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The Leaning Tower Of Tisza

posted on Aug 20, 2009 05:36PM

This would have been either the Mako-6 or Mako-7

The URETEK group has completed many atypical projects over several decades. Peculiar under water foundation injections at a submarine construction plant, filling of enormous cavities in a mountain. The stabilization and lifting of a 1.000 ton natural gas drilling tower (2006. Makó), the stabilization of high voltage tanks during normal operation hours, special work on military installations. Our firm always has a positive attitude and is ready to act. We do not know impossibilities!

In can happen with oil and natural gas exploration towers that during drilling operations the subsoil loosens due to the significant dynamic loading. Then the tower’s stability is reduced and the tower begins to tilt. The halting of drilling, disassembly of the tower and re-erecting on stable foundations is a huge expense in the oil industry. With URETEK we have successfully stabilized a 1,000 ton drilling tower. The drilling was already several thousand meters deep when one side of the tower begin to tilt significantly. The drilling was stopped and traditional methods were used in an attempt to upright the tower, but the subsoil proved to be unstable, which led to a catastrophic subsidence. Our firm was called in at to inject. The URETEK team successfully stabilized the tower in 8 days in -12 C degree cold. At one section several centimeters of lifting was achieved. The stabilized subsoil allowed the traditional methods to be used to lift the tower more than 10 cm. The use of URETEK meant that the tower did not have to be disassembled and reassembled at another location, which saved millions of dollars for the exploration company. The drilling proceeded and brought up the awaited result.

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