Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2002
Abstract
In-seam drilling has two main purposes: gas drainage and exploration. Each hole can yield information on the geological structure of the ground drilled, but in the drilling of some gas drainage holes, valuable geological data is lost. Drilling technology has changed in some ways over the last ten years, but still has some way to go. There is room for more improvements to reduce the costs, to reduce the risks and to increase the information gathered.
Publication Details
This conference paper was originally published as Hanes, J, Current In-seam Drilling Techniques, in Aziz, N (ed), Coal 2002: Coal Operators' Conference, University of Wollongong & the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2002, 60-62.