide for Drillers, Engineers, Scientists, and GCs

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What happens when engineers, scientists and GCs step into the natural habitat of Homo Sapiens Drillerus? Mud flies, field instincts take over and engineered plans meet what the ground is…

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‘One Well Creates Many’: The wild story of how the South Carolina Groundwater Association got S.C. House Bill 51111 passed

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The SCGWA "set precedent" when it comes to other associations fighting for a right to own a private water well. Here's how they did it. The SCGWA "set precedent" when…