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21 Preparing the Next Generation
By Jennifer Strawn
How companies are training millennials
for careers in the industry.
27 Thoughts on Overall Efficiency
By Mike Price
A variety of ways exist to maximize your
time on and off the jobsite.
31 An Insider's Look
By Lana Straub
A group of rig manufacturers share their
perspectives on today's drilling
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35 2017 Heavy Equipment Directory
Find out what you need to know about
the industry's manufacturers of heavy
machinery and their offerings.
September 2017
Vol. 71, No. 9
waterwelljournal.com
About the cover: Shasta Drilling Inc. drills a 260-foot
well with its 2007 Atlas Copco T3WDH air rotary drilling rig.
They drove 6-inch steel casing down with an Atlas Manufac-
turing Ltd. R2000 casing hammer to the top of competent
hard ground (60 feet) once they began drilling into the gray
fractured shale. Trinity Lake in the background is an artificial
lake on the Trinity River formed by the Trinity Dam and located
in Trinity County, California. Photo courtesy Shasta Drilling in
Redding, California.
2 September 2017 WWJ