Aziwell

What Aziwell does

Aziwell is a Norwegian-based directional drilling technology company serving the global mineral exploration and infrastructure industries. Founded in 2015 and operating as a subsidiary of Aziwell Group with headquarters in Oslo and a regional entity in Colombia (Aziwell Colombia SAS), the company delivers specialized directional core drilling and borehole survey services that allow multiple daughter holes to be drilled from a single mother hole, reducing surface disturbance, drilling costs, and environmental footprint.

The company's core offering is built around three proprietary products. AZIDRILL® is a directional core barrel service that steers boreholes while collecting BTK-size core samples from an N-size borehole, positioned as a revolution in wireline diamond drilling methodology. OriCore, launching in 2027, is a universal core orienter designed to fit all major core barrel systems without external adapters or extensions. NAVIGATOR is the company's software product for borehole planning and survey data management, described as the leading application in its category. Together these products form an integrated downhole-operations portfolio targeting mining exploration and civil engineering clients.

Aziwell operates a project-based professional services revenue model, deploying crews on-site at client project locations under enterprise contracts. Documented customers include Copper Giant Resources Corp. for the Mocoa copper-molybdenum porphyry project in Putumayo, Colombia, and Torex Gold for the Media Luna project in Guerrero state, Mexico. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales with a content-driven marketing approach, including articles, case studies, and direct client engagement. The company is privately held with 1–10 employees.

Name

Aziwell

Legal name

Aziwell

Website

https://aziwell.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aziwell is a Norwegian directional drilling technology company that provides directional core drilling and borehole survey services, anchored by its proprietary AZIDRILL® system, OriCore orienter, and NAVIGATOR planning software for global mineral exploration and infrastructure clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Directional Drilling Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Mining (213), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Mining and Oil and Gas Field Machinery Manufacturing (33313)

akta.pro primary industry

Mine Surveying & Geospatial Services (Survey, Drone/LiDAR, GIS, Grade Control) (IMAKAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA), Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Directional core drilling
• Mineral exploration services
• Borehole survey
• Drilling technology
• Civil engineering drilling

Headquarters

HQ city

Melhus

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Directional Drilling Services: Provides directional core drilling and borehole survey services for mineral exploration and infrastructure industries. Revenue generated through service contracts for drilling operations at client project sites.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aziwell provides directional core drilling and borehole survey services for the mineral exploration and infrastructure industries worldwide. The company delivers on-site directional drilling operations using its proprietary AZIDRILL® directional core barrel service, supported by the OriCore universal core orienter and the NAVIGATOR borehole planning and survey data management software.

Product overview

Aziwell is a directional drilling technology company offering an integrated portfolio of products and services for the mineral exploration and infrastructure industries. The core offering includes AZIDRILL®, a proprietary directional core barrel service for steering boreholes while collecting core samples; OriCore, a universal core orienter designed to fit all major core barrel systems; and NAVIGATOR, a borehole planning and survey data management software. These products work together to maximize drilling program efficiency through innovative downhole operations solutions for mining, exploration, and civil engineering applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AZIDRILL®: Directional core barrel service - a revolution in borehole steering providing core samples closer to industry standards in wireline diamond drilling while steering boreholes. Cuts an N-size borehole while collecting BTK-size core samples.
• OriCore
• NAVIGATOR

Products and services

• AZIDRILL® AZIDRILL® is a directional core barrel service that enables multiple daughter holes to be drilled from a single mother hole, allowing more efficient testing of expansion corridors while reducing surface disturbance, drilling costs, and environmental footprint. It is designed for mining exploration and civil engineering projects that require drilling in challenging terrains.
• OriCore OriCore is a Universal Core Orienter designed to fit all major core barrel systems without external adapters or extensions. It is a service product for directional core drilling operations in mineral exploration.
• NAVIGATOR NAVIGATOR is a software application for borehole planning and survey data management. It supports the planning and execution of directional drilling programs for mineral exploration and infrastructure projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces surface disturbance compared to conventional multi-hole drilling approaches
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Copper Giant Resources Corp.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Copper Giant Resources Corp. engaged Aziwell Colombia SAS to implement directional drilling technology at its flagship Mocoa copper-molybdenum porphyry project in Putumayo, Colombia. This marks the first deployment of directional drilling at Mocoa and forms part of the Company's 2026 exploration program—the largest drill campaign in the project's history.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Boart Longyear: World's largest provider of drilling services and equipment for the minerals industry. Direct competitor to Aziwell's directional core drilling offering for mineral exploration, with overlap on enterprise mining customers such as copper and gold majors.
• Scientific Drilling International: Provides directional drilling services and downhole surveying primarily for oil & gas; comparable directional drilling technology and surveying workflows that intersect with Aziwell's mining-focused directional core drilling service.
• Reflex Instruments (Imdex Group): Provides downhole instrumentation for orientation, surveying, and core orientation in mineral exploration drilling. Directly comparable to Aziwell's OriCore product and borehole survey capability.
• Major Drilling Group International: Specialized drilling services contractor serving the mining industry globally, including directional and surface exploration drilling. Closely comparable service model to Aziwell, targeting the same mineral exploration customer base.
• Foremost Group of Companies (Foremost Drilling): North American drilling services contractor with significant mineral exploration drilling presence. Similar service-based model and customer overlap in the metals mining segment.

Emerging players

• Layton Associates / Ranger Drilling: Specialty drilling services provider focused on directional and challenging-access drilling for mining and geotechnical applications; partial overlap with Aziwell's directional core drilling niche.

Broad incumbents

• Atlas Copco (Power Technique / Mining & Rock Excavation): Industrial incumbent with drilling rigs and consumables for mining and infrastructure. Comparable end customers and adjacent products, though broader portfolio than Aziwell's specialized directional core drilling focus.
• Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions: Major mining equipment and rock tooling supplier with significant drilling rigs and consumables business. Competes in the same mineral exploration end-market but as a diversified incumbent.
• Epiroc: Global mining and infrastructure equipment manufacturer offering drilling rigs, consumables, and automation. Overlaps with Aziwell across drilling products and mining customers but operates at far greater scale with a broader portfolio.

Regional players

• Downhole Surveys (DHS): Norwegian-based borehole surveying and directional drilling services firm. Direct geographic and technical overlap with Aziwell, serving Scandinavian and European mining customers with comparable borehole survey workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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