Ma’adenSaudi Arabian Mining Company is developing mining for phosphate deposits in the Northern region of Saudi Arabia. A new mine located at Umm Wu’alto be exploited for the next 30 years should be supplied with water for the processing facilities by a new well field to be located in the TawilAquifer.

6 wells were drilled to explore in detail the suitability of Tawilaquifer in terms of water quality and quantity. 11 additional wells have been designed, drilled and tested in a second phase.

Our Services at a glance

• Supervision of drilling and logging works
• Sample description
• Interpretation of cuttings and geophysical borehole logs
• Stratigraphic classification
• Supervisionof pumping tests
• Evaluation of pumping tests
• Evaluation of water quality analyses
• Numerical groundwater modelling