Category Drilling Guides

Rig price bands, landed cost after Mombasa, Kenyan per-metre rates and the payback maths behind a water well rig purchase in 2026.

How 30/70 T/T and an L/C at sight actually work on a rig order, the document fields that cause most bank rejections, and which term fits your situation.

The power source decides more than fuel price: where the power is made, what each option costs per hour, and when a gen-set makes it worse.

A 200 m rating is a starting point, not a limit. What the number means at 8 and 12 inch, what a working package costs in 2026, and the five questions to ask a supplier before you sign.

Real litres-per-hour figures for 65 kW and 129 kW water well rigs, how to calculate fuel per metre, and where the diesel cost actually leaks away.

Depth ratings are conditional. Here is what really limits a water well drilling rig, how diameter and ground derate the brochure number, and how to pick the right class.

Forty field checks for a used water well, DTH or core rig, in the order a buyer should run them: structure, rotary head, hydraulics, rods and a live load test.

A contractor in northern Ghana sent me a video last month. His 5-inch hammer was making a sound I know too well — a flat, lazy thud instead of the sharp crack you want. The pressure gauge on the compressor…

In February a contractor in Kitwe sent me a photo of two pallets sitting in his yard. Six YT28 air leg rock drills. Two hundred tapered bits. Four hundred metres of Hex 22 rod. He had bought the whole package…

What it costs to ship a drilling rig overseas: container loading limits, FCL vs LCL, Incoterms, insurance and the freight charges buyers usually forget.