Recent Work / Case study 01
01 · Old lease · Rig recovery
Recovering an abandoned drill rig from the bush.
The challenge
A client had a drill rig stranded on an old lease. Parts had been stripped off it, so it couldn't be started or driven out under its own power — and it still had to come off the lease.
What we did
Drillspec got the call. We sized up the rig on the ground, hired in a hydraulic Enerpac setup, and used it to safely lift and shift the rig so it could be moved — no engine, no drivetrain needed. We ran the job from the first call to load-out.
The outcome
Drillspec recovered the rig from the bush and handed it back to the client, ready for whatever came next — without the cost or risk of writing it off where it sat.
Rig recovery
Hydraulics
Field service
Drillspec Mechanical recovers, repairs and maintains drill rigs across regional Western Australia.
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