D ee P H o L e DR i LL e R 1 2013 10 c on t i nue t o c l i m b a nd e nvi ronm e nt a l i m pa c t becomes a major concernis the princi pal beneft of the project One of the state s oldest independe nt schools for boys Hale s current campus is located on a 48hectare site about 8 miles 13 km northwest of Perth and a mile from the coast The project consists of constructing a deep geothermal bore to procure warm wa ter for the system s heat exchangers Once the heat has been extracted from the earth s wa t e r f o r p o o l h e a t i n g t h e c o o l e d wa t e r wi l l be reinjected back into a shallower part of the aquifer via an injection bore JSW has been contracted to drill construct and test bot h de ep bores in a four mont h ti mefram e The deep drilling requirements of the rising trend of geothermal ener gy in Aus tralia is buoying the pros pects of compa nies like JSW JSW was formed from the March 2010 management buyout from Aus drillBran drill of the original Strange Drilling busi ness established as a singlerig operation in 1996 JSW s board and management team including former Brandrill managing direc tor Jef f Branson have more than 500 years of collective drillingrelated experience Already JSW s 120person workforce at its fully equipped workshops in Perth Kalgoorlie Boddington and Port Hedland enable the company to maintain an expand W ere looking for some success with the rig to promote awareness of its capabilities There s certainly no shortage of potential applications for it d avid l uke W ater welloil and gas product manager for Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions ing feet of machinery to high standards W eve come from being a business that was almost purely miningrelated to now operating signifcant projects in water well and also geothermal activity said W estcott JSW s veteran water well division boss The RD20 XC unit joins three Atlas Copco TH60 water well drills in JSW s feet The TH60 was a proven versatile rig with its singleengine power source generating up to 550 hp 410 kW and reducing overall rig weight and improving weight balance T he ri g c a n be se t up t o ha ndl e pul l ba c k ranges from 40000 to 70000 pounds A strong relationship between Atlas Copco and drilling contractor for ged dur ing Jef f Branson s time at Brandrill s helm a n d h a s c o n t i nu e d o n i nt o h i s l a t e st v e n t ur e It has been a partnership built around not only highly productive equipme nt but also T i M W e SC o TT