Devico AS
Devico AS is the sole company to offer directional core drilling services worldwide. Devico AS also rents various borehole survey instruments for the mining industry and geotechnical projects. The head office is located in Heimdal, Norway. The company have until now been operating in more than 40 countries worldwide.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mining Services and drilling |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Heimdal, Norway |
| Products | Directional core drilling and borehole survey tools |
| Website | www.devico.com |
History
Launched in 1988 by Mr. Viktor Tokle.
Introduction
The DeviDrill, Devico AS directional core barrel and rotary steerable system, was launched in 1988. It was in use until 2001 when the wireline version of the DeviDrill was introduced. The new version was a big improvement as it allowed the drill string to stay in the borehole during steering and coring.
Devico AS has developed their own set of borehole survey instruments to be used together with the DeviDrill. In 2002 a miniature version of the survey tool was launched that made it possible to survey through the drill bit.
To survey in magnetic environment, Devico developed a strain gauge based survey tool named DeviFlex which was made available in 2004. An instrument using gyroscopic sensors, DeviGyro, was released in 2019.