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<title><![CDATA[ A toast to absent friends ]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[ IT IS with sadness that we note in this month’s issue of GeoDrilling the passing of major drilling industry figures Les Nichol and Bill Barrett. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ TAG uses specially modified drill for 56m-deep piles in Hanoi ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/tag-uses-specially-modified-drill-for-56m-deep-piles-in-hanoi2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ FOUNDATION specialist Thien An Group (TAG) of Vietnam is using a newly-delivered Liebherr LB 28 rotary-drilling rig for the excavation of 56m-deep piles on a commercial building being constructed in the centre of Hanoi. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trevi reports revenues up and rise in profitability ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/trevi-reports-revenues-up-and-rise-in-profitability2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Gruppo Trevi’s interim results to September 30, 2009, reveal growth in revenues and an increase in profitability, particularly at the level of net profit, despite an unfavourable global macro-economic climate ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bachy embarks on four-week remediation project ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/bachy-embarks-on-four-week-remediation-project</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Bachy Soletanche is working on a fast-track, four-week project at Nab Scar near Grasmere in the UK’s Lake District, conducting remedial work on a 40° cliff face ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Major Drilling eyes recovery as revenue climbs ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/major-drilling-eyes-recovery-as-revenue-climbs</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Major Drilling Group International Inc has reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2010 ended October 31, 2009, posting quarterly revenue of C$75.5 million, down 60% from the C$191 million recorded for the same quarter last year, but up C$13 million, or 21%, from the first quarter of fiscal 2010 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ BGS boasts a ‘worldfirst’ with UK map service  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/bgs-boasts-a-worldfirst-with-uk-map-service</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The British Geological Survey’s (BGS’s) Open­Geoscience is a new web service that provides free geological maps for the whole of Great Britain, images from its extensive collection of photographs and a wide range of other digital information ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ BBGE proves it is worth its salt in Ireland ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/bbge-proves-it-is-worth-its-salt-in-ireland2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE) has completed its first contract in Ireland since aligning its divisional businesses in the country two months ago ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Zebra earns its stripes on St Johns River ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/zebra-earns-its-stripes-on-st-johns-river2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ US-based Zebra Environmental has completed a series of direct sensing and sampling events from a river-barge platform on St Johns River in northeast Florida ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Carpenter Drilling and Nicholson awarded US Energy jet-injection test programme ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/carpenter-drilling-and-nicholson-awarded-us-energy-jet-injection-test-programme2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M HILL) has awarded Carpenter Drilling and Nicholson, the North American business unit of Soletanche Bachy Group, a construction subcontract worth US$330,000 for a jet-injection test programme at the US Department of Energy’s 100N Area on the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ SGL installs piling for East India section of DLR 3-Car project ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/sgl-installs-piling-for-east-india-section-of-dlr-3-car-project2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Systems Geotechnique (SGL) has finished installing 82No 340/300mm-diameter piles at East India Dockland Light Railway (DLR) station in London for Taylor Woodrow, as part of the DLR 3-Car Enlargement Project ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/sgl-installs-piling-for-east-india-section-of-dlr-3-car-project2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Geothermal germany ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/geothermal-germany</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The installation of systems to warm up buildings and generate electricity using energy from beneath the Earth’s surface is set to expand more quickly in Germany than other carbon-free energy sources, according to a Deutsche Bank report ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Nevada Geo wins grant ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/nevada-geo-wins-grant2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The US Treasury Department has approved a grant of US$57.9 million for Nevada Geothermal Power’s Blue Mountain Geo – Faulkner 1 geothermal power plant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Land-Drill investigates Scottish eco-centre site ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/land-drill-investigates-scottish-eco-centre-site</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Land-Drill has been involved in the construction of an innovative new eco-centre being built by West Lothian Council at Beecraigs Country Park, just outside Linlithgow in Scotland ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Idaho energy drill ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/idaho-energy-drill2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Geologists plan to drill a pair of mile-deep holes in southern Idaho in a hunt for geothermal fields that could be tapped to produce energy ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ GrundoBurst for sanasa ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/grundoburst-for-sanasa2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Sanasa, the water authority for Brazilian city Campinas, will be using a Grundoburst 400 G3 in a large-scale pipebursting exercise to renew damaged drinking-water pipelines ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sierra starts Alum