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  2. New drilling technologies - Wikipedia

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    the price of boring rises linearly with depth; bore axis with neutral floating; the possibility to make vertical or inclined bores up to 10 km deep; the possibility to make large diameter bores – even 5 times larger than on the ground compared to today drilling technologies; casing formed on site in the borehole

  3. Well drilling - Wikipedia

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    Tricone rock bit. Well drilling is the process of drilling a hole in the ground for the extraction of a natural resource such as ground water, brine, natural gas, or petroleum, for the injection of a fluid from surface to a subsurface reservoir or for subsurface formations evaluation or monitoring.

  4. Borehole mining - Wikipedia

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    Borehole Mining (BHM) is a remote operated method of extraction (mining) of mineral resources through boreholes based on in-situ conversion of ores into a mobile form (slurry) by means of high pressure water jetting (hydraulicking). This process is carried-out from a land surface, open pit floor, underground mine or floating vessel through pre ...

  5. Borehole - Wikipedia

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    As the depth of the holes varied, the drilling of a single well could last nearly one full decade. [4] It was not up until the 19th century that Europe and the West would catch up and rival ancient Chinese borehole drilling technology. [10] [5] For many years, the world's longest borehole was the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia.

  6. Baptist well drilling - Wikipedia

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    Baptist well drilling diagram in Spanish. Baptist well drilling is a very simple, manual method to drill water wells. The Baptist drilling rig can be built in any ordinary arc welding workshop and materials for a basic version costs about 150 US dollars (2006 prices). In suitable conditions, boreholes over 100 m deep have been drilled with this ...

  7. Measurement while drilling - Wikipedia

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    A drilling rig is used to create a borehole or well (also called a wellbore) in the earth's sub-surface, for example in order to extract natural resources such as gas or oil. During such drilling, data is acquired from the drilling rig sensors for a range of purposes such as: decision-support to monitor and manage the smooth operation of ...

  8. Boring (earth) - Wikipedia

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    Boring is drilling a hole, tunnel, or well in the Earth. It is used for various applications in geology, agriculture, hydrology, civil engineering, and mineral exploration. Today, most Earth drilling serves one of the following purposes: return samples of the soil and/or rock through which the drill passes; access rocks from which material can ...

  9. Richards Bay Minerals - Wikipedia

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    The company's principal operations are just north of Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in a 2-kilometer wide by 17-kilometer long strip of mineral-rich sand dunes. The area is known as Zulti North mine lease area and will continue to be mined until 2030. [ 2 ]