Big Eagle

Rathole Drilling

Big Eagle Rathole Drilling supplies conductor, rat-hole and mouse-hole services. Serving Western Canada and the Northwest Territories, we build strong, sound relationships with our customers by earning their trust and making their needs paramount. Our team can offer adaptable, high quality and hassle-free service.

Rathole Fleet

One Foremost DR-24 Rig and Support Equipment

• The Foremost DR-24 rig is capable of drilling and setting pipe to 80m in extreme conditions such as boulders, gravel, sand and solid rock.
• The bottom drive spins in the casing (liner) as the top-drive drills out the center with down hole air hammer or tricone bit.
• 42 ton knuckle picker with a mounted 900 cfm compressor and tri-axle trailer.
• Tri-drive tractor with a mounted 900 cfm compressor and tri-axle trailer.
• One Welding/fuel/crew truck.

Four Watson 2500 Rigs

• Capable of drilling to depths of 36m without using extensions.
• These 4 auger drill rigs are designed with 81,000 ft lbs of drilling torque and 38,000 ft-lbs of crowd pressure needed for any extreme drilling conditions. I.e. gravel, large boulders, and sandstone.

Service Trucks and Trailers

• Designed with multi-well pads in mind.
• Tri-drive truck equipped with an automatic transmission that is beneficial on soft leases and in the hills where shifting can become a problem.
• Carries a 750 gallon heated water tank.
• Pulls a tri-axle dropdeck trailer that has an additional 800 gallon heated water tank.
• Triaxle dropdeck trailers are capable of hauling all of the tooling and extra pipe needed to do multiple jobs or multi-well pads.

Service Divisions

• Nitrogen
• Hydro-Vac
• Vacuum
• Water
• Steam
• Mulching
• Pressure Testing
• Coil Tubing
• Shoring
• Hot Oiling
• Pile Driving
• Oilfield Hauling
• End Dump / Gravel
• Rathole Drilling

Rathole Benefits

• Strong management team with over 50 years combined experience in the rathole drilling industry.
• All operators are fully trained in the proper use of our equipment and our documented safety program.
• In-house services that complement us: pile drivers, water trucks, vacuum trucks, welders.
• Trucks pro-rated for AB, BC and SK.
• All units are equipped with positive air shut-offs.
• All units are equipped with G.P.S. technology.
• We have remote storage yards in AB, BC and SK.

Service Truck & Trailer