Sandia Labs worked on new type of downhole hammer ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and a commercial firm have designed a drilling tool that will withstand the heat of geothermal drilling. The downhole hammer attaches to the end of a column of drill pipe and cuts through rock with a rapid hammering action similar […]
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Designing a geothermal drilling tool that can take the heat
July 21, 2016 – 5:00 am
By Sue Holmes
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Posted in Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science
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Also tagged drilling, geothermal, high operating temperature test facility
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