Skip to main content

Below you will find the most recent articles on our Direct Image® systems. Many of the articles below appear in our Probing Times newsletter. Check back often for the most recent news from Geoprobe® Direct Image®.

article

NEW Logging Tool Characterizes Saturated Soil Porosity: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), a widely used borehole wireline logging technology in the petroleum industry for characterizing hydrocarbon reservoirs, has been adapted for hydrological investigations within monitoring wells and open boreholes. During t

ID: 13423 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2023
article

Extensive HRSC Logging Tool Career Clarifies Advantages

Progressing up the ladder from consultant to senior project manager, David Heicher found himself spending more time managing people and budgets and less time in the field. “I’d been in the business 12 years and had a young family so felt stuck,” Heicher

ID: 13420 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2023
article

Compact Power Diversifies Capabilities, Perfect for Barge Drilling

Landing a barge project, ODYSSEY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Owner and Project Manager Jason Miller knew he needed to run tooling beyond the capabilities of his fleet of three 7822DTs. The predominantly environmental and geotechnical drilling company in Pennsy

ID: 13405 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2023
article

Efficient Seismic CPT Includes Live Views of Data

Passionate about delivering exceptional geotechnical, environmental, and instrumentation exploration services, the TERRACON CONSULTANTS INC office in Savannah, Georgia, went from being without in-house drilling resources in 2021 to running three Geoprobe®

ID: 13403 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2023
article

Geoprobe® a One-stop Cone Penetrometer Test Shop

Engineers who had gained valuable geotechnical experience working for the US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District and the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, launched BURNS COOLEY DENNIS in 1985. Now with a staff of more than 60,

ID: 13399 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2023
article

LL MIHPT Site Characterization Report Optimizes Design of a Permeable Reactive Barrier

LL MIHPT site characterization report provides valuable data to ensure permeable reactive barrier contains entire contamination plume at reduced cost to initially proposed plan.

ID: 12403 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2022
article

Diving into Optical Profiling with OIHPT

Investing in OIHPT optical imaging system distinguishes services from other in region while providing clients a cost effective characterization.

ID: 12401 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2022
article

20CPT Skid Steer and CPT Equipment Economically Add Numerous Business Advantages

Adding 20CPT Skid Steer and CPT equipment provides economical way to gain footing in the CPT market.

ID: 12388 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2022
article

Geoprobe® Seismic CPT Saves Time, Provides Confidence

Seismic CPT module offers processing and procedural advantages to maximize confidence in field testing.

ID: 12387 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2022
article

New 36mm X 1m CPT Rod

Rope thread minimizes rotations required to make a joint while size fits inside 2.25-inch rod often used as a conductor casing.

ID: 5777 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Rigs for Efficient CPT Production

Power and ability to put in anchors quickly with the 6712DT with 20CPT Press results in more footage.

ID: 5776 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

High Resolution Business Takes Flight

Leaning on the can-do lessons of his Marine training and the small-company culture he cherished during his first drilling job guides building Veteran Drilling into high resolution site characterization resource for California.

ID: 5775 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Optical Image Profiler (OIP) Refines Conceptual Site Model in Brazil

Finkler Ambiental uses their Geoprobe® 6712DT in conjunction with Direct Image® MiHPT and OIP systems at a project site that serves as a storage plant for various fuels with more than 300 monitoring wells.

ID: 5774 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New 6011DT Limited Access Drill Rig

Tight spaces are no match for the 6011DT. Use 5-foot tooling and GH63 hammer while still being sized to slip into small spaces.

ID: 5771 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Versatility Key to Drilling Business Expansion

Opening an office in a new city was efficient with the ability of the 3230DT to deploy six or seven different drilling techniques.

ID: 5755 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Solid Solution for Shear Wave Velocity Data Collection

Being able to access raw data in real-time in the field with Geoprobe® seismic CPT module eliminates the need to remobilize and revisit a site to collect seismic shear wave data.

ID: 5754 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Geoprobe® Seismic CPT Benefits

Benefits of Geoprobe® Seismic CPT include support by technical experts

ID: 5753 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Geoprobe® Seismic CPT

When compared to other seismic CPT systems, the Geoprobe® Seismic CPT provides better field performance with option to see arrival of the wave.

ID: 5752 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

20 CPT Press now available with skid steer configuration

The Geoprobe® 20 CPT flexible mast option with quick mount design easily attaches the Geoprobe® 6712DT direct push machine.

ID: 1884 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

Dedicated CPT Machine Opens Profit Options

Olsson desired an efficient, dedicated machine to run their CPT. In choosing the Geoprobe® 20CPT skid steer, their dedicated machine also provided profit versatility...

ID: 281 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Containing Communist-Era Contamination

Despite sloping terrain, swampy forest, and harsh weather, Dekonta successfully used 7822DT and Direct Image® tools in their investigation of an old sand quarry, which during the communist era served as a landfill for various factory wastes...

ID: 5132 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Geoprobe® CPT Advantage: CPT-ready Rigs and Cone Calibration

With more than 20 years experience, Geoprobe® has the technical team to offer CPT troubleshooting, spare parts, service, and repairs — including cone calibration — along with "CPT-ready" rigs...

ID: 5181 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

NEW Dual Flight Anchor: Save Set-up Time

Earth anchoring options on our 3126GT, 3100GT, and 7822DT now include a single, dual flight anchor...

ID: 5239 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Convenient, Consistent Poly-filters

Coming in pre-soaked packs of 10, the new poly filters provide the convenience of ‘one-and-done’ versus the extra effort of determining whether the brass filter has exceeded its viability...

