Christmas Kettles

Again this year, Kodiak Drilling personnel helped out the Salvation Army by manning the Christmas kettle on a number of occasions.  With the help of many volunteers they were able to surpass their goal and raise $129,000 for Oakville causes.  You can read the article about this very important initiative by clicking here.

Some Positive Feedback on Our Performance

We scoured our inbox to come up with some of the feedback we have received over the last few years on the performance of our drilling crews.  Not every job goes as smoothly as planned but we aim to do everything we can to achieve your goals.  Please do not hesitate to provide us with any feedback – both positive and negative.  If we get positive feedback, we’ll pat our own backs; if we get negative feedback, we will try to implement improvement.

“The boys were valiant.”

“Job went well. The crew was great, so give them a thanks for me.”

“Things went well enough in St. Catharines, appreciate your expertise.”

“……just dropping a quick line to say that Greg and Dave did a sweet job on the little site I had in Guelph……..Difficult drilling (although shallow) due to cobbles and close bedrock outcrops, but we still got some good samples and the boys were off my site within an hour fo my drilling budget. The well completions were also very good. ”

“Much appreciated as always.”

“Your guys were excellent.”

“Be assured that when I have opportunity to recommend your services for drilling in your niche market I will. ”

“I have always been satisfied with the performance of your equipment and staff.”

“Dave is the best !”

“Everything went well and completed on time.  I will give you a call if we have any drilling job coming up in near future.”

“Space was tight but the job went well.”

“Everything went very smoothly.”

“I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know how impressed I was with Kodiak on the last 2 jobs you’ve done for me.  Your guys were very helpful and professional, and your equipment was excellent.  I look forward to working with you in the future!”

“….just want to say thank you very much for a job well done with respect to the well decomissioning earlier this week.  We were both pleasantly surprised with the increased effectiveness as the day progressed, and that the job was completed in one day.  You both were great to work with, and when/if we ever are in charge of well decomissioning again, we’ll be in touch.”

“I have recommended you to our other office as I was always very happy with the work from your crew.”

“Everything went well. I was very impressed with the drill and your crew.”

“I have been meaning to give you a call. The drilling went well and your men did an excellent job. I will definitely be giving you a call on future projects.”

“The work went really well …….the guys were great.”

“Thanks for the good service. Your men were cheerful and professional despite the driving rains.  …..Looking forward to another opportunity to work with you.”

“…..not only did your team do a good job, they did it under the influence of a challenging client.”

“It was a pleasure and I look forward to working with you in the future.”

“Thanks for the great service.”

“I too enjoy our work relationship, you have been quite fair with me over the years.”

“Thanks Randy, I owe you one.”

“By all accounts, your work was great (thanks).”

“Just wanted to let you know I was very impressed with the production of the mini-mole and your crew yesterday. ”

“The work went very well”

“Thanks for sending a couple good competent men to complete the work ….everything went well, no complaints.”

“Thanks for the work on the 400, your rigs worked well for us.”

“Good team – as usual.”

Welcome to the re-branded Kodiak Drilling website!
When we started providing limited access drilling services as “Kodiak Environmental Limited” in 1994, our work was done exclusively for environmental site assessment and remediation. Over the years, along with the evolution of our drilling capabilities, our work has also evolved to include an increasing amount of geotechnical drilling.

Therefore, while celebrating 15 years of providing leadership in limited access drilling, we have re-branded to “Kodiak Drilling” to better reflect the nature of our work.

On October 17, Kodiak provided personnel and a truck and trailer for the 6th straight year for the annual Oakville Salvation Army Food Drive.  The Kodiak truck is a drop off point for local volunteers who go house to house picking up donation bags that residents leave on their driveway.  After transporting the food to the Salvation Army facility, it is sorted by staff and volunteers to restock the food bank shelves.  Last year, 1,616 children and 2.273 adults in Oakville were provided with emergency food from this facility.  Again this year, thousands of pounds of food was collected by dozens of volunteers over the course of the day.  Soon, we will again be helping with the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle program.

Kodiak Drilling held its first ever staff golf evening in August at Saw-Whet Golf club in Oakville.  It as an “interesting” affair, as we had some first-timers.  The 9 holes took an unusually long time to play, much to the consternation of the club staff. The low-gross winner was Scott.  Dave and Doug tied for the “most honest golfer” prize, while  Chris was the “most promising rookie”.