USExploration has forged a sales & distribution partnership with WellTech Products which will expand our product offerings, but more importantly provide closer contact & better service to contractors in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast & New England.  Kris Bickford brings a wealth of industry knowledge & experience to this new relationship & working from his eastern, Pennsylvania office – provides a more responsive, face-to-face service model to contractors & OEM’s in the region. WellTech Products is a manufacturer of custom built Aluminum Locking Well Protectors, Locking Steel Vaults & Manhole Covers – a natural compliment to USExploration’s Geo-Environmental product offerings…building on USExploration’s 10-year old mission statement of –
“…with service the way it used to be…”
This new relationship fortifies USExploration’s hand-shake style of doing business with closer client contact serviced by WellTech Products.

The Kansas Geological Survey (www.kgs.ku.edu)
Kansas Geological Survey will continue to utilize their 2009 S-27CRS Truck mounted Compact-Roto-Sonic Drill to advance 4-inch (100mm) casing to 400-foot depths, collecting continuous core samples in support of their ongoing mapping projects here in 2011.

Summit Drilling Company
recently upgraded their S-27CRS-T Rubber Track mounted Compact-Roto-Sonic Drill with the addition of a 3rd water/ mud pump - a 3L6 Pump for improved circulation of clean cuttings back down the bore-hole, helping to eliminate waste & minimize drum disposal costs for their clients.  Summit continues to collect 3-inch (76mm) continuous core samples & successfully advance 6-inch (152.4mm) & 8-inch (203mm) casing while installing 2-inch (51mm) & 4-inch (102mm) wells in the Northeastern U.S.

USExploration partners with Caterpillar (CAT) to develop a new auger anchoring system for the CAT Highwall Miners that are manufactured in Beckley, WV.  This new threaded auger system creates a 6-1/2-inch (165 mm) diameter bore hole for the 6-inch (152mm) diameter anchor pins required to hold the Miner in place while it safely extracts coal from seams throughout the world.  The new system utilizes an Air Swivel above the threaded Auger and a specially designed Bit options assuring that its anchoring pins can be installed safely in overburden or hard rock

USExploration Equipment Company has upgraded the design of their 2-1/4" (57mm) ID x 2-Key, Standard Duty Hollow Stem Augers by adding a second Lockbolt assuring a more rigid connection, a straight vertical pull of each assembly during hole abandonment and together with their 5/16" (8mm) thick, hardfaced Flight...this new design provides you the driller with the stoutest geotechnical hollow stem auger available.

USExploration’s client Earth Exploration of Indianapolis, IN USA has partnered with Enviropeel USA also of Indianapolis, IN to take an innovative step towards extending the life of Kelly Bar & Rotary Box bearings on their newest mechanical drive drill rig.  Enviropeel is a spray-on thermoplastic product that is environmentally friendly, reusable and serves to completely encapsulate bearings & shafts – protecting them from rust & corrosion while allowing for full rotation with no heat build-up.  Earth Exploration was looking for a way to extend both top & bottom (rotary box) bearing life in their fleet of mechanical drive drilling rigs & Enviropeel should serve as an answer to that ongoing problem with boxes of this design…The case will be protected from dirt & water both, however easy access to the guts of the box at any time is possible…simply slice the Enviropeel with a utility knife, peel it off, melt it down again & reapply when the (internal) service is complete…the right angle drive (on the same machine) was also encapsulated & will extend the life of that expensive assembly as well.  Click here for a link to the before & after photos of this innovative product/ service available from Enviropeel USA.