Project 20: Hydraulic Drilling Fluid Processing System (HPS)
PROGRAM LEADER:
Soren Soe (UniSA)
PROJECT LEADER:
Shane Fox (UniSA)
KEY RESEARCHERS:
- Shane Fox (UniSA)
- Mengbin Min (UniSA)
- Rob Brewis (UniSA)
- Luca Penzo (Uni SA)
- Ferial Hakami (Curtin University)
- Alton Grabsch (CSIRO)
Timing:
Phase 1:
1 November 2019 ‐ 30 April 2021
Cash Funding:
$1,450,000
Project Participants:
Research Participants:
- Curtin University
- CSIRO
- University of South Australia
Project Summary:
Project 20 will deliver a Hydraulic Processing System (HPS)optimised for Coiled Tubing (CT) drilling. The HPS is a self-contained, mobile unit that will clean, prepare and replenish drilling fluid at low-cost, rapidly, safely and in an environmentally-friendly manner. The HPS system will be truck-mounted so that it can be transported for long distances and set-up safely and efficiently in the field by one person.
In combination with improved CT drilling being delivered in Project 2, the HPS will enable multiple drill holes at a fraction of the financial, energy and water cost of diamond or RC drilling. , This will enable the combined drilling platform to access a much larger share of the drilling market.
Project 20 will be executed in MinEx CRC Phase 1 (2019-2021 inclusive) so that it can be deployed in CT drilling campaigns as part of the National Drilling Initiative from 2021.