Sonic Drilling
Sonic drilling is ideal for both deep and shallow drilling applications where an undisturbed
core sampling is required or difficult drilling conditions exist. It uses a high frequency,
resonant energy, and rotation which allows the core barrel to advance through almost any geological formation;
penetration rates are up to five times faster than conventional drilling methods.
Sonic drilling reduces investigation-derived waste by as much as 80 percent while also lowering the
risk of project failure due to unknown or difficult subsurface conditions.
- Sonic Drilling offers an unrivalled production rate through overburden when compared to comparable techniques,
including through hard and soft formations, cobbles, boulders, made ground etc.
- Sonic Drilling does not suffer from refusal upon encountering difficult to drill material –
builds confidence in upfront supply chain cost projections
- Quality continuous soil profiling offered as standard
- Most in-situ geotechnical samplers/apparatus easily incorporated between drill runs
- Option to utilise rigs for conventional rotary coring including triple tube rotary coring thus offering huge degree
of flexibility when drilling and sampling
