A Summary of Industry Practices and Techniques to Help Drillers Enhance Safety Performance, Environmental Performance, and Overall Project Quality

NEW MARKET, Maryland, May 24, 2005 / -- AntiEntropics, Inc. is pleased to announce that it was selected to work with a group of experts from the major refining and exploration companies, environmental remediation consulting firms, and well-drilling professionals to help them compile a 132-page free publication that gives guidance to address some of the most common safety concerns that may need to be considered while performing environmental remediation drilling activities. The intended audience for this guideline includes:

· Customers and client companies the work is performed for

· Facility managers

· Engineers

· Geologists

· Project managers

· Environmental health and safety professionals and managers

· Drillers and rig operators

· Utility clearance companies and field crews

The guideline's intent is to assist the environmental remediation industry in understanding drilling and direct push safety guidelines and common practices. When working on a project where more stringent safety practices are required, users should always defer to the more conservative practice. It contains suggested safety practices and is not intended to establish standard industry requirements. It is provided electronically at no cost to users to help the industry enhance its overall safety performance.

The vision of this guideline is to provide a brief summary of some of the best available drilling safety knowledge in the remediation industry. By adopting these proven practices, you can reduce the potential for personal injury and safety related losses. Topics include:

· Common definitions well drilling terms

· The importance and safety concerns associated with pre-fieldwork

· Safety aspects of borehole location positioning and clearance

· Ways to enhance safety during project mobilization, set up, and demobilization

· An extensive description of safe drilling operations

· The special concerns associated with well construction, development, and abandonment

· A list of references and resources for both drillers and their client companies

· Valuable examples of the following documents:

--a typical health and safety plan (HASP) organization and contents

--example job safety analyses for clearance activities

--drilling or boring and soil sampling

--equipment loading and unloading sampling

--a pre-mobilization checklist / drilling safety guidance document

--a complete sample of a hazard communication and chemical safety program

--a drill/direct push rig inspection checklist

The document is provided in electronic format and the examples are suitable for customization to meet your team’s particular safety and environmental needs.

An Adobe Acrobat™ PDF version of the document is available for downloading in RiskWorld.