Experience a rewarding drilling career with FORACO
Leading-edge equipment FORACO operate a fleet of advanced, class-leading Diamond, RC and Hydro rigs on long-term contracts throughout Australia. Innovative drilling programs At FORACO, be a part of sophisticated projects including Deep Hole Directional Drilling (DHD), Large Diameter Coring (LDC), Large Diameter Flooded Reverse Hydro (LDFR) and Reduced Angle RC (RAD). Career growth FORACO believes […]
Reduced Angle RC Drilling – 35 Degrees
In late 2017 a major iron ore miner approached FORACO about the possibility of drilling shallow angel drill holes to access previously untested potential ore deposits in steep and rugged terrain. After a number of scope revisions, a cross functional team including (Client) Geoscientists, Drill Crew, Operations, HSEC, Mechanical and Engineering support set about designing, […]
Remote Stratigraphic Drilling – Northern Territory
In 2016, Santos contracted FORACO to drill three stratigraphic core holes in the McArthur basin in the Northern Territory. The extreme remoteness of these locations required months of pre-planning and project de-risking by both Santos and FORACO to ensure that the program was delivered safely, efficiently and within the specified time frame due to the […]
Deep Hole Diamond Drilling to 3,011 Metres
Teamwork and industry experience were behind the success of FORACO’s recent 3,011.5 metre hole – SE0019 – drilled for KCGM at the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The challenging diamond drill hole, completed on 3 September 2015, is the deepest mineral exploration hole within Australia, eclipsing the previous record of 3,009m drilled at Mt […]
6 Inch Wireline Coring
FORACO Australia recently expanded its Large Diameter Coring (LDC) capability, with the introduction of a 6” wireline system. The 6” wireline LDC is more productive at depth as it does not require the drill string to be removed from the hole to empty the corebarrel following each 1.5m or 3m coring run (as done with […]
Large Diameter coring Expertise
FORACO is recognized as Australia’s leading Large Diameter Coring (LDC) specialist, having undertaken numerous LDC contracts over the past 4 years. Projects have been successfully completed in Western Australia, Queensland and The Republic of Congo, drilling for Iron Ore, Uranium and Coal. FORACO’s 8” conventional coring system provides a sample volume of 32 litres per […]
Paperless Cloud Hosted Safety Management System
In 2015 FORACO realized the existing hard copy management of field data was unsustainable. Each rig had to carry multiple file boxes of policies, procedures, standards, records, qualifications, certifications, audit and inspection forms, manuals etc. Refreshing, replacing and managing this paper based system was time consuming with the potential for errors and oversight. With the […]
Coal and Energy Drilling Expertise
FORACO commenced drilling in the Bowen Basin in 2010. An initial four rig contract expanded quickly to six rigs. The majority of rigs were located 70km north of Moranbah on a project known for its deep “mushy coals”, swelling shales and generally difficult drilling conditions. This site was also the inaugural project for the Safe […]