Business plan: commercial drilling

The construction and equipment of wells can be a source of quite substantial income. However, before you start investing, you should create the most detailed business plan for drilling water wells. It should describe all aspects of your future activities, taking into account expenses and planned revenues.

Of course, the compilation of such a plan requires a fundamental approach, but in our article we will try to describe only the most significant moments, which to some extent will be relevant for any situation.

Process specifics

If you decide to start your business - drilling water wells may well be the main occupation for making a profit. In this case, however, it is necessary to have an idea of ​​the specifics of the drilling process, otherwise the problems will begin at the planning stage..

In addition, it should be noted that in addition to the drilling itself and the arrangement of the water source, it will be necessary to perform a number of preparatory works:

• Conducting geological surveys to determine the location, depth and thickness of aquifers.
• Study of the rock and soil at the drilling site for the selection of methods and equipment.
• Formation of the work plan with the mandatory preparation of estimates.
• Selection, purchase and adjustment of equipment that will be used to lift water from the depth.

Note! In some cases, geodesy and geology are outsourced. However, the presence in the company of full-time specialists in these areas allows you to implement more ambitious projects, and as a result - to receive much more profit.

The structure of the expenditure

Necessary equipment

To effectively perform drilling operations, it is necessary to purchase equipment and consumables. The inventory kit will differ depending on the tasks assigned, so here we will list only the most common points.

So, to start the business of drilling water wells, we need:

• Drilling rig. It can be both full-sized and small-sized. The cost of such devices starts from 50 thousand rubles and can reach several million.

Tip! If you have not done such work before, it is worthwhile to practice with low-power devices on simple tasks. Though they are not intended for deep drilling, but they pay off much faster.

• Pumps or motor pumps for pumping a drilled well and removing sludge (suspended clay and sand particles).
• Generators to be used for power supply. It is necessary to acquire them, since wells very often have to be drilled where there is no power network.
• Consumables for construction and piping wells - casing, filters, heads, caissons of plastic and metal, etc. Since each well uses its own set, the cost of these materials is included in the price of the project.

Also a necessary investment is transport for the transport of equipment and workers. And indeed, no one will be required to drag all the details necessary for drilling!

Other cost sources

However, the list of necessary investments is not limited to the purchase of equipment.

It is worth considering other sources of financial costs:

• First, it is necessary to formalize the activity from the legal side. In addition to opening a private enterprise is to take care of obtaining licenses.
• Secondly, you need to pick up a sufficiently qualified staff. And although the task before the workers is not too difficult, without an experienced and dexterous brigade just can not do.
• Also a significant proportion of the cost is advertising. The fact is that the price of a well drilled and equipped well is very high, and therefore a serious struggle for the client sometimes unfolds on the market. So at least at first, you will have to invest in your own popularity.

As a result, it turns out that at the start of the project we have to invest from half a million rubles - and this is subject to the use of the simplest equipment. However, the payback in this case is quite high, and therefore, when fully loaded, you can “go to zero” in about a year.

List of works

So, the equipment was purchased, the personnel was selected, the first customer was found. Next, you need to sketch out at least an approximate list of works.

The most common schemes include the following:

• At the first stage we carry out the training about which we wrote above. We need to determine the location for drilling and the nature of the future well.
• We make the project and the estimate, after which we carry out the approval at the customer.
• We carry out preliminary drilling directly on the site. In this case, the price of driving one meter is from 2 to 5 thousand rubles, depending on the complexity of the soil and other parameters.

Note! The average depth of the aquifer is 25-30 meters, so you can calculate the profit yourself.

• We equip the drilled well by installing a casing string and mounting the tip.
• We select and run pumping equipment. The client can purchase it independently, but it’s better to work with proven pump models, so we can provide warranty service.
• Perform well pumping, and then finally set up the water-lifting system.
• Strapping can be done both by our forces and by the client - this will also affect the total cost of the work.

Of course, this instruction is very approximate, but it gives an idea of ​​what skills you need to have to work in this business.

Conclusion

If we consider the drilling of water wells as a business, then its advantage will be high payback. At the same time, the financial threshold for entry into the market is quite high, and in order to get started, we need to either take out a loan or attract third-party financing.

At the same time, attention should also be paid to the professionalism of the performers, because the quality of the drilled wells depends on their work. The video in this article contains additional information that will facilitate the preparation of a detailed business plan.