Dando Drilling
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Dando is a British
company manufacturing and supplying drilling rigs and equipment.
to ensure a clean water supply in Littlehampton
, England
, following an outbreak of Cholera
. The name Dando is a contraction of the founder's names.
In 1868 the Company supplied Tubewells for Abyssinia
.
The Company began operating worldwide, supplying drilling services, equipment, waterwells, windmills
and pumps. As time went on the emphasis gradually moved towards equipment design
and manufacture.
In 2006 the Company acquired Southern Drilling Services, based nearby in Ford, near Arundel
.
It also manufactures or supplies ancillary tooling, equipment and consumables.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
company manufacturing and supplying drilling rigs and equipment.
History
The Company was founded by a Mr Duke and a Mr Ockenden who in 1867 sank the first TubewellWater well
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...
to ensure a clean water supply in Littlehampton
Littlehampton
Littlehampton is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, on the east bank at the mouth of the River Arun. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton and east of the county town of Chichester....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, following an outbreak of Cholera
Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
. The name Dando is a contraction of the founder's names.
In 1868 the Company supplied Tubewells for Abyssinia
Ethiopian Empire
The Ethiopian Empire also known as Abyssinia, covered a geographical area that the present-day northern half of Ethiopia and Eritrea covers, and included in its peripheries Zeila, Djibouti, Yemen and Western Saudi Arabia...
.
The Company began operating worldwide, supplying drilling services, equipment, waterwells, windmills
Windpump
A windpump is a windmill used for pumping water, either as a source of fresh water from wells, or for draining low-lying areas of land. Once a common fixture on farms in semi-arid areas, windpumps are still used today where electric power is not available or too expensive.-History:Windmills were...
and pumps. As time went on the emphasis gradually moved towards equipment design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
and manufacture.
In 2006 the Company acquired Southern Drilling Services, based nearby in Ford, near Arundel
Arundel
Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Worthing east southeast, Littlehampton to the south and Bognor Regis to...
.
Operations
The Company manufactures and sells drilling rigs, drilling tools and associated products:- WaterwellWater wellA water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...
drilling rigs - Site investigation drilling rigs
- Mineral explorationMineral explorationMineral exploration is the process of finding ore to mine. Mineral exploration is a much more intensive, organized and professional form of mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of prospecting, the process of mineral exploration on the whole is much more involved.-Stages...
drilling rigs - Geotechnical and environmental survey drilling rigs
It also manufactures or supplies ancillary tooling, equipment and consumables.