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After studying finance and economics and attempting a few side projects, Boyuan found a real career path in the family business of Jinshi Drilltech. Founded by his father in 1996, today Jinshi is the largest manufacturer of core drilling tools in China. With the experience he accumulated while living and studying in Canada, Boyuan has since helped spearhead Jinshi’s expansion abroad. Over the last...

Harvey Tremblay started his career doing carpentry. He then climbed his way up from service work at drill sites, to exploration services, to working as both a driller and a foreman. He bought an off-the-shelf JKS-300 drill rig from his old boss and launched Hy-Tech Drilling from his home in 1991. After a couple of small jobs, Harvey landed what turned out to be a nine-year contract. Over the next...

Sarp Ayken was born in 1977 in Izmir, Turkey. He entered the Geological Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University in 1995. After graduation, he started working as a Site Engineer at Ortadoğu Sondaj (Ortadoğu) in March 2001. He has been with the company ever since. In these 20 years, Sarp has been involved in many domestic and international projects as an engineer and later as a ma...

Geodrill is a well-established drilling contractor and a preferred partner in West Africa. The company prides itself on investing in modern equipment and world-class operations to supply its clients with a ‘one-stop’ drilling solution. As a purpose-led company, their expertise, experience in the field, highest maintenance, Health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) standards, and Environmental...

Mario Rouillier studied in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, earning a degree in Business Administration. His drilling career began more than 39 years ago when as a teenager, he started working in his father’s company Rouillier Drilling. Mario moved up the ranks as driller’s helper, driller, foreman, general manager and finally as owner and president.

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