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Water well , geological and mining drilling


Foraco realises geological and geotechnical exploration drillings with all associated measurements.

Foraco operates on sites with a difficult access and reduced emplacement, in ountainous areas and with drilling depths that can be greater than 2 000 meters, with drilling angles from vertical up to horizontal.




Diamond core drilling, conventional or wireline

Foraco's decades of experience have made it an expert in this delicate technique; as well as achieving optimum recovery rates; it can carry out core orientation measurements and trajectory verification.

In association with his partners, FORACO is able to supply a complete range of services including the supply of a geological section, permeability tests, dilatometer tests, hydro-fracturing constraint measurements, instantaneous loggings, structural measurements with core orientation, piezometric equipment.

The range of use is 0 to 2 000 metres. The usual diameters range between SQWL and BQWL. Foraco has 18 machines capable of carrying out core drillings, mounted on 6-wheel or 4-wheel drive trucks, on tracked vehicles, or skid-mounted.

For more information, download the wireline core drilling sheet >>




Mixed drilling (RC plus core drilling)

In many cases, the client has no particular interest in the initial geological layers.

Foraco has therefore developed a mixed drilling method, using the same rig, which allows the barren layer to be drilled using RC and then to core drill the target horizons.
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foraco : water well , geological and mining drilling