Coal Classification in Australia
Coal is a combustible sedimentary rock formed from ancient vegetation which has been consolidated between other rock strata and transformed by the combined effects of microbial action, pressure and...
View ArticleMobile Drill – Supervising coal exploration projects
For the past 6+ years, I have supervised numerous projects that involved planning exploration and supervision of drilling. For most of the coal projects, it is very important to prepare accurate...
View ArticleHow to fish out dropped core barrel or Straddle Packer Set Up
I hope you are not facing the problem. However, in my 6+ years of career as a geologist, I have seen this happening 5-6 times. Twice on a same job in Pennsylvania. The first time I saw this in 2007. I...
View ArticlePictures from Visit to a Coal Mine in West Virginia
As a coal geologist, I often visit coal mines in various parts of the country – especially in the states of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee etc. Enjoy some snaps from my recent visit to...
View ArticleHow do the cores look like from exploration drilling?
As a geology student, we learn to look at rocks at school. We train ourselves to look at various minerals and rocks pieces collected by professors and others. You would hardly see any rocks in “core”...
View ArticleThe Bluefield Coal Show 2011
I live in Bluefield, VA and can not miss a coal show held here. We also had a stall at the Bluefield Coal Show. Enjoy some of the snaps I took during my visit this year. Ankan Basu, P.G....
View ArticleHydrologic Tests at a Drill site in 2011
I have a hydrology background and I love working on different kinds of projects related to hydrology. Commonly we conduct pump tests and injection tests for various clients. Enjoy some of the snaps I...
View ArticleMozambique: Moatize Coal Deposit in the Zambezi Valley
In November 2004, IFC concluded a mandate advising the Government of Mozambique on selecting a developer for the Moatize coal deposit in the poverty-stricken Zambezi Valley. The Moatize Coal Project is...
View ArticleCoal in Victorian Britain
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the rolethat the coal industry played in nineteenth- andearly twentieth-century Britain. Coal, along with cotton, was the driving force of the Britishindustrial...
View ArticleHow Coal Can Fix the Social Security in America
Coal is the leading source of electricity : Fully 86% of the nation’s coal production goes to generateelectricity—filling some 52% of our current needs. By contrast, nuclear technology and natural gas...
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