Energy service specialist since 1967

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Multidisciplinary maintenance experts
Logistics & well related services partner
Full service conductor installation
Rig moves and rig acceptance

Welcome to Wagenborg Foxdrill

Established in 1967 as a drilling contractor, Foxdrill soon developed into Europe's leading rig moving contractor. Over time and by adapting to a changing market, we soon expanded our service portfolio to include a wide range of services for the oil & gas and renewable energy industries in the Netherlands, the EU and around the world.

We are known for our "get it done" mentality and our expertise in all our services.

Foxdrill in a nutshell

Globally active in the energy sector since 1967

Team with unparalleled work ethic and flexibility

Large complement of own operational experts and crew

Experience with Operators, Drilling contractors and Service companies

Our Services

Rope Access

Using the proven safe IRATA rope access system based on two independently anchored ropes, Wagenborg Foxdrill is able to perform a wide variety of tasks at height in a very safe and efficient manner.

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Our Services

Maintenance

We offer a range of maintenance solutions, from overhauls, inspections, and repairs to complete maintenance management of your assets.

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Our services

Conductor Installation

Whether a new well is being constructed or a solid foundation is required otherwise: Wagenborg Foxdrill can support you with a very efficient and safe way to install conductors or pile other foundation pieces into the soil.

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Rig moves

Wagenborg Foxdrill has performed hundreds of rig moves, built state-of-the-art derrick packages, modified and inspected many rigs and have driven numerous conductors.

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Our services

Derrick Services

We specialize in the life cycle of derricks, from construction to dismantling and every step in between including maintenance, inspections, and specialized rigging.

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Our history

1967

Foxdrill was founded as VOS Boormaatschappij Foxdrill

1974

Foxdrill starts conductor installation services

2007

Introduction of 3D drawings in rigmove manuals

2008

Installation of 73 conductors for Schoonebeek Oilfield redevelopment project NAM

2012

Incorporation of BJ Consultancy & start with rig inspection services in Oman.

2015

Development of Dropped Object inspections for drilling rigs

2017

Overseas rigmove completed together with Wagenborg Projects & Logistics.

2021

Foxdrill becomes LEEA member for certified inspection of lifting gear

1967

Foxdrill starts drilling with 2 rigs in Libya

1984

Introduction of hydraulic piledriving hammer for conductor installation

2008

Assembly of Dual derrick for Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible

2008

Foxdrill becomes IRATA full member for Rope access services

2014

First full offshore API 4G - Cat IV inspection carried out

2015

Started with Well test equipment maintenance & services

2018

Foxdrill starts providing maintenance software solution

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Masterpiece in offshore lifting

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.

A class of its own

Dutch-based Dixstone Shipyard Holland BV awarded the complex derrick-removal scope to Foxdrill because of the specific skills and experience on derrick removal operations of the Foxdrill team. Dixstone is operating as a turnkey contractor for the platform conversion scope.

In other words: a top-class derrick dismantling project, both in terms of the engineering and work preparation, as well as the techniques and rope access activities used. Bart Oude Ophuis, Operations Manager, and Sander Hilbrink, Project Manager, give an insight.

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13 November 2024 Foxdrill team completes another successful knuckle boom cylinder replacement

Following the successful execution of an inventive rigging solution to replace the cylinders of knuckle boom cranes on a drillship in the Ivory Coast last summer, the Foxdrill team recently faced a similar challenge on another drillship in the region.

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21 October 2024 Foxdrill team overhauls faulty top drive in record time

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.

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09 September 2024 Inventive solution on knuckle boom crane cylinders prevents drillship downtime

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.

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