Final Technical Report for “A Heliportable Sonic Drilling Platform for Microhole Drilling and Exploration”
- Resodyn Corporation, Butte, MT (United States)
Exploration and development of new energy resources in remote and environmentally sensitive areas can benefit greatly from a reduction in the size of drilling equipment and the associated equipment for its operation. In particular, microhole sonic drilling technology can significantly reduce costs for: 1.) drilling equipment size, 2.) well construction, 3.) placement of subterranean instrumentation and 4.) exploratory drilling costs. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide reliable, small footprint, instrumentation deployment systems that can operate at lower costs and in environmentally sensitive areas that are not accessible to conventional drilling systems. Sonic drilling, combined with an advanced control technology, termed ResonantSonic Tracking™ (RST™) is proposed as a method to meet the DOE requirements.
- Research Organization:
- Resodyn Corporation, Butte, MT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-06ER84618
- OSTI ID:
- 927796
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/84618-1 Final Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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