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Research Drilling Services for British Geological Survey Aquifer Study in North Yorkshire

Awarded 10 Feb 2020

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Awarded10 Feb 2020
Value£170,766.90
RegionYorkshire and The Humber
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 6y 8mo ago1mo term
Awarded 10 Feb 2020Expired 23 Mar 2020

UK Shared Business Services Limited awarded a contract to Drilcorp Limited for research drilling services to support the British Geological Survey (BGS), part of United Kingdom Research & Innovation (UKRI).

The project involved drilling two boreholes near Great Habton, North Yorkshire: a fully cored borehole to approximately 225m depth and a non-cored borehole to 150m depth.

The work included extracting core in liner tubes, collecting cuttings at 1m-2m intervals, and enabling geophysical logging and multi-level water sampling to improve understanding of fluid movement and chemical changes in aquifers and overlying strata.

The contract value was AUD 170,766.9.

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