Cost effectiveness of sonic drilling

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/238183· OSTI ID:238183

Masten, D; Booth, S R

Sonic drilling (combination of mechanical vibrations and rotary power) is an innovative environmental technology being developed in cooperation with DOE`s Arid-Site Volatile Organic Compounds Integrated Demonstration at Hanford and the Mixed Waste Landfill Integrated Demonstration at Sandia. This report studies the cost effectiveness of sonic drilling compared with cable-tool and mud rotary drilling. Benefit of sonic drilling is its ability to drill in all types of formations without introducing a circulating medium, thus producing little secondary waste at hazardous sites. Progress has been made in addressing the early problems of failures and downtime.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 238183
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-96-1328; ON: DE96010943; CRN: C/PNL--016
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
DRILLING
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
CORING EQUIPMENT
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SAMPLING
BOREHOLES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS