MANIC MECHANIC
06-07-2004, 06:07 PM
After 3 1/2 months I finally shipped this job to Mexico.
This is an underground gas drill, they use this in some coal mines to de-gas the mine and collect the naturally occuring methane gas that used to be vented from coal mines or would require shutting the mine down- OR cause a major explosion.
Today they collect the gas and make millions off of what they used to throw away.
This drill is used to drill a 3" hole along the coal seam up to 6000'
deep- this is a horizontal hole as opposed to the verticle holes they used to drill for gas, they then put a casing pipe into the hole to a certain depth and concrete it in, then they use vacume pumps to collect the gas. several people I have talked to recently have expressed an interest in seeing some pictures so here they are.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0006-med.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0007-med.JPG
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;) Tim
This is an underground gas drill, they use this in some coal mines to de-gas the mine and collect the naturally occuring methane gas that used to be vented from coal mines or would require shutting the mine down- OR cause a major explosion.
Today they collect the gas and make millions off of what they used to throw away.
This drill is used to drill a 3" hole along the coal seam up to 6000'
deep- this is a horizontal hole as opposed to the verticle holes they used to drill for gas, they then put a casing pipe into the hole to a certain depth and concrete it in, then they use vacume pumps to collect the gas. several people I have talked to recently have expressed an interest in seeing some pictures so here they are.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0006-med.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0007-med.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0008-med.JPG http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0009-med.JPG http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0010-med.JPG http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0011-med.JPG http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0012-med.JPG http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/11912004_0602drill0013-med.JPG
;) Tim