India’s First Sandvik DT1130 Jumbo Rig Delivered to Major Cavern Project

Mumbai : Fourteen Sandvik underground jumbo drill rigs are being used on India's three strategic crude oil storage caverns under construction, in drill and blast duties to excavate more than 9 million m³ of rock from the 24.4 km of tunnels and caverns to store 5.33 million metric tonnes of crude oil. Deputy Project Manager for the S K E&C - KCT JV on the Padur project contract 1B, Prasanna K.M, has stated that the Sandvik rigs represent "the lifeline of the project."

India's first Sandvik DT1130 underground jumbo 3-boom drilling rig has been delivered to the South Korean Engineering & Construction Co – Karam Chand Thappar Joint Venture (S. K. E & C – KCT JV) for the third of the country's three crude oil storage caverns – together with two Sandvik DT820 2-boom rigs and a second DT1130 for its Phase 1B contract.