In August 2020 Southwest Exploration mobilized Truck 200 to a Boron and Lithium open pit mining operation in California. A full suite of geophysical logs was collected, including: Natural Gamma, 3-Arm Caliper, Focused Resistivity, Gamma-Neutron, Dual Density, and Optical Televiewer. The data collected will be used by the client to reconcile Density measurements taken in […]
Recently Southwest Exploration was requested to do some underground geophysics locally in Arizona. Pictured below is the result of putting our minds together to create an underground sled rig. The sled rig is small and compact enough to fit into the confined spaces of an underground shaft and mine workings. It is outfitted with a […]
In April 2020 Southwest Exploration mobilized Truck 310 for a casing inspection on a water production well in Chandler, AZ. With the latest Acoustic Televiewer technology, (ABI-40 2GVLB), SWEXP is able to run accurate cementation evaluation and casing thickness estimates out to a diameter of approximately 24 inches. In this case, the well was 16 […]
Preview the PowerPoint slide show presentation below to get a basic understanding of some of our new technology we are providing for 2017 on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance or NMR. Downloadable Versions: PowerPoint Adobe PDF
Over the past 3 months Southwest Exploration (SwExp) has been excited to be the first company to test and evaluate the new wireline NMR logging tools for groundwater applications. With the help of SwExp, a prototype version of the 3.5” wireline probe, (JPX350 and JPX525) were run successfully in July 2016 on two separate wells […]
Two weeks ago, Truck 800 adventured into northern Nevada to do high-temperature Geophysical logging. This expedition was in support of a company exploring for conditions suitable to geothermal well production. The logs collected were Natural Gamma, 3-Arm Caliper, Temperature, and Acoustic Televiewer (ABI-43). The high-temperature ABI-43 tool was pushed near its upper temperature limit and […]
Recently our newest logging vehicle, Truck 310, made a trip for Geophysical logging at a water production well in southern Arizona. A comprehensive suite of logs was run including: Caliper, Nat. Gamma, Temperature, Fluid Resistivity, Neutron, Density, Electric logs, Full Waveform Sonic, and Acoustic/Optical Televiewers. The logging tools were run to a depth of approximately […]
Last week Truck 310 was out in the East Valley doing geophysical logging to a depth of approximately 1500 ft. The geophysical logs collected included Density, E-Logs, Full Waveform Sonic, and Acoustic Televiewer. The client for the project is doing local and regional scale water aquifer characterization and the data we collected will be a […]
Just before the Holiday season Southwest Exploration sent Truck 300 south to a mine site near Tucson, Arizona. The project involved doing a Deviation Survey in a horizontal well to a depth of 800 ft. The well borehole was drilled primarily for dewatering purposes at the mine. In order to successfully run the Deviation Survey, […]
In the past few weeks, when time has permitted, we have been upgrading two of our trucks (310 and 900 – bottom picture) with new 2 Horsepower motors. In the picture below, Michael Quinones (left) and Kevin Mitchell (right) work to find the optimal position in the logging cab for the new motor/winch combination. When […]
