Downhole geophysical data acquisition during reverse circulation drilling for mining

Timothy Hopper; Matthew Schubert; Grand Joldes; Brendan Moran; Paul Kalisch; Mark Crumby; Nick Buters; Kai-Uwe Ott; Kamil Rogozinski; Quentin Morgan; Tom Neville; Harish Shanmugam; Ralf Zaeper; Jonathan Lowe; Andrew Prince

doi:10.1080/22020586.2019.12072916

2nd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference: Data to Discovery

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oa Downhole geophysical data acquisition during reverse circulation drilling for mining
Authors Timothy Hopper^a,c, Matthew Schubert^a, Grand Joldes^a, Brendan Moran^b, Paul Kalisch^b, Mark Crumby^b, Nick Buters^b, Kai-Uwe Ott^a, Kamil Rogozinski^a, Quentin Morgan^a, Tom Neville^a, Harish Shanmugam^a, Ralf Zaeper^a, Jonathan Lowe^b and Andrew Prince^b
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^a Qteq Pty Ltd, , 1/41 Kishorn Rd, Applecross, , WA, 6153 ^b Wallis Drilling Pty Ltd, , 54 Beaconsfield Ave, Midvale, , WA, 6056 ^c Contact: Timothy Hopper, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2019, Issue 2nd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference: Data to Discovery, Dec 2019, p. 1 - 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22020586.2019.12072916
- Published online: 01 Dec 2019

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Summary

Measurement While Drilling (MWD) and Logging While Drilling (LWD) tools acquire geophysical and operational data from directly behind the bit during drilling operations. Traditionally, such tools have only been integrated into mud rotary drilling systems used in the oil and gas industry and are not available to the mining industry, where reverse circulation (RC) is the prevalent drilling method.

A joint venture between Wallis Drilling and Qteq was formed to develop tools that acquire geophysical data while using RC drilling systems. In this paper, we present drillMAX, the world’s first MWD tool for use in RC drilling.

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Keyword(s): Borehole Logging; Geophysics; LWD; MWD; RC Drilling

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