SICOTTE DRILLING & DIAMOND DRILL – TOGETHER THEY PROVIDE COMPLETE ROLLERCONE & PDC SOLUTIONS Many large drill bit companies carry both rollercone and polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits, but in a unique situation two small, independent companies are working together to provide integrated drilling solutions – from surface to TD. Sicotte Drilling Tools, Inc., which…
The Minnkota Power Cooperative’s Milton R. Young station got a $6.0 MM grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to design a carbon capture model that would reduce the plant’s carbon emissions by 90 per cent. The project is one of seven funded by the Energy Department’s new $44.0 MM Design and Testing of Carbon…
India will end its 45-year state monopoly on commercial coal mining to encourage competition and raise productivity through private-sector investments. Under an auction system announced this week, the business that offers the highest sum per ton of coal to the state where a mine is located will win the mining rights. No restrictions will be…
More than 14,000+ bidders from 59 countries registered for the five-day Edmonton, AB auction EDMONTON, April 30, 2018 /CNW/ – Last week Ritchie Bros. conducted its largest Canadian auction of the year, selling CA$207+ million (US$161+ million) of equipment over five days in Edmonton, AB. The April 24 – 28 auction attracted more than 14,000+…
Tom Whalen ,President & CEO PSAC The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) is pleased to announce Tom Whalen has been named Interim President & CEO of the Association, effective March 15, 2018. Whalen fills the vacancy left by PSAC’s outgoing President, Mark Salkeld, who announced his departure in December. Whalen is expected to lead…
