44A, Dokki St., Misr Insurance Rear Tower, Floor 12 – Flat 125, Giza, Egypt
TOSHKA PUMPING STATION
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DATE |
July 1998 |
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CLIENTS |
Arabian International Company with Kvaerner Construction Company
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LOCATION |
About 300 Km south of Aswan in Upper Egypt, about 1300 Km south of Cairo
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DESCRIPTION |
The work included continuous coring in sandstone layer interbedded by hematite lenses with 131mm double core sampler.
Three boreholes 103m deep Two boreholes 80m deep Seven boreholes 65m deep Two boreholes 50m deep Eight boreholes 40m deep Two boreholes 30m deep Four boreholes 20m deep |
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PROGRAM OF WORK |
About 40% of the work was off-shore; 60% on-shore. Seven standpipe piezometers were installed in seven boreholes.
SPT tests were carried out in between the continuous samples.
Thirty-six high-pressure dilatometer tests were carried out in the boreholes |
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