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<title><![CDATA[ Hot rocks projects facing turbulence ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/comment/a-toast-to-absent-friends3</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ IN SWITZERLAND and the US, geothermal energy projects that drill deep into the Earth’s crust have encountered serious opposition from those citing concerns about earthquake risk. But, in both of these countries, the momentum for further geothermal exploration is continuing apace. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ UK bid to hit heat targets by 2020 ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/core-issues/uk-bid-to-hit-heat-targets-by-2020</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ THE Environment Agency report ‘Ground source heating and cooling pumps: state of play and future trends’ was commissioned to assess the role ground-source heating and cooling pumps could play in meeting the UK’s renewable energy targets. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ More exhibitors on show at GeoDrilling 2010 ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/tag-uses-specially-modified-drill-for-56m-deep-piles-in-hanoi3</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Exhibitors are lining up a range of new and innovative products and displaying their far-reaching capabilities at the forthcoming GeoDrilling 2010 exhibition. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Layne Christensen project freezes traffic ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/tag-uses-specially-modified-drill-for-56m-deep-piles-in-hanoi4</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ CLOSING off two of five traffic lanes on 11th Avenue in bustling downtown Manhattan to drill more than 200 freeze holes as part of a subway system upgrade was not the biggest problem facing Keith Myers and Joe Sopko of Layne Christensen. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bauer uses CSM for Hoover rehab ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/bauer-uses-csm-for-hoover-rehab</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ AFTER the disastrous impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the US Army Corps of Engineers considered the Herbert Hoover Dyke in Florida to be within the top 10 dams in the nation requiring rehabilitation. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco agrees to buy Quincy Compressors ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/atlas-copco-agrees-to-buy-quincy-compressors</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ ATLAS Copco has agreed to acquire Quincy Compressor from EnPro Industries for approximately US$190 million. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ More exhibitors on show at GeoDrilling 2010 ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/more-exhibitors-on-show-at-geodrilling-2010</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Exhibitors are lining up a range of new and innovative products and displaying their far-reaching capabilities at the forthcoming GeoDrilling 2010 exhibition. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Schlumberger finishes phase II hydro tests ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/schlumberger-finishes-phase-ii-hydro-tests</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ SCHLUMBERGER has completed a Phase II hydrogeologic characterisation programme for E&B Natural Resources at Antelope Hills Field in California. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stump uses Atlas Copco tool for German lock ground anchoring ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/stump-uses-atlas-copco-tool-for-german-lock-ground-anchoring</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ GERMAN foundations specialist Stump Spezialtiefbau is using an Atlas Copco XRVS 476 compressor to bore 45 26m-deep holes on a project to strengthen Guttenbach Lock on the River Neckar. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ DMA joins Golder ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/dma-joins-golder</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Duane Miller and Associates (DMA), a firm that specialises in arctic and geotechnical engineering, based in Anchorage, has become part of the Alaska operations of Golder Associates. Considered to have the largest cold-regions geotechnical laboratory in Alaska, DMA has also developed specialised geotechnical field-exploration methods and equipment to deal with extreme arctic and subarctic conditions. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trevi wins two special foundations contracts ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/trevi-wins-two-special-foundations-contracts</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ TREVI Foundations Nigeria, a company controlled by Gruppo Trevi, has won new special foundations contracts in West Africa totalling about US$60 million. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Northern Territory GEO ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/northern-territory-geo</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Australia’s Northern Territory entered the geothermal age in December when its legislation and regulations concerning geothermal exploration and development went ‘live’. Seventeen submissions for exploration licences were lodged ‘over the counter’ on the first day. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Chiltern hires BAM ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/chiltern-hires-bam</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Chiltern Railways has awarded BAM Nuttall a £190 million contract that will create a new main line from London Marylebone station to Oxfordshire and the Midlands, UK. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ GreenEarth in Anglesea ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/greenearth-in-anglesea</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Australia-based Greenearth Energy has been awarded a total of A$25million under the Victorian Government’s ‘Energy Technology Innovation Strategy’ for the next two stages of its Anglesea Geothermal Project. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bachy Soletanche conducts cliff-top piling project ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/bachy-soletanche-conducts-cliff-top-piling-project</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ BACHY Soletanche has completed a contiguous piled-wall installation project for the Portobello Pumping Station in East Sussex as part of Southern Water’s environmental-improvement scheme to bring cleaner seas to the area. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Lankelma ground investigation for Glasgow stadium ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/lankelma-ground-investigation-for-glasgow-stadium</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ LANKELMA carried out 23 full-displacement pressuremeter tests over four days in the east end of Glasgow along a proposed link road. