Drilling Services

Water Well Drilling

Pinnergy provides water well drilling and related services to oil & gas exploration and production companies in all of our geographic territories. We own and operate both rotary table and hydraulic top head water well drilling rigs, and our team of professionals includes water well drillers licensed to operate in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

About This Service

Water well jobs typically occur in conjunction with conductor and related services and take one day to complete. Pinnergy has a fleet of truck-mounted water well drilling rigs used specifically for this purpose. Using a water well drilling rig, a seven-and-seven-eighths-inch hole is drilled until fresh-water sands are located that can provide the required quantity and flow rate. Once sufficient sands are located, sections of four-inch PVC pipe (with perforated sections at the appropriate fresh-water sand levels, to allow the water to flow in) are lowered into the well.

A gravel-filter medium is then poured around the outside of the pipe to the level of the highest water sand, to reduce the tendency of the perforated pipe to clog with sand. The top ten feet of water well pipe are cemented with concrete to comply with regulatory requirements for water wells. To produce the water, a submersible pump is placed inside the wellbore near the bottom.

Other ancillary services include submersible pump installation & rental, water-line hook-up & rental, generator rental and water well plugging.