Caterpillar has confirmed that it is working on a new, as yet unnamed horizontal jumbo drill.
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Boart Longyear launches new down the hole hammers
Boart Longyear has released a new BLH series of DTH hammers and bits.
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Radiation exposure on Chinchilla-based Weatherford CSG rig
QGC has only recently revealed to local press a radiation exposure incident that took place near Chinchilla in February.
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Origin restarts CSG drilling after asbestos scare
Origin has recommenced drilling at five rig sites in Queensland after asbestos was found in its supplier’s drilling mud.
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Origin’s drilling still suspended after asbestos scare
Drilling is still suspended, with no forecast restart, after Origin uncovered traces of asbestos in its supplier’s drilling mud.
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Origin uncovers asbestos in its drilling mud
Origin has suspended drilling across 12 rig sites after asbestos was found in its supplier’s drilling mud.
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Two workers injured in drilling accident
Two Maverick Drilling workers are in a critical condition following an industrial accident yesterday, in the US.
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Sandvik and Maptek team up for planning and automation systems
Sandvik and Maptek have joined together to develop integrated mine planning and execution solutions as well as automation systems.
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Santos forced to stop CSG work as protests continue
Protests and blockades are continuing near the Pilliga State forest where Santos was forced to stop work on its CSG drilling program yesterday.
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Queensland LNG industry to create 20,000 jobs
Queensland’s gas boom is set to continue with predictions that in the next two decades the industry will lift the state’s real gross domestic product by an average of $25 billion a year.
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Partnership developed to create new exploration technologies
Geoscience Australia and the DET CRC are partnering together to uncover new Australian mineral provinces.
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Ausdrill wins OZ Minerals contract extension
Ausdrill has completed renegotiations to extend its existing contract until the end of the Prominent Hill mine’s open pit life in 2018.
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Sandvik acquires Varel International to enter oil and gas space
Sandvik will acquire drilling consumables company Varel International Energy Services.
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Australian Mining Prospect Award Winners: Innovative Mining Solution – Downhole Surveys for Azimuth Aligner
Downhole Surveys have taken out this years’ Innovative Mining Solution Award for developing a drill aligner which cuts the time it takes to align a drill from hours to under five minutes.
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Doubts raised over CSG well capacity to feed Curtis Island LNG plants
Doubts have been raised over whether Queensland’s coal seam gas fields can produce enough to feed Curtis Island’s LNG export plants, with claims that many wells are not meeting production expectations.
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Pilliga State forest blockade continues as locals protest Santos CSG
Protests and blockades are continuing near the Pilliga State forest as locals aim to disrupt planned CSG drilling programs by gas giant Santos.
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We will not go where we’re not wanted: Santos
Santos CEO David Knox has reaffirmed his company will not pursue CSG exploration on properties that do not want it after being quizzed about the potential health effects of the sector on ABC’s Q&A program.
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Santos given approval for CSG drilling in Pilliga
Santos has been given the go ahead to drill eight exploration coal seam gas wells in the Pilliga Forest in north-west NSW.
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Murphy Oil seeks approval to drill near Abrolhos Islands
Murphy Oil has submitted documents seeking federal approval to drill an exploration well 30km from the Batavia shipwreck near the Abrolhos Islands off Western Australia.
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IPB Petroleum to make oil splash in Browse Basin
A junior oil exploration company’s hard work is set to pay off with predictions they are sitting on close to 1 billion barrels of oil.
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