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ground-source warms up care home ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/ground-source-warms-up-care-home</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A CARE home for the elderly that was commissioned by the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI) at Cramlington, Northumberland, UK, has benefited from a ground-source energy system. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/ground-source-warms-up-care-home</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Water plugs the gap for Dando ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/water-plugs-the-gap-for-dando</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ UK-BASED rig builder Dando Drilling has revealed that water is proving a hedge against recession for the company, which has been manufacturing and supplying waterwell-drilling machines for over 140 years. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tentative recovery not expected until 2011 ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/tentative-recovery-not-expected-until-2011</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ AFTER an estimated fall of over 12% in UK construction output in 2009 – the largest decline in a single year since records began in 1955 – the latest construction forecasts from the Construction Products Association predict a further slide of 3% in output this year, with the first tentative signs of recovery not expected until 2011. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cornish Holman rock drill is focal exhibition sculpture ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/cornish-holman-rock-drill-is-focal-exhibition-sculpture</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ CORNISH mining engineer Stephen Lay, owner of the Holman Rock Drill Collection, has been approached by the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly, London, to provide archival information regarding its ‘Wild Thing’ exhibition, featuring Jacob Epstein’s Rock Drill sculpture. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/cornish-holman-rock-drill-is-focal-exhibition-sculpture</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cresme finds future potential in Africa ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/cresme-finds-future-potential-in-africa</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ THE future is in Africa, according to Cresme, the Italian Research Institute specialising in construction, which has released a report called ‘Africa and emerging economies’, which states that the international market may be an effective response to the recession. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/cresme-finds-future-potential-in-africa</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Global rig training from Atlas Copco ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/global-rig-training-from-atlas-copco</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ ATLAS Copco has launched a global training programme for its customers’ drill-rig operators, available from early January 2010, called Drill Master, which consists of three levels – bronze, silver and gold. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/global-rig-training-from-atlas-copco</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gefco training seminar ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/gefco-training-seminar</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ GEFCO’s Fourteenth Annual Resource Drilling Fundamental Training Seminar will be held at its facility in Enid, Oklahoma, on May 10-14. For more email intsales@gefco.com or visit www.gefco.com. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/gefco-training-seminar</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Southeast Asia summit ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/southeast-asia-summit</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The Piling and Deep Foundations SE Asia summit takes place on March 23-24 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/southeast-asia-summit</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ SA GEO society course ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/sa-geo-society-course</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The Geological Society of South Africa will present a course on February 18-19 in Johannesburg on the subject of drilling methods in exploration and mining. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/sa-geo-society-course</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Innotrans 2010 on track ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/innotrans-2010-on-track</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The organisers of InnoTrans 2010, the rail technology trade fair being held on September 21-24 in Berlin, Germany, said it should have more registered exhibitors than in 2008. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ New rule pensions ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/new-rule-pensions</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Employers in UK small businesses will have until 2016 to establish new workplace pensions. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Water expo in Oregon ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/water-expo-in-oregon</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The 2010 Pacific Northwest Ground Water Expo takes place on February 19-20 in Portland, Oregon. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ SED 2010 postponed ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/sed-2010-postponed</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ SED 2010 has been postponed due to the current economic environment. Organisers said SED would return in May 2011, with the intervening year used to develop new show plans. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco expert guide ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/atlas-copco-expert-guide</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco has published Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining, sharing the knowledge of its product experts and customers through 11 technical articles and nine case studies. Topics include blasting techniques in open-cut metal mines, using technology and automation on site, and ergonomics and safety. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/atlas-copco-expert-guide</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Explosive results ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/explosive-results</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ THE new CIRIA guidance, ‘Unexploded Ordnance (UXO): A guide for the construction industry (C681)’, has been officially available since October 2009. It is hoped that this long-awaited document will bring a consistent and objective approach to assessing the risk from unexploded ordnance, particularly that related to bombs (UXB) from World Wars I and II. