Why do different drillers use different types of equipment?
Our company is dedicated to providing the best possible well on the property that you have selected. We use a state-of-the-art air rotary system that advances the bit by injecting water, along with compressed air, to clean the well bore and lift the cuttings and rock chips to the surface. Periodically the rig is stopped so that the driller can test for water. Mud rotary drillers, however, use a bentonite clay mixture to support the sides of the boring so that the material will not cave in the boring. The mixture creates a cake that stabilizes the sides and it will seal off water, making the detection of lower yields difficult. This seal will hold water back until the well is cleaned by post-drilling development or until it is plugged as a dry hole. When we encounter difficult drilling conditions such as sand and gravel, we now use a DrillanDrive system installed on our rotary rig, the first of its type in the United States. This enables us to advance casing through unstable materials a
