Hydracrat

Are you familiar with the range of regular borehole/drilling services and plant that Hydracrat can offer? Click "see more" to review our list. ⚙️ Plant • Rotary drilling rigs • Compact rotary drilling rigs (for sites with tight access) • Low-ground pressure rotary drilling rigs (for traversing soft ground, peat, long distances in remote locations) • High-pressure tracked mobile air compressor (for deep and large diameter drilling) • Low ground pressure support vehicles (for transporting fuel, crew and equipment across soft ground and/or to remote locations) • Low ground pressure recovery vehicle (winch for de-bogging heavy plant) • Excavators for trial pitting, installing settlement pins, augers, tilt rotators for rod handling ⛏️ Ground and mining investigations • Rotary open-hole • Rotary core • Core logging • Dynamic sampling • SPTs • Ground gas and groundwater monitoring • Drilling through deep drift and dense made ground / backfill 💦 Water wells • Drilling and installation of water boreholes (including large diameters) • Supply and installation of water well components (working with our industry partners to provide well equipment such as borehole pumps/motors and comprehensive control systems (including DOL, soft starters and VSDs)) • Groundwater investigation/probe boreholes • Abstraction/pump tests • Well refurbishments and borehole pump/motor replacements • Water well feasibility studies 🔥 Geothermal • Drilling and installation of boreholes for closed-loop and open-loop Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) systems • Deep drilling for mine water heat systems • Thermal Response Tests for initial GSHP designs ⚡ Deep boreholes for earthing installations Find out more: https://www.hydracrat.com/

Working with expert consultants on behalf of a blue-chip company, we recently carried out a comprehensive investigation into the possibility of harnessing geothermal heat as part of a future Ground Source Heat Pump system on a large commercial site. Our works package included the drilling of a deep borehole, before conducting a Thermal Response Test and assessing the groundwater potential for an open-loop scheme. Findings will now be considered, as the project team look ahead to the next phase of the development. #borehole #geothermal #drilling

A (rare!) gap in the weather for some rotary drilling and borehole installs as part of a recent ground investigation in West Lothian, Scotland. #borehole #groundinvestigation #drilling

A busy period for us recently with a number of projects ongoing, including at this soft fruit farm in Scotland where additional water is required to fulfil modern irrigation demands... Exploratory drilling was carried out to prove (or disprove) the existence of a fresh groundwater source. Following promising findings, attention now turns to the specification for the production well. #borehole #irrigation #water

Our stint in the north-east continues, this time providing rotary open-hole and core drilling as part of a ground investigation for a new development. #borehole #groundinvestigation #drilling

Drilling geothermal boreholes for a ground source heat pump system being retrofitted to a large dwelling in the Scottish Highlands. #borehole #drilling #geothermal #gshp

Water security is becoming increasingly important for developers, none more so than on this project in north-east Scotland where the long-term operation of the site would be aided by access to sufficient reserves of groundwater. We were delighted to help through the drilling of multiple large-diameter water wells. The chosen specification was selected to maximise the groundwater yield at promising locations which were previously identified during preliminary drilling. Our drill crew were assisted by our track-mounted compressor and excavator, which was mobilised to help lift and manipulate the heavy equipment needed for drilling large diameter wells. A period of abstraction testing was subsequently conducted to gain a greater understanding of the groundwater flow rate which could be sustained from each well. #waterwell #borehole

In recent months we have been putting our new high-pressure and high-flow air compressor to good use... On this particular project we were engaged to drill multiple large diameter water wells. There was a reasonable distance between each well location, across undulating ground without easy vehicular access. Therefore, moving a skid-mounted or wheel-based compressor (and safely) would be much more challenging. Our solution to this common issue was to mount the compressor onto a set of tracks, which can be operated remotely. Here it can even be seen towing a trailer loaded with equipment such large diameter rockbits, hammers, heavy duty drill rods and drill collars - all things which are essential for drilling large diameter wells. So not only does this new compressor allow us to drill boreholes much more quickly and safely, much like our Hycat rigs it can also get to locations that others simply can't without ground preparation. #drilling #waterwells #largediameter #compressor

Drilling a new production well to supply water from an aquifer to a new build home in the Scottish Borders. A connection to the mains had been considered unfeasible because of the distance to the nearest connection point. #borehole #drilling #water #waterwell

Drilling on the hill side during a ground investigation for a proposed wind farm. Works comprising SPTs through superficial deposits, rotary open-hole and core drilling and gas/groundwater monitoring installations. #borehole #groundinvestigation #geotechnical #windfarm