Drilling Spares and Services Ltd (DSS)

Drilling Spares and Services Ltd is a private firm founded in 1989 by Mr. Kumar Pal Bhalla. Mr Bhalla was formerly the Chief Geologist in the Ministry of Water in the Kenyan Government.

Drilling Spares and Services Ltd has grown to become the premier water well drilling company in East Africa and has undertaken both private and government works in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Drilling Spares and Services Ltd today operates seven (7) rotary drilling rigs including two Foremost DR24 dual rotary rigs and a Schramm T130XD deep well rig. Drilling Spares and Services Ltd also operates 4 test pumping units with pumping capacities of upto 400m3/hr.

Drilling Spares and Services Ltd operates a drilling rig manufacturing unit to cater for the needs of the water well market in Africa. The Simba range of water well rigs are designed to operate trouble free in the unforgiving terrain of remote Kenya and other regional countries. The deliberate use of simple but rugged technologies provides a machine of high capacity and superior maintainability.

Drilling Spares and Services Ltd employs a staff of 85 personnel including Geologist, Mechanical Engineers, Engineering Workshop Technicians, Drillers, Site supervisors, Hydraulic Engineers and General Support Staff.

Drilling Spares and Services Ltd has become known in its native market as the drilling company to send in when anyone else has fail, this is due to the ingrained ethics that have filtered down from the top management to the most basic worker. The company strives to engineer solutions to challenging drilling problems and maintains a strong commitment to its clients.