Underground

underground: sealing boreholes

 

Utilizes non toxic metal cross-linked polymer gel that changes from water soluble liquid to non-soluble gel Fifty-One boreholes, totaling 375,654 feet, including sidetracks, have been sealed utilizing 399,927 gallons of water soluble gel mixture. Fifty-One boreholes have been mined into or through without a methane ignition or incident Adjustable reaction time tailored to meet customer’s needs

  • Utilizes non toxic metal cross-linked polymer gel that changes from water
    soluble liquid to non-soluble gel

  • Fifty-one boreholes, totaling 375,654 feet, including sidetracks, have been
    sealed utilizing 399,927 gallons of water soluble gel mixture

  • Fifty-One boreholes have been mined into or through without a methane
    ignition or incident

  • Adjustable reaction time tailored to meet customer’s needs
sealing 1
sealing 2

Gel Soluble Liquid Pumped Greater Than 11,000 Feet From the Surface Pumping Site to the In-Mine Horizontal Wellhead While Circulating the Mixed Gel.

sealing 3
sealing 4

Cross-Linked Polymer Gel Penetrates Coal Cleats and Fractures Blocking Methane Liberation Into the Borehole