Geothermal Event! Exhibitor at GRC Annual Meeting Explains the Advantages of Hydraulic Rotary Drilling

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Fast and highly efficient, hydraulic rotary drilling has been used for a broad range of applications for more than a century. However, says Signe Hansen, changing demands are continuously contributing to the development of new technology.

Boart Longyear, a leading service provider, explains how the end of the mining downturn and increased safety and environmental concerns are currently affecting the industry.

During the mining downturn, exploration budgets were minimised and demand for exploration rotary drilling - typically faster and less expensive than core drilling and thus often used in green-field exploration - fell. Now, it is slowly recovering. "We have seen an increase in demand on the exploration side of rotary as the industry is slowly increasing exploration budgets to locate possible new mineral supplies. We have also seen an increase in large rotary drilling (water well drilling)," says Michael Van Aacken, commercial manager for water services in the US at Boart Longyear.

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Boart Longyear is an exhibitor at the GRC Annual Meeting & Expo, 15-18 September at the Palm Springs Convention Center, California, USA.