About Us
Elk Point Drilling
Elk Point Drilling was founded by Joe Topilka back in 1950. The company was originally located in Elk Point, Alberta which is where the name came from. After only a couple of years in business, Joe moved both the family and business to Edmonton, Alberta. Joe found it easier to run the drilling company from a bigger center but continued to concentrate most of his work northeast of Edmonton. Within the industry, Joe had many “firsts”. He was the first drilling company in western Canada to use stainless steel sand screens. He also incorporated oilfield technology such as the first electric logger that was used in the completion of water wells.
These two innovative ideas brought the art of drilling wells from a hit & miss and relatively un-scientific approach of water dowsing, to a modern age of technology and enabled the completion of wells where previous methods could not be used successfully.
As time went on, Joe’s only son, Jerry, became active in the company. Jerry was able to take Joe’s ideas and perfect them. Jerry became confident enough to claim, and guarantee, sand-free water wells. A first then and even today this guarantee still applies. Jerry was also one of the first to run PVC casing as well as developed the first threaded PVC well casing. Jerry bought out his father, Joe, and with the help of his long time Partner, John Soloninko, they have expanded the company to where it is today. Elk Point Drilling has gone from simple water wells to large commercial projects. Over the years, they have had their equipment dragged through the bush in Fort McMurray before any roads existed, worked in the high Arctic, completed several years of ground water mapping in Saskatchewan, drilled in almost every area of Saskatchewan and Alberta, completed core projects for several diamond companies as well as completed and developed oilfield source wells. Jerry has always been a major contributor to the drilling industry as a whole by assisting to establish and maintain the Alberta Water Well Drilling Association. His loyalty and dedication to this association has only been matched by a few.
Elk Point Drilling has expanded from one rig and some rented equipment to a fleet of drilling rigs and support equipment capable of drilling, auguring and boring holes from 4” to 48” in diameter.
Jerry’s son, Kelly, has always worked within the company. However, over the past few years Kelly has had the opportunity to work in different fields expanding his knowledge of the drilling industry which will enable him to continue to grow the company in today’s evolving market. From being a small boy going out to work with his father to drilling and supervising larger projects, Kelly has always been involved with the company. Kelly has also completed a two year groundwater engineering program from NAIT, worked for the Alberta Research Council as well as working for an oilfield company for several years as a rig manager. Kelly is a Journeyman Water Well Driller, Journeyman Oilfield Rig Tech III Driller, has a current Oilfield Second Line Ticket and several other oilfield safety tickets.
Quest Drilling Services
The next step for the company was to get more involved in the oilfield and industrial markets. This is one reason for Elk Point Drilling to launch QUEST DRILLING SERVICES. Kelly hopes to continue to expand the company and maintain success in the water well drilling and light oilfield markets.
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After everything is said and done, all of our hard work, dedication and commitment to Elk Point Drilling and Quest Drilling are equaled only by the woman in each man’s life:
· Joe’s wife, Anne
· Jerry’s wife, Lori
· John’s wife, Barb
· Kelly’s wife, Kerry.
Without their support, we could never have measured our success.
About Us
Elk Point Drilling
Elk Point Drilling was founded by Joe Topilka back in 1950. The company was originally located in Elk Point, Alberta which is where the name came from. After only a couple of years in business, Joe moved both the family and business to Edmonton, Alberta. Joe found it easier to run the drilling company from a bigger center but continued to concentrate most of his work northeast of Edmonton. Within the industry, Joe had many “firsts”. He was the first drilling company in western Canada to use stainless steel sand screens. He also incorporated oilfield technology such as the first electric logger that was used in the completion of water wells.
These two innovative ideas brought the art of drilling wells from a hit & miss and relatively un-scientific approach of water dowsing, to a modern age of technology and enabled the completion of wells where previous methods could not be used successfully.
As time went on, Joe’s only son, Jerry, became active in the company. Jerry was able to take Joe’s ideas and perfect them. Jerry became confident enough to claim, and guarantee, sand-free water wells. A first then and even today this guarantee still applies. Jerry was also one of the first to run PVC casing as well as developed the first threaded PVC well casing. Jerry bought out his father, Joe, and with the help of his long time Partner, John Soloninko, they have expanded the company to where it is today. Elk Point Drilling has gone from simple water wells to large commercial projects. Over the years, they have had their equipment dragged through the bush in Fort McMurray before any roads existed, worked in the high Arctic, completed several years of ground water mapping in Saskatchewan, drilled in almost every area of Saskatchewan and Alberta, completed core projects for several diamond companies as well as completed and developed oilfield source wells. Jerry has always been a major contributor to the drilling industry as a whole by assisting to establish and maintain the Alberta Water Well Drilling Association. His loyalty and dedication to this association has only been matched by a few.
Elk Point Drilling has expanded from one rig and some rented equipment to a fleet of drilling rigs and support equipment capable of drilling, auguring and boring holes from 4” to 48” in diameter.
Jerry’s son, Kelly, has always worked within the company. However, over the past few years Kelly has had the opportunity to work in different fields expanding his knowledge of the drilling industry which will enable him to continue to grow the company in today’s evolving market. From being a small boy going out to work with his father to drilling and supervising larger projects, Kelly has always been involved with the company. Kelly has also completed a two year groundwater engineering program from NAIT, worked for the Alberta Research Council as well as working for an oilfield company for several years as a rig manager. Kelly is a Journeyman Water Well Driller, Journeyman Oilfield Rig Tech III Driller, has a current Oilfield Second Line Ticket and several other oilfield safety tickets.
Quest Drilling Services
The next step for the company was to get more involved in the oilfield and industrial markets. This is one reason for Elk Point Drilling to launch QUEST DRILLING SERVICES. Kelly hopes to continue to expand the company and maintain success in the water well drilling and light oilfield markets.
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After everything is said and done, all of our hard work, dedication and commitment to Elk Point Drilling and Quest Drilling are equaled only by the woman in each man’s life:
· Joe’s wife, Anne
· Jerry’s wife, Lori
· John’s wife, Barb
· Kelly’s wife, Kerry.
Without their support, we could never have measured our success.