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Rodless exploration drill rig rolls toward commercialization
New drill rig technology, claimed to have the potential to drastically cut exploration costs, has undergone successful field trials in outback South Australia, according to a report published by the joint Australian government/mining industry research organization that originated the concept. RoXplorer, a coiled tubing drill rig, was developed by the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC) in South Australia and underwent its first extensive, field drilling trials in late February and early March. According to DET CRC, the trial site, 20 kilometers (km) west of Port Augusta, was adjacent to a hole previously drilled by conventional (diamond) drilling methods and provided a typical example of the thick cover sequence of the Olympic Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) Province of South Australia. Coiled tubing drilling differs from conventional drilling in that the drill string is a continuous, malleable steel coil, as opposed to individual steel rods that must be connected and disconnected.
Rodless exploration drill rig rolls toward commercialization
New drill rig technology, claimed to have the potential to drastically cut exploration costs, has undergone successful field trials in outback South Australia, according to a report published by the joint Australian government/mining industry research organization that originated the concept. RoXplorer, a coiled tubing drill rig, was developed by the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC) in South Australia and underwent its first extensive, field drilling trials in late February and early March. According to DET CRC, the trial site, 20 kilometers (km) west of Port Augusta, was adjacent to a hole previously drilled by conventional (diamond) drilling methods and provided a typical example of the thick cover sequence of the Olympic Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) Province of South Australia. Coiled tubing drilling differs from conventional drilling in that the drill string is a continuous, malleable steel coil, as opposed to individual steel rods that must be connected and disconnected.
Rodless exploration drill rig rolls toward commercialization
2017
Article (Journal)
English
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