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.
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