In a nutshell, we manufacture and repair down hole drilling tools for the Raisebore, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD), Mining and Oilfield Industries.

Our History

1990 — Established

TRANSCO MFG Australia was established in Adelaide, South Australia in 1990 as a mining / oilfield / industry services tooling company specialising in the inspection, repair, design and manufacture of raise drill string and down hole drilling tools.

1991

In 1991 TRANSCO registered Transcontinental Supplies in the United States.

1998

In 1998 TRANSCO began manufacturing hole openers, barrel reamers, fly cutters, ring stabilizers, roller reamers and other drilling tools for the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Market.

2001

TRANSCO began manufacturing down hole drilling tools for the Oil and Gas industry. Also providing the rental of mud motors, jars, shock subs, stabilizers and other tools, drilling equipment and servicing of client owned equipment for the oil and gas industry.

2004

TRANSCO increased its production and versatility by opening an additional manufacturing workshop to compliment Transco’s workshop (No.2).

2005

TRANSCO introduced PDC Bit Refurbishment into the Australian market for the Oil and Gas industry.

2006

TRANSCO employed a full time rock bit and cutter design engineer.

TRANSCO increased its production and versatility by opening an additional manufacturing workshop (No.3)to compliment Transco’s other two workshops and commenced manufacturing its own patented hole opener cutters and rock bits in this new state of the art facility.

2008

TRANSCO commenced manufacturing large integral single pass off shore hole openers for the North Sea oilfield market up to but not limited to 42" hole size.

2009

TRANSCO registered a patent for its cutter retention system.

2010

TRANSCO opened a warehouse and office in Dallas to service the US Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) market.

2011

TRANSCO attained accreditation for American Petroleum Industry (API) Q1 & ISO9001 qualifications.

2012

TRANSCO increased its warehouse space and cutter assembly and refurbishment ability with the building of an additional workshop (No.4).

2013

TRANSCO attained accreditation for American Petroleum Industry (API) Spec 7.1 qualification.

TRANSCO increased its production and large machining capacity by establishing another workshop (no.5) to compliment Transco’s other four workshops.

2014

TRANSCO placed inventory into Thailand in partnership with HDD Thailand to better serve the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and Oilfield market in and around Thailand, including stock warehousing, mud motors, rental equipment / down hole tool repair and servicing, to cater to the growing Asia infrastructure market.

2015

TRANSCO opened a workshop and office in Germany and registered the name Transco Down Hole Drilling Tools GMBH.

2016

TRANSCO's new adminastation facility commenced construction at the Adelaide manufacturing location 

2017

TRANSCO appointed two additional representatives , 'Pilot Hole Bit Services' in Lafayett USA 

2018

TRANSCO placed inventory into Lafayette USA in partnership with Pilot Hole Bit Services

including a full range of TRANSCO medium and hard rock HDD Hole Opener bodies and cutters