Casing Hammer (ARCH) Drilling in California and Nevada

Temporary casing driven through loose soil, alluvium and conglomerates on a 50,000 lb GEFCO rig, for environmental and geotechnical projects. Our own rigs and crews since 1982.

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✓ C-57 licensed (CA) and C-23 (NV)
✓ Award winning safety
✓ Offices in Signal Hill, Fontana and Las Vegas

Air Rotary Casing Hammer (ARCH) is made for loose ground. We drive temporary casing down through unconsolidated soil until we reach a consolidated formation. Then we switch to air or mud rotary and drill to total depth.

How ARCH works

One multipurpose rig does all three steps.

  • Drive: a hydraulic Atlas R6000 casing hammer drives threaded casing down

  • Drill: air or mud rotary takes the hole to total depth

  • Pull: hydraulic casing jacks pull the casing as the borehole or well is completed

 

Where it fits

Our operators break through almost any unconsolidated formation.

  • Unconsolidated soil

  • Alluvial soil

  • Tough conglomerates of soil and rock

  • Drill spoils routed into drums or roll off bins

 
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ABC Liovin rotary crew in front of a GEFCO Speedstar 50K
GEFCO Speedstar 50K-CH casing hammer rig drilling on a hillside job site with its crew
GEFCO Speedstar 50K-CH casing hammer rig set up on a hillside job with its support trucks
Crew at work beside the GEFCO Speedstar 50K-CH on a hillside job site

The rig that does this work

  • GEFCO Speedstar 50K-CH casing hammer rig with its mast up on a hillside job site

    GEFCO Speedstar 50K-CH

    The multipurpose rig behind our casing hammer work: 50,000 lb rated capacity, topdrive air and mud rotary, a hydraulic Atlas R6000 casing hammer and casing jacks, a 1,050 psi, 350 cfm air compressor and a 1,400 gallon mud cleaning system.

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Common questions

 

  • When the ground is loose: unconsolidated soil, alluvium or tough conglomerates of soil and rock. Send us the boring logs or the site conditions and we will recommend the method and the rig.

  • No. The casing is temporary. Hydraulic casing jacks pull it out as the borehole or well is completed.

  • A hydraulic cyclone system routes the drill spoils into drums or roll off bins.

  • California and Nevada, from our offices in Signal Hill, Fontana and Las Vegas.

Tell us about your project

Send the site address and what you need drilled. We reply with the method, the rig and a quote.

(562) 981-8575 · info@abcdrilling.com

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