Wireline Modem Development for Real Time Borehole Monitoring
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Contributor (ctb): Yukon Research Centre
Contributor (ctb): Lee Randell
Funder (fnd): Cold Climate Innovation, Yukon Research Centre
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Contributor (ctb): Icefield Tools Corporation
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As global leaders in the field of precision borehole survey technology, and with a bent for research development, Icefield Tools Corporation (ITC) are looking to upgrade their highly successful borehole survey tools with a feature that allows the operator to receive real time directional information from within the borehole. Currently the only way to retrieve this information is through recovering the tool and then downloading the information: this is not only time consuming but incredibly expensive in terms of equipment and manpower costs both in retrieving the information and in subsequent work hours lost. With this upgrade the equipment operator can, in real time, determine the azimuth and dip of the drill bit and instantaneously determine how the orientation need to change in order to make a required turn.
ITC proposes to provide this real time, on the surface feature through two concurrent projects involving software and hardware upgrades.
This new capability will allow ITC to expand rapidly in the Oil and Gas markets. |
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Project Overview:
The project goals were to design and manufacture a more efficient and safer hot water supply system that will:
a) Increase the safety of the heater for the protection of employees.
b) Increase the efficiency of the heater to reduce emissions and operation costs.
c) Increase the reliability to reduce operational downtime.
d) Create a product of sufficient simplicity and reliability to capture 100% of the drilling water heater market share
e) Increase the manufacturing capacity of the Yukon.
f) Employ Yukoners in the manufacturing sector.
Having had a successful first season of prototype design and testing the project team has determined an effective way to build these units. Due to the downturn in the mineral exploration and the demand for hot water pumps, the manufacturing of these units has been put on hold. If the demand for mineral exploration increases, the manufacturing of these hot water pumps will be considered. |
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Borehole monitoring
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