DOSECC

DOSECC is a geoscience-driven, engineering and core drilling services firm with 30 years’ experience completing projects around the globe. We help solve key business problems and answer pressing questions that impact our planet.

We Specialize in High-Quality Core Drilling

We obtain samples for study and analysis that helps scientists and enterprises to better understand the resources and conditions, both past and present. Our team approaches each mission with a rare combination of scientific depth, engineering expertise, global drilling operations experience, and sharp business acumen.

Why Clients Choose DOSECC

• DOSECC is recognized for the highest standard of core sample quality. Our geological emphasis is driven by the idea that every millimeter of a core sample tells a story and holds critical data. Don’t risk your data to companies focused on cheap footage that compromises your sample quality.
• DOSECC is geo-science driven. This offers a critical, unique understanding of the scientific, exploration, mineral or geothermal ramifications on every project is strengthened by a sound business approach. Clients appreciate the vast difference of communicating with a fellow scientist-executive rather than a standard driller.
• DOSECC offers a complete, drilling solution including the engineering and fabricating new equipment when necessary. Our engineers are hands-on throughout the planning process, then have “boots on the ground and hands in the grease” during the drilling process itself for complete continuity and quality.
• DOSECC is experienced in challenging environments requiring specialized equipment and extensive logistics expertise. While we are adept at the simplest drilling projects, we are uniquely capable of going places no one has ever gone to accomplish what no one has ever done.
• DOSECC brings three decades of experience. DOSECC began in 1984 as a consortium of over 55 universities that came together with the purpose of creating a scientific drilling company that could carry out needed projects. As its capabilities grew, the company began to take on commercial sector projects in 2007 in the mining, geothermal and geotechnical industries. We now are considered a leading specialist in these industries while continuing academic projects.
• DOSECC offers a proven safety and liability record. We are committed to protect our clients financially and legally while protecting their reputation. We operate in rigorous compliance with regulations and avoid costly errors that result from carelessness. We are fully insured (EMOD 1) and a licensed core drilling contractor in the State of Nevada (Lic No 0070141). We are registered with Browz, a third-party system for independent verification of client-specific safety compliance standards.
• DOSECC has a strong project-management background that we apply in our fabrication and drilling activities. In addition, we provide project management services for clients worldwide.

FULL-SERVICE SPECIALISTS We specialize in high-quality core samples both on land and water. We are trusted with challenging projects in even the most difficult demanding locations. We analyze and plan each project and apply innovative engineering that allows us to successfully complete projects.

• Project Management & Logistics
• Custom Equipment Engineering
• Technology Design & Fabrication
• Data Analysis, Preliminary Assessment & Reporting

Drilling Operations

• Wireline Diamond Core Drilling
• Reverse Circulation and Air/Mud Rotary Drilling
• Slim Hole Geothermal Drilling with Temperature while Coring
• Lake/Shallow Marine Drilling with Soft Sediment Core Sampling and Modular Floating Platform Systems
• Geotechnical Testing & Sampling

DOSECC EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES

DOSECC offers clients across the geothermal, geotechnical, mining and exploration, and scientific industries options beyond what is typically available with standard drilling technologies.  When the demands of a project require unique soil conditions or challenging environmental factors, our equipment engineering team works closely with our fabrication team to innovate new technologies that will successfully meet our clients’ unique needs.

Case Study in Brief

The International Drilling for the Recovery of Aquifer Sands (IDRAS) project is an excellent example of DOSECC’s unique and advanced drilling equipment design and engineering capabilities, as it required the development a new type of core sample.  Scientists working to improve human health by studying arsenic contamination in the groundwater in various areas in Southeast Asia partnered with DOSECC to develop a new technology for their study that would allow them to pull core samples from water saturated soils.  It was necessary that the fluid would remain in situ in the sample, with both water and soil layered exactly in the sample as it was underground.  This presented a complex new problem in which DOSECC engineers were able to create a specialized drill bit and encapsulation system.  With our headquarters in Salt Lake City, we were fortunate to have similar ground conditions near the Great Salt Lake to successfully test the technology.  This new capability also will have geotechnical applications that can increase certainty and reduce risk when testing soil bearing.