exploration drill  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/sierra-starts-alum-exploration-drill2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Sierra Geothermal Power (SGP) has started drilling a production-assessment observation well at the Alum project, near the Nevada-California border in Esmeralda County, Nevada ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/sierra-starts-alum-exploration-drill2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Lankelma UK11 rig in Antarctica trip to test polar snow ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/lankelma-uk11-rig-in-antarctica-trip-to-test-polar-snow2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Lankelma has designed and constructed UK11, a cone-penetration testing rig that can be attached to a tractor’s rear three-point linkage ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Testconsult records displacement data for flyover project near Southampton  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/testconsult-records-displacement-data-for-flyover-project-near-southampton2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ UK-based Testconsult has been involved in a contract to replace bridge bearings beneath live loads at the Redbridge Flyover on the A34, close to Southampton Docks ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drill-pads/testconsult-records-displacement-data-for-flyover-project-near-southampton2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Goodbye to a gentleman geologist ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/goodbye-to-a-gentleman-geologist</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A former chairman of the BDA, Dr Bill Barrett is best remembered for advancing quarry geology and its associated exploration drilling ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sudden farewell to a Scottish giant ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/sudden-farewell-to-a-scottish-giant</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The British drilling industry bids a fond farewell to Les Nichol, one of its most dedicated and caring professionals and also a former chairman of the BDA ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Jon Higgins joins Eaton Geotechnics ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/jon-higgins-joins-eaton-geotechnics</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Senior geotechnical engineer Jon Higgins has joined Eaton Geotechnics to supplement the Midlands-based company’s technical team in the wake of increasing contracts and growing enquiry levels ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/jon-higgins-joins-eaton-geotechnics</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ellis president of Terex Construction ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/ellis-president-of-terex-construction</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ George Ellis has been named president of Terex Construction, reporting to Tom Riordan, Terex’s president and COO ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/ellis-president-of-terex-construction</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ UK construction sector proves healthier than predicted in Q3 ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/uk-construction-sector-proves-healthier-than-predicted-in-q3</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The UK construction industry was stronger in the third quarter than first thought, with official data showing expansion from the effects of fiscal stimulus ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/uk-construction-sector-proves-healthier-than-predicted-in-q3</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Buildings energy bill ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/buildings-energy-bill</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The provisions of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive have been strengthened, raising the ambitions of the text beyond the original proposals of the European Commission ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/buildings-energy-bill</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ UK Construction TSAR ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/uk-construction-tsar</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Paul Morrell has been appointed to the newly-created post of chief construction adviser to the UK Government ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/uk-construction-tsar</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mitchell Energy names McIver as GM ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/mitchell-energy-names-mciver-as-gm</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Martin McIver has been appointed as general manager of Mitchell Energy Group (MEG) ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/mitchell-energy-names-mciver-as-gm</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Raspino 2010 chair of IADC ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/raspino-2010-chair-of-iadc</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Louis Raspino, president & CEO of Pride International, has been elected as the 2010 chairman of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/raspino-2010-chair-of-iadc</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ World non-ferrous exploration budgets drop US$5.5 billion ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/world-non-ferrous-exploration-budgets-drop-us$5.5-billion</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ After rising for six straight years to a 19-year record high of US$13.2 billion in 2008, estimated planned non-ferrous exploration spend for 2009 plummeted by 42% to US$7.7 billion ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/world-non-ferrous-exploration-budgets-drop-us$5.5-billion</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Geo meet in germany ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/geo-meet-in-germany</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The International Geothermal Conference will take place in Freiburg, Germany, on May 19-20, 2010, for the sixth time ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/geo-meet-in-germany</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ US Defense seeks new focus for investment ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/us-defense-seeks-new-focus-for-investment</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund research and development in the environmental restoration focus area ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/us-defense-seeks-new-focus-for-investment</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Construction Federation welcomes EC revisions ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/construction-federation-welcomes-ec-revisions</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) has welcomed some of the clarifications brought by the European Commission’s revisions on certain articles of the proposal for a Construction Products Regulation ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/construction-federation-welcomes-ec-revisions</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Poland leads European growth  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/poland-leads-european-growth</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Thanks to extensive government economic stimulus programmes, aimed to a considerable extent at construction, activity in the sector is reported to have picked up better in most industrial and emerging countries than in the economy as a whole ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/drillers-log/poland-leads-european-growth</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ It’s all in the method ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/its-all-in-the-method</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Discovering ways to increase well output is an evolving science ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/its-all-in-the-method</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Vietnamese rental expert  rolls out Asia’s first 12-bar CP compressor for piling ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/vietnamese-rental-expert-rolls-out-asias-first-12-bar-cp-compressor-for-piling</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A round-up of recent developments in the compressor product area ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/vietnamese-rental-expert-rolls-out-asias-first-12-bar-cp-compressor-for-piling</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco compressor works on Shanghai bridge project ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/atlas-copco-compressor-works-on-shanghai-bridge-project</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ An Atlas Copco XAS 67 oil-injected rotary screw compressor is being used for a pile-driving operation on a new road bridge being built across a river in Shanghai ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/atlas-copco-compressor-works-on-shanghai-bridge-project</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Orbit’s early warning ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/orbits-early-warning</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Australia-based Orbit Drilling says that, time and again, it is confronted with drill crews ordering parts and equipment for various reasons ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/orbits-early-warning</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Doosan 12/150 compressor boasts security ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/doosan-12150-compressor-boasts-security</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Doosan Infracore Portable Power (DIPP) has launched the new 12/150 model, the company’s largest single-axle portable compressor ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/doosan-12150-compressor-boasts-security</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas releases DrillAir range ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/atlas-releases-drillair-range</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco has also introduced its DrillAir range of compressors that provide larger air volume with  higher air pressure, and are used in deep drilling in oil and gas, deep foundation, and water well drilling ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/atlas-releases-drillair-range</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Champion champions energy efficiency ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/champion-champions-energy-efficiency</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Australia-based Champion Compressors has launched a ‘PowerSave Options’ suite – a selection of energy-saving systems that can be factory-fitted to any compressor in the company’s range ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/champion-champions-energy-efficiency</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Automation at the face ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/automation-at-the-face</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Applying full automation to the range of available face-drilling jumbos for mining has been patchy, often following the lead of the tunnelling industry ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Holding the reins of change ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/holding-the-reins-of-change</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Brian Stringer, national secretary of the British Drilling Association (BDA), has been nominated for inclusion in GeoDrilling International’s Hall of Fame by Lee (Charlie) Allardyce, an NVQ assessor in land drilling who works closely with the BDA ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/holding-the-reins-of-change</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Doosan delivers Rigsafe compressors for Airpac ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/doosan-delivers-rigsafe-compressors-for-airpac</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Earlier this year, Doosan supplied a multi-million-pound fleet of new Ingersoll Rand Rigsafe portable air compressors to Airpac Bukom Oilfield Services, the oil and gas division of equipment rental group Vp plc ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/doosan-delivers-rigsafe-compressors-for-airpac</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ The magnetism of AC fields ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/the-magnetism-of-ac-fields</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The use of AC magnetic fields for the efficient drilling of lateral coal-seam gas wells, by Jamie Dorey, area supervisor of Asia Pacific Australia, and Tom Teer, marketing director 
