Edit orial DEEP HOLE DRILLER IS Pub LISHED b y Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions 21 0 0 N First Street Garland TX 75040 T elephone 1 9724967240 Pub LISHER J ustin Cocc hiola J ustinCocc hiolausatlascopcocom E DI t OR Scot t Ellenbec k er scot tellcomus Editorial production design and la y out Ellenbec k er Communications 30 1 20 St ate Highw a y 264 R ound Lak e MN 561 67 US A 507 9450 1 0 0 F r ee Subscr iptions www deepholedriller com Chang es t o A ddr ess subscriptionsellcomus F REE REPROD u ct IO n OF a R t I c LES All product names suc h as P redator and Secoroc are registered Atlas Copco trademarks Ho w e v er all material in this publication including the product names ma y be reproduced or ref er red to free of c harge F or art w ork or additional inf ormation please cont act Atlas Copco S a FE ty FIRS t Atlas Copco is commit ted to comply with or e x ceed all global and local saf et y r ules and regulations f or personal saf et y Some photographs in this magazine ma y ho w e v er sho w circumst ances that are be y ond our control All users of Atlas Copco equipment are urged to think saf et y frst and alw a y s use proper ear e y e head and other protection as required to minimiz e the risk of personal injur y cont E nts Jaco van der Merwe Vice President Marketing Deephole 5 8 7 8 12 19 20 22 tE c H n I c a LL y SPE ak I ng All about the RD20 XC A fter 12 years working for Atlas Copco s Rock Drilling T ools di vision and almost three years as the General Manager in the South African sales company I am delighted to have joined Atlas Copco s Drilling Solu tions division to begin work as V ice President of Marketing for the deep hole product line I am real ly excite d about this new opportunity and trust that the com bined ef forts of our engineering and marketing teams will help us to con tinue developing the deephole product line into a sustainable business within Atlas Copco Over the next few months we plan to visit customers around the world and have meetings with key people within Atlas Copco to really under stand what our customers expecta tions are W e have already planned our frst strategic review of the busi ness and the focus will be to under stand where we are today and to start talking about the future I am also excited about the possi ble syner gies we can extract from the lar ger Atlas Copco or ganization spe cifcally with our colleagues involved with rock drilling tools Over the next few months we will contact our key customers and sales companies to dis cuss the deephole business Im look ing forward to working with each of you over the next few years 15 15 T apping into a hot marketthe RD20 XC is used for geothermal drilling in Australia Beach babyRD20 XC proves how it flls the gap in Carizzo Sand of T exas T2W and Secoroc QL 120 hammer work on municipal wells M a R k E t PL a c E Secoroc hammers for directional drilling with air Atlas Copco oil and gas products showcased at OTC All about the versatile T2W water well drilling rig 22 23 M a R k E t PL a c E Used Equipment 3 O n t HE c O v ER T ake it from the topApex Drilling s TH60 grants greater accessibility