Oil

Custom-built rig uses reverse-circulation pipe to drill basalt

EnCana Corp. had a new rig built for reverse-circulation airlift drilling to prevent lost-circulation through thick, fractured, vuggy basalts. Encana was faced with drilling Miocene basalt sections as ...
Moneyweb

Reverse circulation kit for Atlas Copco mid-range blasthole drills

Atlas Copco has announced a reverse circulation kit for its DM45 and 50 blasthole drills enabling them to provide samples from blastholes as they drill as an aid to grade control. · 11 Jun 2013, 10:16 ...
Investing

Wishbone Gold to begin reverse circulation drilling at Red Setter project

PERTH - Wishbone Gold Plc (AIM and Aquis:WSBN) announced Friday that reverse circulation drilling will commence on October 21 at its Red Setter Gold Dome Project in Western Australia, located 20km ...
Mining

Boart Longyear Team Uses Dual-Tube Flooded Reverse Circulation Technique to Drill 60-inch Shaft through Loss Circulation Zones at Wyoming Coal Mine

SALT LAKE CITY – February 26, 2015 – A Boart Longyear (www.BoartLongyear.com) drilling team rose to the challenge as it bore down into the earth to create a ventilation shaft for an underground ...
London South East

Wishbone Gold to start reverse circulation drilling at Red Setter

(Alliance News) - Wishbone Gold PLC said on Friday it will start reverse circulation drilling at its Red Setter Gold Dome project on Tuesday next week. The miner with projects in Western Australia ...