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Goettle proves the power of invention in Kentucky ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/goettle-proves-the-power-of-invention-in-kentucky</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ WHILE there are routine drilled foundations and anchored earth-retention projects being performed every day by International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC) members, every job has the potential to become something more than routine. When working underground, the most comprehensive pre-construction information cannot guarantee that one will not encounter unforeseen conditions. This is a given in the deep foundation industry. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/goettle-proves-the-power-of-invention-in-kentucky</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ New heights for downhole drilling ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/new-heights-for-downhole-drilling</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ HIGH above the deep valleys and canyons of Colorado’s Piceance Basin, Frank Westcott, president of Colorado-based Native Navigation, faces a challenge. He is listening to his directional driller’s plan to navigate a new borehole through 16 other wells already spudded from the drill pad they are standing on. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/new-heights-for-downhole-drilling</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Safer channels of communication ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/safer-channels-of-communication</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ THE word communication, in a biological context, means an activity by one organism that changes or has the potential to change the behaviour of other organisms. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stent brings sound of silence to Deptford piling project ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/stent-brings-sound-of-silence-to-deptford-piling-project</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ INNOVATIVE silent piling technology is being used to increase the level of flood-risk protection at Deptford Creek, southeast London, without disturbing the neighbours. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ DTH drilling tools extend their reach ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/dth-drilling-tools-extend-their-reach</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ In 2002, Atlas Copco launched the Secoroc COP 64 Gold, its most productive 6in DTH hammer ever. The company followed that up in 2004 with the Secoroc COP 54 Gold, for those who wanted the same performance in a smaller tool. Now, Atlas Copco says the family is complete with the launch of its latest model – the Secoroc COP 44 Gold. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Predicting the effect of temperature change on heat-exchanger piles ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/predicting-the-effect-of-temperature-change-on-heat-exchanger-piles</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ HEAT-EXCHANGER piles, as the main example of energy geostructures, are a sustainable technology for the heating and cooling of buildings. They consist of two main components: the pile foundations of a building, which transfer construction loads to the ground; and a system of heat exchange with the ground. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Singapore’s Downtown Linegoes underground at Bugis ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/singapores-downtown-linegoes-underground-at-bugis</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A TOTAL of 11 Liebherr excavator rigs, including seven HS 855 HD dutycycle crawler cranes, are being used by French contractor Soletanche Bachy to excavate deep trenches for the slurry wall being built as part of the Bugis interchange station at the new Downtown Mass Rapid Transit Line (DTL) in Singapore. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Two BSP heavyweights for New Orleans surge barrier ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/two-bsp-heavyweights-for-new-orleans-surge-barrier</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ BRITISH piling equipment manufacturer BSP International Foundations has supplied two of its heavy-duty hydraulic piling hammers for use in the construction of the world’s largest surge barrier, designed to protect the coastal city of New Orleans in Louisiana. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Testing begins on water-recycling system for Sonic rigs ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/testing-begins-on-water-recycling-system-for-sonic-rigs</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ THROUGHOUT the world, company CEOs and industry leaders are trying to be as environmentally responsible as possible – even in the messy world of drilling. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco unveils DrillAir Open Unit for contractors ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copco-unveils-drillair-open-unit-for-contractors</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ ATLAS Copco’s Portable Air division completes its DrillAir range with an Open Unit, delivering up to 727 litres/sec flow 727 litres/sec flow (1,550cfm) at 25 bar (365psi). The new DrillAir Open Units, XRVO 727 (XRVO 1550 CD 7) and XRXO 667 (XRXO 1400 CD7), offer a dedicated open-frame design for specialist applications and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) system integration. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ BSS Industrial teams up with Kensa Heat Pumps ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/bss-industrial-teams-up-with-kensa-heat-pumps</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ UK GROUNDSOURCE heat-pump manufacturer Kensa Engineering, based in Cornwall, UK, has joined BSS Industrial’s portfolio of manufacturing partners. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ground-breaking trio from Fordia ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/ground-breaking-trio-from-fordia</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A NEW matrix, designed especially for soft and abrasive ground, has been introduced on the market by Canadian manufacturer Fordia. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sandvik seals submerged drilling equipment deal with Severstal ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/sandvik-seals-submerged-drilling-equipment-deal-with-severstal</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ SANDVIK Mining and Construction and LLC Beresitoviy Rudnik, owned by Russian steel and mining company Severstal, have signed an agreement regarding the supply of submerged drilling equipment. