Driller Profiles

All of our drillers were initially hired as helpers by Fox Exploration. After working along senior drillers for several years, they were promoted as rigs became available. All are 40-hour Hazmat trained and in our medical monitoring program.

Rick Eger - Superintendent

While primarily our superintendent, Rick's field experience still makes him invaluable in the field. Hired as a helper in 1985 by Canonie Construction, Rick worked all over the country for four years until being promoted to driller in 1989. He has extensive experience with all sizes of hollow stem auger, mud and air rotary, and coring both conventional and wireline. He has worked on ATV's, skid rigs, geoprobes and offshore barge drilling. Rick has installed monitoring wells from 1" to 14" in diameter and is also an Indiana licensed water well driller.

Donald Eger

Don was hired in 1988 as a helper when Fox Exploration expanded to eight rigs and gained experience for 4 years until being promoted to driller in 1992. Don has extensive experience in all sizes of hollow stem auger, mud and air rotary, conventional and wireline coring. He has worked on ATV's, skid rigs, geoprobes, done offshore barge drilling and is also our angle hole specialist. Don has installed monitoring wells from 1" to 14" in diameter and is also an Indiana licensed water well driller.

Paul Eger

Paul was hired as a helper by Fox Exploration in 1990 and gained experience for 5 years until being promoted to driller in 1995. Paul has extensive experience with all sizes of hollow stem auger, mud and air rotary, conventional and wireline coring as well as Geoprobe sampling. He has worked on ATV's, skid rigs, geoprobes and offshore barge drilling. Paul has installed monitoring wells from 1" to 14" in diameter and is also an Indiana licensed water well driller.

Steve Goodwin

Steve was hired as a helper by Fox Exploration in 1995. While still a helper, he was assigned to the project at Kerr McGee in West Chicago where he was in charge of the "hand pound" sampling crew for 6 years. Steve has run ATV's skid rigs, truck rigs and is our primary Geoporbe operator. He has experience with hollow stem auger, mud rotary and conventional rock core. Steve has installed monitoring wells form 1" to 8" in diameter and is an Indiana licensed water well driller.

Don Smith

Don was hired in 1998 by Fox Exploration as a helper and has stayed on with RD-n-P Drilling. He has started to be used as a driller due to his experience and is performing well. He has experience with hollow stem auger, mud rotary and conventional rock coring. He has also run Geoprobe, ATV's and skid rigs. Don has installed monitoring wells from 1" to 8" in diameter and is also an Indiana licensed water well driller.

Harry Mooney

Harry was hired as a helper by Fox Exploration in 1993. Harry has had extensive training beside Drillers that has given him the knowledge to be a key person here at RD-n-P Drilling. He has experience with wire lining, monitoring well installation up to 8”, hollow stem auger, mud rotary and conventional rock coring, geoprobing, and much more. Because  of Harry's knowledge, experience and proven work performance we are fortunate to utilize him as a Driller.  He is also an Indiana licensed water well driller.

Kris Norwick

Kris started in 1998 as a driller's helper for Fox Exploration, Inc. and after two years he was promoted to driller.  Kris has experience with all sizes of hollow stem augers, mud & air rotary, and coring both conventional and wireline.  He also has experience on offshore barges running the skid rig and tripod setup.  Kris spends time running our geoprobe and has the mechanical experience to repair our equipment.

Helpers

RD-n-P's helpers have between 3 to 12 years of experience, and have worked on all of our equipment in tandem with our drillers. They are all skilled with hollow stem auger, mud and air rotary, conventional as well as wire line coring and Geoprobe sampling. They have knowledge of all types of monitoring and extraction wells and are well versed in decontamination procedures. All field personnel are 40-hour Hazmat trained and part of our medical monitoring program.

The list below is RD-n-P's helpers: