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    AMC BHS 2016 External

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    This document discusses the use of BHS drilling fluid technology in underground mining environments. It provides details on initial BHS usage rates and feedback during trials, finding the optimal usage was 10L for 20 meters of drilling. The document estimates significant potential annual cost savings from using BHS versus PVC casing, including savings of $97,911 using BHS Cube and $118,990 using BHS POD. Other benefits mentioned include reduced storage needs, improved safety by eliminating manual handling, and ability for drillers to drill more meters without needing to install casing.

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    This document discusses the use of BHS drilling fluid technology in underground mining environments. It provides details on initial BHS usage rates and feedback during trials, finding the optimal usage was 10L for 20 meters of drilling. The document estimates significant potential annual cost savings from using BHS versus PVC casing, including savings of $97,911 using BHS Cube and $118,990 using BHS POD. Other benefits mentioned include reduced storage needs, improved safety by eliminating manual handling, and ability for drillers to drill more meters without needing to install casing.

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    This document discusses the use of BHS drilling fluid technology in underground mining environments. It provides details on initial BHS usage rates and feedback during trials, finding the optimal usage was 10L for 20 meters of drilling. The document estimates significant potential annual cost savings from using BHS versus PVC casing, including savings of $97,911 using BHS Cube and $118,990 using BHS POD. Other benefits mentioned include reduced storage needs, improved safety by eliminating manual handling, and ability for drillers to drill more meters without needing to install casing.

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    Elgi Zacky Zachry
    This document discusses the use of BHS drilling fluid technology in underground mining environments. It provides details on initial BHS usage rates and feedback during trials, finding the optimal usage was 10L for 20 meters of drilling. The document estimates significant potential annual cost savings from using BHS versus PVC casing, including savings of $97,911 using BHS Cube and $118,990 using BHS POD. Other benefits mentioned include reduced storage needs, improved safety by eliminating manual handling, and ability for drillers to drill more meters without needing to install casing.

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    April 2016

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    AMC Drilling
    Fluids

    Topics to be discussed
    Blast hole rigs and BHS application.
    BHS usage rates.
    Feedback.
    Costs and savings.
    Future forecasts.
    Future trials.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Blast Hole Rigs

    Initial pump installation and


    modification cost $2,000.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    BHS usage rates


    During the trials we wanted to see:
    Would BHS work in an underground environment. Lots of moisture,
    hyper saline
    water and using rigs which are not traditionally
    designed to pump any kind
    of fluid.
    Would BHS be cost effective depending on how much we needed to
    use.
    Neat Lead to product going off inside bit. Blocking it.
    Using too much water diluted and made BHS ineffective.
    Needle valve changed to ball valve to increase rate of injection
    Mist used was the best scenario.
    Maximum usage of BHS was set at 15L for 20M which would make it
    $3 per hole more expensive.
    This was refined and successful to 10L for 20M.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Feedback
    15 holes drilled with BHS in total.
    4 Camera sent up
    8 No mud holes
    2 PVC Casing
    29th March - second camera footage was completed.
    31st March - meetings with management team at Evolution.
    11th April - Peter Keen, UG Drill Supervisor, will present to entire UG
    crew. JB will be present.
    11th April - 2nd rig timeframe will be announced and converted as
    soon as possible.
    22nd 25th April Trial with new formulation.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Cost Savings
    Initial cost to resource
    company
    20M PVC @ $14.50
    20M BHS @ 10LCube
    20M BHS @ 10LPOD
    350M Quota for 2 rigs
    175M Converted Rig 24 hour
    period
    PVC
    BHS Cube
    BHS POD
    Per Annum
    BHS Cube
    BHS POD
    Redrills
    2nd Vehicle Fuel
    Labour time

    Cost
    $2,000
    $96.66
    $66.00
    $59.40

    $845.75
    $577.50
    $519.75

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    Saving
    $30.66
    $41.40

    $268.25
    $326.00
    $97,911.25
    $118,990.00

    Total Annual Drilling Costs


    800,000.00

    700,000.00

    600,000.00

    500,000.00

    Costs

    400,000.00

    300,000.00

    200,000.00

    100,000.00

    PVC Full

    BHS

    No redrills

    No Fuel

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

    No Labour

    No Driller time

    Total Costs

    Other benefits
    Storage PVC
    pallets BHS.
    QHSE
    personnel

    1,700 3M lengths per month. As opposed to 2 bulkers or 3

    No manual handling. No transport vehicle required. No additional


    having to cart the PVC. Cutting lengths.

    Drilling
    More metres can be achieved because drillers do not need to
    install casing.
    Contractors Evolution have already stated that if the trials are successful then
    they will
    enforce contractors to use it in place of PVC. Evolution are
    buying direct so
    the fluid is already paid for.

    Innovative drilling fluid technology and global support for greater drilling productivity.

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