ID: 5133 | Date:
article

Reaching Greater CPT Depths

The ability to anchor the 3230DT, achieving greater CPT depths, has led to the development of a new procedure integrating the CPT data into the bridge piling design for Nebraska Department of Transportation...

ID: 5256 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Geoprobe® Geologist Wes McCall to Provide Presentations for Inaugural AESAS Conference in Brazil

The first Contaminated Site Conference July 2-4, 2019, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, includes two sessions by Geoprobe® Geologist Wes McCall as part of the broad selection

ID: 5185 | Date:
Web Article
article

Using Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) to Estimate Groundwater Specific Conductance

Geoprobe® HPT is becoming one of the most common direct push logging tools used in site characterization. An HPT port is now included on ALL MIP...

ID: 5325 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Geoprobe® Participates on ITRC Team for Implementing ASCT

The Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) is a state led coalition working to encourage the use of innovative technology and methods to reduce...

ID: 5188 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Geoprobe® No Stranger to CPT Advantages

With constant pressure to become more cost-efficient, engineers are opting to become more sophisticated in their sampling methods...

ID: 5186 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Direct Image® Operational Tips Email

In early 2017, we changed some of the components in the HPT Pump and controller. These changes provide better pump performance

ID: 5150 | Date:
Web Article
article

3230DT in Texas: Advances CPT Nicely

I’ve been operating the 3230DT since its release and the capabilities continue to impress me...

ID: 2187 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

OIP-Green Successfully Detects Coal Tar Fluorescence

The Optical Imaging Profiler (OIP) is a new direct push photo-logging system developed by Geoprobe® that uses a down hole light source...

ID: 5245 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

2060CPT makes field jobs efficient, comfortable

The Geoprobe® 2060CPT is a 20-ton-rated, static push Cone Penetration Testing platform that allows users to maximize their efforts...

ID: 2113 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

Mapping DNAPL With MIP

Most MIP (Membrane Interface Probe) work is performed to map...

ID: 5220 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Optical Image Profiler (OIP)

The Optical Image Profiler (OIP) is a direct push probe that uses UV fluorescence to...

ID: 5248 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Demand High for Using OIP System From Vista GeoScience Clients

John Fontana, PG and President/CEO of Vista GeoScience in Golden, CO, and his direct sensing team are...

ID: 5148 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Enhanced In Situ Soil Analysis

The success of soil investigations and remediation designs is highly dependent o..

ID: 5162 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Multiple Options for HPT Logging

Since the release of the Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) in 2006...

ID: 5230 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Most Versatile CPT Push Platform

The 6622CPT punches way above...

ID: 5229 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Leaking CPT Holes Cause Problems

An artesian effect was causing a problem...

ID: 5213 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Elite Techniques Credits 7822DT’s Versatility to Continued Success

Elite Techniques, in Camden, SC, has experienced substantial growth since...

ID: 5161 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Gregg Drilling Uses MIP To Develop Strategic ISCO Treatment

Gregg Drilling & Testing, based in California, recently partnered with a Northern California environmental consultant to provide Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) and...

ID: 5200 | Date:
Web Article
article

Geoprobe® DI Team Posts HPT Logging Services Specification

Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) Logging is getting a lot of use these days. HPT logs are a good tool for evaluating site stratigraphy...

ID: 5182 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Using HPT Logs for Identifying Brine Impact on Fresh Water Aquifers

Last summer Wes McCall and Geoprobe® summer intern Mateus Evald conducted field tests with the Hydraulic Profiling Tool–Groundwater...

ID: 5324 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

MIP Logging Used to Investigate Site Contaminated by Mixture of VOCs

Dekonta company, a central/eastern European environmental company in Prague, completed both research and commercial activities...

ID: 5224 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

New Technology: Commercial Release of Direct Image® OIP Logging Tool

The Direct Image® Team at Geoprobe Systems® proudly announces the commercial release of their newest Direct Image® logging tool ... the Optical Image Profiler (OIP)...

ID: 5243 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

MIP Quickly Delineates PHC Impacts

Vertex Environmental was retained to complete a large in-situ chemical oxidation injection remediation project by the provincial government in northern Ontario, Canada...

ID: 5225 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

I’m having problems passing the HPT Reference Test and my HPT Line Pressure is High. What’s my problem?

Soil build-up behind the HPT screen is easy to troubleshoot by removing the HPT screen. Does the line pressure return to normal, and are you able to pass...

ID: 5207 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

Former Dry Cleaners Site Impacts CA Water Front Park

The City of Monterey, CA, has envisioned providing public access to the City’s waterfront by acquiring open space since the creation of the City’s Master Plan in 1939...

ID: 5175 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

Grouting Made Easy with the Direct Image® 2.25 in. Grout Sub

The new Direct Image® (DI) 2.25 in. Grout Sub (222346) will attach to any 2.25 in. DI tool string, and allow you to easily grout your borehole from bottom up...

ID: 5202 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2014
article

Direct Image® 2012 Workshop Wrap-Up

The response to our first ever Direct Image® Workshop surprised even us! Preparation for the workshop was a lot of work and at times tension was high but when the day finally arrived...

ID: 5149 | Date:
Web Article
article

External DI Studies and Resources

This page shows a list of studies and resources along with their external links that others have done regarding the use, performance...

ID: 5219 | Date:
Web Article
article

Geoprobe®: The Right Tools for Investigation of Uranium in Drinking Water

A few years back, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services began testing all of the water supply wells across Nebraska to be sure...

ID: 5338 | Date:
Web Article