In order to reduce the level of haphazard drilling of boreholes in the country, the Association of Professional Rig Owners and Borehole Drilling Practitioners (AWDROP) has procured new Intelligent Automatic Mapping Geo-physiological prospecting water detectors.
The association’s President, Engr. Michael Ale who stated this on Monday in Ibadan during an interaction with journalists disclosed that, the procured equipment will help in determining the actual depth in water drilling, as against indiscriminate activities of illegal practitioners.
Ale noted that the equipment is an innovative technology that will help the government on precision in allocation of borehole projects to contractors and therefore prevent the borehole failure rate in the country. He added that it will assist the Geophysicists to provide accurate survey report.
According to him, “What exactly we are bringing to the Nigerian community is a new Intelligent Automatic Mapping Geo-physiological prospecting water detector, an innovative equipment in water drilling business. Considering the fact that we have so many entrance and lack of standard in the drilling industry which has led to indiscriminate activities and haphazard drilling, quite a number of people are confused about the depth of a drilling. Government give contracts without knowing the depth contractors must drill and as a result, our geophysicists give inaccurate reports which are less professional.
“In order to solve all these problems, that was the reason we came up with this technology because we learnt digital technology solves so many of our problems. The equipment is going to help the government on precision when it comes to allocating borehole projects to contractors. It will prevent borehole failure rate in the country and help greatly in geophysical survey. As an association, we want to use this to empower our members as well as to make sure the government enjoys our services. That is why we bought quite a number of this equipment and we have distributed to our known geophysicists and practitioners in this field.
“We are imploring the government that this equipment is right here to help to solve a lot of problems especially ambiguity in terms of project allocation to contractors.
“There are trained geoscientists who will handle the equipment coupled with interpretation of graphical illustrations to enhance efficiency because this equipment is highly technical. And I want to note that there is going to be technology transfer for better enhancement.
“Also for foreign invaders that are practicing illegally, this is one of the ways we are empowering our local practitioners who are geophysicists against their foreign counterparts. This is the responsibility of government as we have physicists who have graduated but are not doing anything. It is time for the government to come up with solutions. We have many institutions that don’t even have geophysical equipment while those that they have are obsolete and not upgraded,” Engineer Ale submitted.
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