of Prime Horizontal ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mitchell moves beyond drilling ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/mitchell-moves-beyond-drilling</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Mitchell extends reach from drilling to global energy exploration and energy services ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/features/mitchell-moves-beyond-drilling</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco’s IT applications assist drill-rig performance  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copcos-it-applications-assist-drill-rig-performance2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco has launched a High Precision Tunnelling concept which features a number of options for drill rigs and machines ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copcos-it-applications-assist-drill-rig-performance2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bauer Maschinen opens new plant in Texas, US  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/bauer-maschinen-opens-new-plant-in-texas,-us2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Bauer Maschinen GmbH, based in Bavaria, Germany, has opened a new plant in Conroe, Texas, US ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/bauer-maschinen-opens-new-plant-in-texas,-us2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Soil Instruments spreads its wings with DipperLog distribution deal ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/soil-instruments-spreads-its-wings-with-dipperlog-distribution-deal2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ UK-based Soil Instruments, which manufactures geotechnical and structural instrumentation, is now the UK and European distributor for Heron Instruments’ water-level logger system ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/soil-instruments-spreads-its-wings-with-dipperlog-distribution-deal2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ MALÅ wins iraqi order ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/malA-wins-iraqi-order</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Sweden-based MALÅ Geoscience has received a strategic order from a governmental organisation in Iraq, consisting of MALÅ ProEx systems and associated surface and borehole antennas ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/malA-wins-iraqi-order</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Atlas Copco launches unit as micro-piling popularity grows ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copco-launches-unit-as-micro-piling-popularity-grows2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ As the global redevelopment of urban areas continues, the need for a cost-efficient method to stabilise structures in sensitive areas is increasing ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/atlas-copco-launches-unit-as-micro-piling-popularity-grows2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ CO2 detector range out ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/co2-detector-range-out2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Terraplus is offering a number of geophysical methods to help identify potential sites where the CO2 can be sequestered and, once stored, monitored ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/co2-detector-range-out2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Latest SONICSAMPdrill ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/latest-sonicsampdrill2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ SonicSampDrill is offering the PDR-50, a small drill rig for mud-rotary or hammer drilling ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/latest-sonicsampdrill2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Drilcorp achieves ‘verify’ status with Achilles ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/drilcorp-achieves-verify-status-with-achilles2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Drilcorp has announced it has successfully achieved ‘Achilles Verify’ accreditation ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/drilcorp-achieves-verify-status-with-achilles2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ MD-3 shaker addresses space ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/md-3-shaker-addresses-space2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ M-I SWACO says its new MD-3 shale shaker provides operators with the ability to meet their solids control challenges, offshore or on, when space is at a premium but high-performance solids control is required ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/md-3-shaker-addresses-space2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ ROBIT raising standard ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/robit-raising-standard2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Finland-based Robit is running a project to upgrade its quality system to meet the ISO9001:2008 standard ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/robit-raising-standard2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Metke in Sampler deal ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/metke-in-sampler-deal2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Australia-based Metzke has designed and fitted a complete 1200CFM Sampling System to a Cubex QXR 920 for contractor Mass Drill and Blast ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/metke-in-sampler-deal2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ DMT launches seismic vessel ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/dmt-launches-seismic-vessel2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ With the launch of the ‘Explorer 5’, DMT GmbH has put an additional shallow marine seismic vessel into service ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/dmt-launches-seismic-vessel2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ TAM packer Range swells  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/tam-packer-range-swells2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ TAM International has introduced Freecap GT swellable packers for steam injection, open-hole geothermal, and hot wells ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/tam-packer-range-swells2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Swedish tools for hire ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/swedish-tools-for-hire2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/swedish-tools-for-hire2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Credit insurance update ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/credit-insurance-update</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A survey of its members by the UK’s Construction Products Association (CPA) has shown that two-thirds of companies have seen no easing in the credit insurance market over the last three months ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.geodrillinginternational.com/rigs--and--supplies/credit-insurance-update</guid>
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