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/sandvik-seals-submerged-drilling-equipment-deal-with-severstal</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Soilmec set to present new hydromill at Bauma ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/soilmec-set-to-present-new-hydromill-at-bauma</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ SOILMEC will be present at German expo Bauma with a wide range of equipment, technologies and services, including the CH-10 hydromill, which has been applied for the first time on the SC-100 with a DMS2-controlled, electro-proportional installation. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/soilmec-set-to-present-new-hydromill-at-bauma</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco compresses scrappage scheme ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copco-compresses-scrappage-scheme</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ ATLAS Copco Compressors has extended the idea of the UK car-scrappage scheme into the compressed air arena, so that it is not only car owners who will benefit when the time comes for equipment replacement. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copco-compresses-scrappage-scheme</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sandvik signs Cubex as underground dealer ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/sandvik-signs-cubex-as-underground-dealer</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ SANDVIK Mining and Construction has entered into a dealer agreement with Canada-based Cubex to market, distribute and support its underground-mining product line, including all drills, booster/compressor packages, ancillary support components and water-pump systems. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/sandvik-signs-cubex-as-underground-dealer</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Baker Hughes hots up ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/baker-hughes-hots-up</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Baker Hughes is to create drills and measurement equipment that can function at 600ºF to tap geothermal energy. Honeywell International, Schlumberger and General Electric Co are also understood to be working on instruments and electronics that work reliably at 600ºF. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/baker-hughes-hots-up</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Leica site device ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/leica-site-device</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Leica’s Builder Series is designed for non-technical, construction professionals to perform layout, positioning and other daily site tasks. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/leica-site-device</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ New identity for Nicholson ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/new-identity-for-nicholson</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ NICHOLSON Construction Company has updated its logo and visual identity to incorporate the new branding elements created for the recent merger (at the holding company level) of Nicholson’s parent company, Soletanche Bachy, and the Freyssinet Group. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/new-identity-for-nicholson</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ IPI SWiPS and Datalogger Flowmeter used in Israel ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/ipi-swips-and-datalogger-flowmeter-used-in-israel</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ AUSTRALIA’S Inflatable Packers International (IPI) has supplied its Standard Wireline Packer System (SWiPS) for use on a 700m-deep investigation for a hydro-electric site at Gilboa in Israel. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/ipi-swips-and-datalogger-flowmeter-used-in-israel</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco rolls out hydraulic rock drill for long-hole work ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copco-rolls-out-hydraulic-rock-drill-for-long-hole-work</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ ATLAS Copco has introduced a completely new hydraulic rock drill – the COP 3060MUX – for use in underground long-hole drilling. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copco-rolls-out-hydraulic-rock-drill-for-long-hole-work</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ GSP pile workshop ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/gsp-pile-workshop</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ GSP and Pile Dynamics will hold a workshop on March 25 in Hamburg, Germany, on GRLWEAP – a 1D wave-equation analysis program that simulates pile response to pile-driving equipment. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/gsp-pile-workshop</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Van Walt website ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/van-walt-website</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A new website has been launched by Van Walt at www.vanwalt.com. The site offers information on the company’s range of equipment plus environmental information on techniques and best practice. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/van-walt-website</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tritech Starfish boost ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/tritech-starfish-boost</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Tritech’s shallow-water StarFish sonar systems now have the advantage of real-time and postprocessing power, allowing users to produce high-resolution maps and reports in a variety of formats. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/tritech-starfish-boost</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hydraquip hose unit ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/hydraquip-hose-unit</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ January saw Hydraquip open a metal-hose division in a 6,000ft2 modern industrial unit in Bolton, Lancashire, UK. The team previously worked together at Flexible Hose Supplies’ Bolton office for many years. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/hydraquip-hose-unit</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Chicago pneumatic ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/chicago-pneumatic</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Chicago Pneumatic is to make its portable compressors and generators available in the whole of Europe. This will involve converting the Irmair brand into Chicago Pneumatic. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/chicago-pneumatic</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Schlumberger Hydro ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/schlumberger-hydro</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Schlumberger Water Services has released Hydro GeoBuilder, a hydrogeologic conceptual modelling software developed to advance the process of building and evaluating groundwater-flow models. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/schlumberger-hydro</guid>
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