Pipe Stuck News Today

. right now we got a drill bit and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. a place like this, were right near the edges of a river. any time you have sandy soil you have the problem of it collapsing in on itself. we have to try to get it out. if we cant, it stays in the ground. >> lets move some of the dirt and get some of the weight off. i like it. lets do it. the problems happen and they happen quite often. you have to figure out how to get around those problems and keep pushing forward. ...

>> when you are changing a pipe over and you stop forcing a pipe into a hole you can collapse the hole. we have a drill bit and 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground its not for the minute going anywhere. we dont make promises. there is no guarantees. this shows that. ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see energy... what would we see? ♪ the billions of gallons of fuel that get us to work. ♪

Aquafir, and the other one is basically equipment. a drilling rig forces a series of pipes into the ground with a drill bit secured on the end. water is pumped into the bore hole through the pipes so that the sand and dirt that is loosened by the drill are forced out of bore hole. creating space to continue drilling. pipes are added one by one until the aquafir is reached. >> our bit is completely buried. >> when youre changing a pipe over or for a minute you stop forcing water into the hole tha...

Right now we got a drill bit and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. a place like this, were right near the edges of a river, so any time you got sandy soil, you got the problem of it collapsing in on itself. lets move some dirt first, get some of the weight off. problems happen and they happen quite often. and so you have to figure out how to get around those problems and to keep pushing forward. >> gonzalez had a great idea to take forced water, and slowly, slowly, slowly pound the sand...

And about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. a place like this, were right near the edges of a river, so any time you got sandy soil, you got the problem of it collapsing in on itself. lets move some dirt first, get some of the weight off. problems happen and they happen quite often. and so you have to figure out how to get around those problems and to keep pushing forward. >> gonzalez had a great idea to take forced water, and slowly, slowly, slowly pound the sand from the top down. so its al...

Aqua fur and the other is basically the equipment. a drilling rig forces a series of pipe into the ground with a drill bit secured on the end. water is pumped into the bore hole through the pipes so that the sand and dirt that is loosened by the drill are forced out of bore hole. pipes are added one by one until the aqua fir is reached. >> our bit is completely buried. >> when youre changing a pipe over or for a minute you stop forcing water into the hole that, hole can completely collapse on it...

The main reason why we picked this village to work is because its basically a community that has the most need right now in this area for clean water. by drilling a well, were able to hit aquifer that has access to clean water. but right now we got a drill bit and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. we got to try to get it out. if we cant, it stays in the ground. problems happen and they happen quite often. and so you have to figure out how to get around those problems and to keep pushing...

Heading up the river to a little village which translates into the miraculous or miracle. >> we have the amazon river and tributaries leading into the amazon river. theres water all over the place. the water is absolutely filthy. they are bathing and washing the dishes in that same water source. thats the thing causing them to get sick. the main reason we have picked this village to work is its a community that has the most need right now in this area for clean water. by drilling a well, we are ...