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Exploration drilling in the Nubian Desert, Sudan | Geotechnical investigations on Tailings Dam, Jamaica |
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Geothermal installations for school, Sussex, UK | Drilling for domestic waterwell installation, Cornwall, UK |
| Location: | Germany, Wilhelmshaven |
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| Client: | Conoco Philips |
| Project: | Geotechnical investigations associated with constrcution of sensitive structures on oil refinery |
| Ground: | Holocene sediments, overconsolidated Quaternary clays |
| Techniques: | Geobore 'S' wireline coring to 60m, Class 'A' Undisturbed sampling, including Shelby tubes, Eurocode compliant |
| Contract: | £100k |
| Location: | Caribbean, Aruba |
| Client: | Wiertsema & Partners B.V. |
| Project: | Geotechnical investigation for onshore windfarm park |
| Ground: | Undifferentiated Lava Flows and Coral Sands |
| Techniques: | Rotary coring to 25m, disturbed / undisturbed sampling, in-situ testing |
| Contract: | £45k |
| Location: | West Africa, Liberia |
| Client: | Arcelor Mittal |
| Project: | Geotechnical investigations associated with loading / unloading quay facilities, storage and materials handling infrastructure for iron ore mine. |
| Ground : | Recent Marine Sediments, Diorite |
| Techniques: | Rotary coring to 50m, percussive sampling, disturbed / undisturbed sampling, in-situ permaebility testing |
| Contract: | £500k |
| Location: | UK, Central London |
| Client: | STATS |
| Project: | Geotechnical investigations for deep basement and high rise development |
| Ground : | London Clay, Thanet Sands and Chalk |
| Techniques: | Geobore 'S' wireline coring to 60m, High Pressure Dilatometer testing |
| Contract: | £65k |
| Location: | UK, Cornwall |
| Client: | Dean and Dyball Rail |
| Project: | Investigation of Ancient Mine Workings along mainline railway London to Penzance |
| Ground: | Granite |
| Techniques: | Monitoring While Drilling Systems (MWD), Rotary open hole and coring |
| Contract: | £375k |
| Project: | Carribean, Jamaica |
| Client: | Alcoa |
| Project: | Geotechnical investigations associated with new residue disposal areas (RDA), railway and rope conveyor infrastructure for Bauxite mine. Hydro-geological investigation of the karstic limestone was of critical importance to the project in determining the stability and potential contamination of local aquifers. |
| Ground: | Bauxite, traditional transported soils and karstic limestone |
| Techniques: | Monitoring While Drilling Systems (MWD), Rotary coring to 50m, percussive sampling, disturbed / undisturbed sampling, packer testing |
| Contract: | £1.1m |
| Project: | Investigations associated with proposed new tailings disposal technique |
| Ground: | Tailings |
| Techniques: | High quality undisturbed sampling and CPT testing from platform a on highly caustic tailings lakes |
| Contract: | £45k |
| Project: | Over-water investigations to 40m associated with port re-development following hurricane damage |
| Ground: | Recent sediments and karstic Limestone |
| Techniques: | High quality undisturbed sampling, CPT testing and rotary coring from barge |
| Contract: | £55k |
| Location: | Sudan, Nubian Desert |
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| Client: | Brinsley Associates |
| Project: | Gold Exploration |
| Ground: | Gossan overlying volcanics and massive sulphides |
| Techniques: | HQ wireline coring to 300m, inclined boreholes |
| Contract: | £1.1m |
| Location: | Caucuses, Georgia |
| Client: | Geopro Mining |
| Project: | Gold and Copper Exploration |
| Ground: | Volcanics |
| Techniques: | HQ and NQ wireline coring to 600m, inclined boreholes |
| Contract: | £0.8m |
| Location: | East Africa, Kenya |
| Client: | Bamburi Lafarge |
| Project: | Limestone Exploration |
| Ground: | Limestone and Schist |
| Techniques: | HQ and NQ wireline coring to 300m, inclined boreholes |
| Contract: | £0.7m |
| Location: | Balkans, Kosovo |
| Client: | Lydian Resources |
| Project: | Gold and Copper Exploration |
| Ground: | Volcanics |
| Techniques: | HQ and NQ wireline coring to 700m, inclined boreholes |
| Contract: | £500k |
| Location: | UK, Lighthorne Heath |
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| Client: | Earth Energy Ltd |
| Project: | Retro-fit Geothermal |
| Ground: | Gravels over Lias Clay |
| Techniques: | Mud rotary drilling to 80m depth. Installations for housing association with restricted access. |
| Contract: | £175k |
| Location: | UK, Frampton |
| Client: | Earth Energy Ltd |
| Project: | Retro-fit Geothermal |
| Ground: | Lias Clay |
| Techniques: | Mud rotary and air flush with ‘clean drilling' techniques to minimise disturbance. |
| Contract: | £8k |
| Location: | UK, Brighton |
| Client: | Earth Energy Ltd |
| Project: | New Build Commercial |
| Ground: | Chalk |
| Techniques: | Rotary air mist flush |
| Contract: | £20k |
| Location: | UK, Lincolnshire |
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| Client: | Private |
| Project: | Domestic water wells |
| Ground: | Jurassic Limestone |
| Techniques: | Air drilling 100m depth |
| Contract: | £5k |
| Location: | UK, Cheshire |
| Client: | Private |
| Project: | Domestic water wells |
| Ground: | Glacial deposits over sandstone |
| Techniques: | Air drilling 120m |
| Contract: | £7k |
