Areva Resources about the DeviDrill

Areva Resources about the DeviDrill

John Robbins, Chief Geologist at Areva Resources

The Areva project in Canada has been running DCD operations continuously since 2004. The objective is to delineate a uranium deposit located at vertical depths between 600 and 800 meters below ground.
Before the DCD operations started the company had tried a variety of different mud motors without achieving the desired accuracy and efficiency. After changing to DCD the geologist calculated cost savings of 62% on average per hole, with a maximum of 87%, compared to drilling from surface.