Keeping stock of innovations
DRILLERS World Australia is a supplier to the drilling and environmental industries, servicing the mining, exploration, geotechnical, waste treatment, water well, tunneling, foundation piling and HDD communications sectors.
A member of the Australian Drilling Industry Association (ADIA), the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), and No-Dig Australasian Society for Trenchless Technology (ASTT), the company has been in operation since 1997 and is a family-owned and operated business.
Drillers World Australia owner and founder Bob Seaborn has been involved in mining and drilling particularly for more than 30 years.
“Our mission is to deliver a professional service to the drilling and environmental industries by providing a fast and efficient delivery service, from a fully stocked warehouse in Sydney, of products that our customers use on a regular basis,” Mr Seaborn said.
“The different drilling disciplines we sell to have enabled the company to have expansive suppliers that mines don’t always consider or aren’t on their current vendor lists. This gives us capabilities to assist them in obtaining different product ranges”.
Popular products include Baroid drilling fluids and polymers, wireline and conventional core barrel assemblies, DTH hammers and bits, core trays, threaded steel and PVC tubing, Asahi diamond bits and more commonly PDC (Polycrystalline diamond compact) bits.
“PDC technology has led to improvements in penetration rates and a big reduction in downtime due to less rod tripping and their ability to be used with air drilling or mud rotary,” Mr Seaborn said.
“We pride ourselves on the ability to support our existing customer base at short notice.”
Recently a client using PVC for a water well was unable to fit the PVC casing in the borehole.
This was due to borehole instability and the end user not allowing drill mud to keep it stable, as they had to do permeability testing.
Drillers World was able to get the PVC threaded instead of bell-ended that night, to reduce the outside diameter of the PVC.
The client and hydrologist were extremely happy to see the product delivered on site the next morning, and allow completion of the well. www.drillersworld.com.au.