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Going deeper

LOWER cost per bank cubic metre. That is the aim of the Pit Viper 316, a larger diameter multipass rotary rig that can drill deeper holes.

Noel Dyson
The Atlas Copco Pit Viper 316.

The Atlas Copco Pit Viper 316.

It offers a 15m clean hole tower, 90m total depth capacity using five 15.2m rods, with 50,000kg weight on the bit. The rig released in Moranbah in July has the latest version of Atlas Copco’s rig automation...

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