In elk bedrijf zijn er mensen zonder poespas die de zaak draaiende houden. Die er op de achtergrond voor zorgen dat alles op rolletjes loopt. Bij Foxdrill is Irma Groothuis één van deze mensen. Al sinds 1997. Tijd om haar beter te leren kennen.
Daan Waaijer werkt sinds 2,5 jaar als rigger bij Wagenborg Foxdrill. Hoe is hij bij Foxdrill terecht gekomen? En wat doe je eigenlijk precies als je rigger bent? Daan vertelt er meer over.
What if .... the top drive of a drilling rig breaks down during a drilling operation? And it needs to be repaired as quickly as possible to continue operations? Then it is important to call in the Foxdrill mechanical experts. They know drilling equipment like no other, and they know exactly what it takes to get a complex drilling rig up and running again quickly.
The Wagenborg Foxdrill team recently completed a very special offshore lifting project: the dismantling of a complete derrick on an offshore platform about 50 kilometers off the coast of Congo.
In Riedstadt, Germany, Wagenborg Foxdrill piled three conductors on behalf of Rhein Petroleum. A demanding job that required the lower part of two of the three pipes to be bent half a degree into the ground. On top of that, the three steel pipes had to be driven as deep as possible and exactly parallel to each other.
Wagenborg Foxdrill is renowned for its specialised activities in the energy sector. You also find a team of experts of a totally different calibre at Wagenborg Foxdrill: technicians who master every secret of engines, pumps and related equipment. David Kamphuis is Job Preparation Engineer for this type of work and gives a behind-the-scenes insight.
Erwin Bruins started his career with Wagenborg Foxdrill in the rig move operations team and is now working as a project manager. An insight into his work and career.
In Graben-Neudorf, Germany, near Karlsruhe, Deutsche ErdWärme is busy with the realization of its first geothermal project. Two wells will be drilled to a depth of around 3 700 metres to extract thermal water that will be used to generate electricity and heat for around 10 000 households.
