Track Rig Data Acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Tuesday we did something never done before in the United States. We performed remote CPT and seismic testing controlled over the internet. Controlled by Nico Koster and Bauke Regnerus of AP van den Berg in Heerenveen, the Netherlands to be exact. Although this was in the course of "routine" trouble-shooting of

Our rigs on the Elm Creek II wind project

So winter is now fully engaged in the upper midwest! We've already had several sub-zero (farenheit...) days and nights and the snow is really drifting

We are pleased to add a new vendor to our company, to help us deliver our CPT services in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Well. After an admittedly dismally slow several months, things are really hopping now! We have an eleven day project in western Oklahoma for our truck rig, a 12 day project in Indiana for our track rig, and a 10 day project for both rigs later in November. So that means November and the first week in December are fully booked.

CPT Rigs: MNGS truck rig and track rig at our Saint Paul, MN shop.

 In a hopefully rare moment, we have both rigs in our shop in Saint Paul. We just completed major surgery

Finally!

Track rig arrives!: Our first track rig arrives at our Saint Paul shop.

While I was in New Orleans at the ASCE Local Chapter annual meeting, our track rig arrived at our Saint Paul shop. A multi-year effort is now complete......

 

The ship is still on schedule. Will land in Baltimore on the 17th. Meanwhile....

On Monday morning (Netherlands time), August 31, 2009. The Morooka-based CPT rig is loaded on a truck at the A.P. Van den Berg factory for shipment to Antwerp, Belgium to load on a ship for the USA. The end of a three-year project, and continuation of our effort to improve and expand CPT testing in the US. (Picture credit to Johan IJdel).

So here are some random shots from our trip to Heerenveen last week.

Dining out in Heerenveen (thanks to Johan De Lange for the photo).

Two Marks, first day in the factory as the rig is being built. The Geomet track rig in the background is being refit for shipment to Abu Dhabi.

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