EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Boart says data can revolutionise drilling

Drilling services company Boart Longyear says it is working to revolutionise the drilling industry by leveraging technology to make drill rigs more autonomous and increasing data recovery. “Everyone is looking for productivity and our technical development is focused on this,” senior product manager Chris Lambert told Mining Journal at the Prospectors and Developers Association Conference in Toronto, Canada.

'Sensors give the operators better data capture and they can analyse the data to evaluate their operations'

'Sensors give the operators better data capture and they can analyse the data to evaluate their operations'

Better data collection and analysis is shaping as a significant by-product of increasing levels of drill automation. Adding electronic sensors to drill rigs is generating more valuable data, in near real-time,...

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