2025 Shallow Exploration Drillers Clinic Agenda

Tuesday, April 8th
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration & Check In
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Drillers Workshop:
Mixing Drilling Fluids
Sponsored by National Drilling Association Logo
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Exhibitor Set Up
Wednesday, April 9th
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Registration & Check In
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Geology and Ground Water Resources of South Dakota Tim Cowman
State Geologist & Program Administrator, South Dakota Geological Survey
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Plugging Test Holes and Wells Adam Mathiowetz, PE
South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Importance of Test Hole and Observation Well Data for Aquifer Mapping Jaron Condley
Geologist, South Dakota Geological Survey
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Online Access to Geologic and Hydrologic Data in South Dakota Darren Johnson
Geologist, South Dakota Geological Survey
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break Sponsored by Mobile Drill Intl Logo
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM South Dakota 811 / South Dakota One Call Codi Gregg
Executive Director, South Dakota 811 / South Dakota One Call
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Rigging Application and Inspection Basics Tim Blackburn
Dakota Riggers & Tool Supply, Inc
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Sponsored by Central Mine Equipment Company Logo
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Drilling Industry Update Mobile Drill Intl
Diedrich Drill, Inc.
Central Mine Equipment Company
Geoprobe
SIMCO Drilling Equipment, Inc.
Acker Drill Company
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Break Sponsored by Benesch LogoBenesch Logo
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Subsurface Investigation for the New Platte Winner Bridge Ezra Ballinger, PE
Director, Principal Engineer, Braun Intertec Corporation
Gabriel Bevre
Drilling Coordinator, Braun Intertec Corporation
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Drill Rig Maintenance and Safety Brad Jouppi
Sales Representative, Central Mine Equipment Company
5:30 PM Social Event Sponsored by Acker Drill Logo
Thursday, April 10th
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Mixing Drilling Fluids and Order of Addition Bill Rhoads
Field Service Representative, Baroid Industrial Drilling Products
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Specialty Samplers - Selecting the Sampler for the Job Robert Lepre
Sales Representative, Acker Drill Company
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM NDOT Niobrara East and West Project on Highway 12 Mark Lindemann, PE
Project Manager, Benesch
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Improving the Longevity of Drill Tooling Paul Barnett
National Sales Manager, Eutectic Corporation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break Sponsored by Geotek Engineering LogoWorldWide Drillig Resource Logo
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Powerline Training Safety Demonstration Terry Ebright
Manager of Safety, Sioux Valley Energy
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Diamond Impregnated Bit Selection Ken Pickering, CET
Plant Manager-Diamond Products, Hole Products
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Using Hollow Stem Augers as Surface Casing Calvin Brink
Civil Engineering Technician, South Dakota Geological Survey
12:15 PM SEDC Wrap-up
Final Discussion, and Adjourn