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Either the swivel joint seal is leaking here or the bottom of the hole is plugged increasing the pressure in the system. Or both. Brunei. 1989.

Daily Photo – More Flushing

Richard Davis January 12, 2013
Travel 2

Here’s another photo of a flushing team in action. While not the most pleasant of tasks, sometimes the spray of water help alleviate the oppressive heat and humidity. Most days I was on the line I’d end up soaked in sweat so rain was refreshing. This water though, is swamp water so not the most pleasant stuff.

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Flushing was how we set both the explosives and hydrophones in Brunei. Fairly simpe - just pump a lot of water down the inside of the tube and it washes out the sand up the sides. Turn the tube with some pipe wrenches to prevent the tube from sticking in the hole.

Daily Photo – Flushing

Richard Davis January 10, 2013
Travel 3

It didn’t take a lot of horsepower to make the holes in which we set the explosives and hydrophones – just a water pump and a couple of guys with pipe wrenches. Water was relatively easy to come by. In most cases the crew only had the dig a sump one or two feet deep and place the filtered end of the inlet hose into the sump.

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