"A few weeks ago, a driller from the Midwest called me for help on a drilling project he was on, and his first question was, 'Do you have any drilling additives that will keep our borehole walls from caving in?'"
"When the housing bubble burst in late 2008 and early 2009, the domestic water well drilling industry also took a big hit, especially in certain areas of the country. .... Fortunately, for some, there were other markets to explore."
"Ground water monitoring wells and environmental remediation wells require care in the design and installation phases to ensure that products are not used that will adversely affect water quality and test readings."
Thermally enhanced grouts have been widely used for ground source heat pump installations. There are a number of versions of these products on the market today, and more are being studied and developed as of this writing.
The
grouting of wells has become a large part of the drilling industry in recent
years. Water well, environmental wells, mineral exploration boreholes, and
ground source heat pump installations make up a large part of the grouting in
our industry.
A geothermal system requires a series of boreholes in which pipes are installed vertically beneath the earth's surface, creating a loop system through which fluid is curculated.
