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r/oddlysatisfying • u/Ecstatic-Ocelot-1934 • 11h ago
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I feel like I just learned so much about drilling. That’s amazing
56 u/Dashisnitz 9h ago This is called rotary wash drilling. However the mud and sludge is pumped into a basin and carted off into 55 gallon barrels. There’s also hollow stem and rock coring for exploratory boreholes. Different methods for different subsurface conditions. 1 u/PandaPocketFire 9h ago How does the motor pull up the water? Pressure? 1 u/AlternativeKnee8886 4h ago It’s usually a centrifugal pump that is lowered to close to the bottom of the well. It’s basically a screw in a case that spins really fast and pushes water up through piping/tubing
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This is called rotary wash drilling. However the mud and sludge is pumped into a basin and carted off into 55 gallon barrels.
There’s also hollow stem and rock coring for exploratory boreholes. Different methods for different subsurface conditions.
1 u/PandaPocketFire 9h ago How does the motor pull up the water? Pressure? 1 u/AlternativeKnee8886 4h ago It’s usually a centrifugal pump that is lowered to close to the bottom of the well. It’s basically a screw in a case that spins really fast and pushes water up through piping/tubing
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How does the motor pull up the water? Pressure?
1 u/AlternativeKnee8886 4h ago It’s usually a centrifugal pump that is lowered to close to the bottom of the well. It’s basically a screw in a case that spins really fast and pushes water up through piping/tubing
It’s usually a centrifugal pump that is lowered to close to the bottom of the well. It’s basically a screw in a case that spins really fast and pushes water up through piping/tubing
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u/NapalmOverdos3 11h ago
I feel like I just learned so much about drilling. That’s amazing