About Brock
Experience
Brock Yordy is an experienced industrial drilling engineer who grew up drilling water wells for his father company in the United States. He has a degree in Groundwater & Environmental Science from Western Michigan University. Brock started his professional career as a Drilling Fluids Engineer for Baroid Industrial Drilling Products a Halliburton Company. As a mud engineer for Baroid IDP, he worked with all methods of drilling including; water well, geothermal, geotechnical, tunneling, construction, HDD, wireline coring, large diameter shaft drilling, cathodic and Oil/Gas.
In 2008, Brock created a drilling fluids program for a 20’ diameter reverse circulation project that drilled to 300 feet. The project was the first of it is in the United States and completed successfully. In 2009 he was involved in the first phase of the Ball State Geothermal Project. Brock was instrumental in designing a drill plan and solids control program for the first 1800 holes. In 2010, Brock developed a fundamental to advanced water well training program for the United States Military. The programs were designed for water well drilling projects in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Brock has trained over 1000 men and women for the US Army and Air Force Engineers. 2011, Brock assisted Halliburton in leading a team that designed a water recovery and solids control system for the mining industry. The system was implemented on water sensitive projects all over the world. Most notably in the Andes mountains and both sides of the Atacama Desert.
In 2014 Brock became Product Development Manager for GEFCO, an Astec Industries Company. He was responsible for designing new technology, rigs, and solids control units. Brock worked on the 20K, 30K, 40K, 22HD, and help create the Mud Doctor Solids Control System.
Today, Brock works as Business Development Manager, and Drilling Engineer for Midwest GeoDrill, where he utilizes his technical drilling experience and mud engineering on projects every day.
Why Brock?
Throughout Brock’s career, he has been fortunate enough to work on fluids management and drilling projects with BHP, Kinross, Barrick, Frontier-Kemper, and the United States Military. He continues to work and train with the Red Horse Air Force drilling teams in the United States, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.
I am here to help
Brock is available to help train or consultant on all types of industrial drilling. His passion is helping on projects for the Global Water Crisis.