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 Foxdrill rope access team recently carried out an exceptional piece of work on a large drilling vessel off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire. The main boom cylinders on two of the four knuckle boom cranes on board of this drilling giant needed to be replaced.
We are pleased to have completed the selection process for Managing Director of Wagenborg Foxdrill and can announce that Günther Bakker has been appointed to this position with effect from September 1st.
Geothermal energy can play an important role in the energy transition. It is sustainable, reliable, predictable and available everywhere in the world. However, the water that contains the heat cannot be extracted from the ground everywhere. It depends on the subsoil, the rocks and layers of the earth. To get a better picture of our subsoil, Energie Beheer Nederland and TNO are carrying out the SCAN programme. This involves seismic research and exploratory drilling. Wagenborg Foxdrill is also involved.
Wagenborg Foxdrill's maintenance team recently completed the total overhaul of a mixtank. This tank has been used extensively in onshore well testing operations for more than three years. So it was high time for a major overhaul by the Foxdrill specialists.
The Wagenborg Foxdrill team recently completed a very special offshore lifting project: dismantling of a complete derrick on an offshore platform about 50 kilometers off the coast of Congo.
Wagenborg Foxdrill's rope access team is about to embark on a special project: the installation of up to 288 anodes on the legs of the Caturix jack-up platform. The work is taking place at Dixstone Shipyard Holland's yard in Nieuwdorp, Zeeland, where the Caturix is currently undergoing a conversion.
Wagenborg Foxdrill recently joined Geothermie Nederland, the Dutch industry association for geothermal energy. Geothermie Nederland unites companies and organisations that are active in the Dutch geothermal sector and dedicates itself and its members to the availability of sustainable and affordable heat for citizens and companies.
A while ago, Wagenborg Foxdrill achieved the Full Member status of LEEA, the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association. Recently, a surveillance audit round took place at Foxdrill’s offices in Oldenzaal, The Netherlands. An audit round which revealed that Wagenborg Foxdrill even exceeds the requirements for this LEEA Full Membership. Time for a short talk with Bart Oude Ophuis, Operations Manager at Wagenborg Foxdrill and responsible for the LEEA membership.