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Drill bit

The rig’s drill bit is a cutting tool used to bore through the ground during the development of a geothermal well. The drill bit cuts through the formation by rotation. The cuttings produced during drilling are continuously removed from the wellbore and returned to the surface

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  • Au revoir, Moroni: New connections and geothermal insights from a successful ARGeo-C11
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  • GDC off to Ethiopia as it inks well logging agreement with Shandong Kerui
  • New strategy charts Kenya’s geothermal growth to 2036
  • GDC celebrates excellence
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