Driling Services
 
GSI has a team of professionals capable of handling different types of drilling operations in different geological settings spread over different parts of the country. GSI has developed expertise in drilling for geothermal resources, in glaciated regions, and also in arid regions. GSI fabricated special equipment for drilling through clay. Apart from conventional wet drilling, GSI has developed expertise in dry drilling and also developed foam drilling methods for better core recovery in case of dusty ores.
 
The drilling rigs include Joy (USA), Crealius (Sweden), Longyear (Canada), Ziff and 1BQ-15H (Russian) Larsen-Toubro (India), Voltas and Greaves (India) and deep drilling rigs from BRGM, France along with geophysical loggers.
 
Throughout years capabilities developed by GSI in drilling operations under varied conditions is borne out by the following successful exploration records.
 
  • Agnigundala and Mailaram copper (A.P) Malanjkhand copper (M.P.) Khetri copper (Rajasthan) Singhbhum copper (Bihar)
  • Ambaji, Rajpura-Dariba basemetal investigation
  • East Coast bauxite (Orissa & A.P.)
  • Ramagiri gold (A.P.) Hutti and Gadag gold (Karnataka)
  • Wajrakarur (A.P.) and Panna (M.P.) diamond investigations
  • Kudremukh iron ore, , Bailadila iron ore project
  • Gold investigation in north Kolar schist belt in collaboration with BRGM
  • Molybdenite in Harur (T.N.)
  • Foundation investigation for Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu
  • Bonai, Koraput and Keonjhar manganese investigation (Orissa)
  • Sukhinda chromite in Orissa
  • Nagaur gypsum and Satipura potash investigation (Rajasthan)
  • Cassiterite (tin) investigation in Bastar district, M.P.
  • Diamond investigation, Raigadh district, M.P.
  • Tosham tin-tungsten (Haryana) and Gurhar Pahar gold investigation in U.P.
Services available
 
  • GSI can take up exploratory drilling work for coal, lignite and coal bed methane in soft rocks as well as for minerals in hard and very hard terrain.
  • GSI is capable of drilling up to 1200m in hard and soft terrain
  • Capable of drilling for geothermal resources by effectively controlling elevated temperature and pressure.
  • Capable of wet and dry drilling under any climatic conditions
  • Can render technical expertise in mineral exploration and assessment programme.
 
 
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