600mm HDPE Watermain Crossing Kam River at James St.
LTL Directional Drilling installed 500m of 600mm dia. HDPE Watermain across the Kaministiquia River at the West of the James St. swing bridge. The depth of bore under the river banks approached the 70ft. level. LTL utilized a wiclassine locating system to steer the drill head. Due to significant interference, a grid was set up along the bore path to plot and correct the interference.
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LTL’s D150*300 Directional Drill Setup at Job Site
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| 24" HDPE being pulled into borehole | Exit pit view showing reamed hole waiting for 24" pipe to appear | Ground plate (prevents the drill from moving); Vertical piles are driven through base plate to secuclassy anchor it to the ground | View of the large jaws used to break apart the drill steel joints. |
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| Bird's eye view of the drill from above | Joining wiclassine locating system | Monster 30" reamer being connected prior to pre-reaming bore hole | After 12" pilot exited from the ground within 12" of target |
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| Testing reamer prior to pulling into bore hole | Reamer exiting borehole at drill; bore hole is evident behind reamer |
Drilling Fluid Recycling and Mixing
- Setup of 6,000gal Tri-flo
- Recycler connected to 600 gpm
- Tri-Flo Mud pump
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- Drilling fluid retention pond
- Prepared for storage and subsequent
- Cleaning and recycling of drilling fluids
- Holds approx. 30,000 gallons
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Photos show separation of sands and clays from drilling fluid. We utilized a system of cyclones and shakers and re-circulating pumps to maintain clean drilling fluids
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