Marriott Drilling has been drilling high temperature geothermal wells in the African Rift Valley for over 10 years. The attached video presents the story. Marriott is proud that 80% of the rig crew are Kenya nationals. It is a policy of Marriott to engage as many local personnel as practical together with training, particularly for […]
ViewMarriott Drilling is the largest British owned international onshore drilling contractor. Marriott currently operate a fleet of rigs and integrated project management services for many deep drilling projects internationally across a range of applications including geothermal, geoscientific, water resources and oil and gas. At present Marriott have projects active in the UK, Europe, Africa and […]
ViewA Joint Venture of Marriott Drilling and H Anger’s Söhne (Marriott-Anger) recently drilled the two geothermal wells at a site at United Downs, near Redruth, Cornwall for Geothermal Engineering Limited. The first well was drilled to 5275 m (MD), 5057 m TVD into the underlying granite, a UK onshore depth record. The second well was […]
ViewMarriott Drilling Africa Limited (MDAL), a subsidiary within the Marriott Drilling Group, has recently completed a three year contract for a programme of oil exploration in Northern Kenya by Tullow Oil Kenya, a subsidiary of Tullow Oil plc. Marriott utilised a new Drillmec 1000 HP conventional trailer mounted drilling unit and associated equipment package together with 225-man camp for […]
ViewMarriott recently completed a three-year comprehensive exploration programme for York Potash, a subsidiary of Sirius Minerals, in North Yorkshire. This world-class exploration programme utilising heavy duty mining wireline systems to core the evaporate deposits included seven geological exploration boreholes to depths up to about 1700 m. Two boreholes were also drilled down the centres of […]
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