Bentec
Deilmannstrasse 1
48455 Bad Bentheim
Germany
A History of Success
1888: The young drilling engineer Heinrich Lapp (1860-1936) founds the drilling company in Aschersleben, Germany. During an era of technological optimism a lot of money is invested into drilling.
1900: By the turn of the century, Lapp ownes a fleet of 25 steam-driven rigs, principally drilling for salt and coal.
1905: Heinrich Lapp starts drilling for oil. The company opens offices in Budapest (Hungary) and Gleiwitz (Germany).
1918: Lapp retires after suffering a setback due to the devastating effects of the First World War.
1919: The company is renamed: Deutsche Tiefbohr Aktiengesellschaft – DEUTAG.
1921: Carl Deilmann Sr. takes over the shares of DEUTAG and start to renew the company that soon regains its former strength and reputation.
1920s and 1930s: An increase of drilling activities takes place. New activities are found abroad in countries like Russia, Yugoslavia and Spain.
1938: Europe’s first significant natural gas field is discovered located in the Bad Bentheim forest. The “Norddeutschland I” stands right at the beginning of all natural gas finds in Northern Germany, the Netherlands and the North Sea.
1945: The company loses its facilities in Aschersleben and all rigs that had been in the eastern part of Germany.
1946: With little equipment remaining the company moves headquaters to Bad Bentheim where opportunities exist for expansion in the nearby oil and gas fields.
1950s and 1960s: The company regains its previous reputation and is awarded contracts to drill in Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Spanish-Sahara.
1963: The company starts its offshore activities as a founding partner of Transocean Drilling Company Limited.
1970s and 1980s: The company continues growing, especially in the Middle and the Far East and Africa, with projects in Quatar, Brunei and Pakistan, Thailand, Gabon, Nigeria and India.
1987: The first arctic operation starts in Spitzbergen.
1988: The company celebrates its 100th anniversary.
1990: 100% of the company are taken by Preussag.
1994: DEUTAG sourced out its engineering and fabrication department and Bentec is founded.
1995: Bentec opens its first branch office in Aberdeen, Scotland and one year later the branch office in Oslo, Norway is established. Soon Bentec becomes a trademark for first class rigs and drilling equipment.
2000: With regard to the importance of the Caspian Sea region, Bentec establishes a representative office in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
2001: Commissioning of the first western land operation in Turkmenistan. The rig is designed and manufactured by Bentec.
2001: The Scottish Abbot Group plc takes over Bentec, that stays an independent business within the Abbot Group.
2003: Bentec Russia is established in Moscow.
2005: Bentec establishes its subsidiary IDTEC Oman as an repair and maintenance partner to its customers in the Middle East.
2007: Bentec invests more than 20 Mio. US$ in Tyumen, Russia, to build up a new manufacturing facility that will employ 300 to 350 people. The facility is planned to start operations during the course of 2009.