When it comes to serious environmental drilling, every job is different. Thus you'll need different types of equipment and techniques for whatever the situation calls for. Reverse circulation drilling is an important type of geotechnical …
What Is Mineral Exploration Drilling, Anyway? Your Complete Guide
You can’t help but to wonder what lies beneath the surface of the earth. What types of minerals exist, and where? Fortunately, with the right mineral exploration drilling approach, you can literally uncover valuable mineral sources and learn where …
Pro Tips for Saving Money with Diamond Drilling
Productivity is important with any drilling job. The equipment isn’t cheap, and it’s important to get the most out of it. And when you set yourself up right, you’ll be able to do the fastest job with the best quality of service. This means both …
Tips for Core Recovery
Geotechnical drilling comes into play when you’re working with oil rigs or when you evaluate a site prior to construction. After the geotechnical survey is completed, you’ll have a profile of the soil throughout the site. This lets the engineering …
Reverse Circulation Drilling vs. Diamond Drilling
Depending on your job and the conditions of the site, you may wish to opt for either reverse circulation drilling or diamond drilling. Let’s take a brief look at how they stack up against one another: Reverse circulation (RC) drilling is …
Tips for Drilling through Hard Rock
Now that we’ve looked into some of the problems you might run into when drilling through soft rock, let’s look at the other end of the scale. Anything over six on the Mohs scale of hardness is considered hard rock. This includes some …
Tips for Drilling through Soft Rock
Although we most often associate hard rock with difficulties in drilling, there are some challenges that come specifically when you work with soft rock. Here’s an overview of soft rock drilling, courtesy of your favourite Sydney drilling company, BG …
Most Significant Innovation in Mineral Exploration Drilling in Half a Century
One of the beautiful things about the drilling industry is that it continues to develop. The techniques and equipment we use today are leagues ahead of those we used a century ago. And with each new innovation, the drilling world changes to …
Pro Tips for Geotechnical Drilling Projects
Geotechnical drilling is performed before any construction on a site begins. It is the use of drilling to determine the composition of soil at different depths throughout the site. No matter what you’re building, you need to make sure it …
