Australasia’s leading

drilling fluid solutions partner

We provide industry-leading equipment, technical support and knowledge.

Servicing diamond coring, waterwell, HDD, tunnelling, construction, geothermal and oil & gas in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

Services

 
 
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Industry experts

Blick partners with local councils, engineering consultants and large contracting companies to consult on a range of projects.

This is an area we are building; designing contracts to better suit contractors.

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Mineral coring & geotech

The mineral coring and geotech industries across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific are mature and do things well. 

We add value and support to these areas through consulting, drilling fluids, thread grease and tooling

Horizontal Directional Drilling machine

Trenchless & HDD

Three waters work is an area that requires better support.

A big focus for the Blick team is to spend time helping engineering consultants and councils to design contracts more effectively to suit trenchless and HDD.

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Piling & construction

When piling, tunneling or building diaphragm walls under fluids, we provide support and advice.

The whole project is covered from start to finish; helping you to deliver better outcomes and reduce risk, all while keeping the fluid costs low.

 
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Waterwell & anchoring

We focus on the drilling process, and how we can help you to be more effective.

We do this through drilling fluid design, thread grease, as well as bits, rods and adaptors.

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Oilfield & geothermal

Our focus is to provide water based drilling fluid solutions, along with bits and dope for the drill string and casing.

With expert Mud Engineers in our team, we support you from design and execution, to project review.

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Diamond tools

We aspire to provide diamond tools that are as good as big name brands, but at a better price.

We believe we stock the best core drills, diamond blades, grinding discs and polishing pads in the Waikato.

Specialty Grease

We offer advice and support around selecting the right product for your solution.

Our range includes the industry's highest-quality, environmentally compliant; food grade grease, valve grease, high temperature sealing compounds, and Oilsafe Lubrication Management.

 

Warehouse collections

Please call ahead so we can get your order ready to go before you get here.

This will save you time, and make it easier for our Warehouse Managers to keep everything on track.

Our hours for warehouse pickup are;

Australia
Melbourne 8:30am - 4:30pm 03 9068 5688
Sydney 8am - 4pm
Brisbane 8:30am - 4pm
Perth 8am - 3:30pm

New Zealand
Hamilton 8am - 4pm (1 hr notice) 07 849 2366
Tauranga 9am - 2.30pm (3 hrs notice)
Christchurch 9am - 2.30pm (3 hrs notice)

If you need something outside these times, talk to us, and we will do our best to help.

Buy our products online in NZ

Blick Mud Schools

We’ve developed specialised and industry specific mud schools for drillers, engineers and consultants.

Greatly enhance the success of a job by utilising drilling fluids in your planning process or business. 

Supplier reference

“Drillco is a growing business, and suppliers are calling with challenging projects. We choose to work with Blick. From design, through to optimising the execution for a great project outcome, Blick are there for us.

At Drillco we need to deliver high quality for our customers, to do that we need partners who support that. Blick are that partner.”


Scott Walls, Drillco

Directional drilling specialists

Industry news & articles

Keep up to date with the latest Blick news, products and projects.

 

Part 2: Drilling in a clay formation? Do we Encapsulate, Disperse or Inhibit?

Drilling in clay formations can be challenging. Tooling choice and methodology are important contributors to the successful drilling of clays. Equally important and our focus here is looking into some of the drilling fluid chemicals that can help with this formation type…

Written on 4 August 2022 by Luke Galanti

Part 1: Formation analysis improves drilling fluid design

Critical trenchless installations require a fluid system that is optimised to the ground conditions that will be encountered. At Blick, customers send us geotechnical reports, samples of formations or even photos to allow us to understand their conditions. Using this information we will design a fluid system to maximise their success...

Written on 28 July 2022 by Clay Adams

What is bentonite clay?

Bentonite is a very reactive clay that shrinks or swells markedly in response to the removal or addition of water.

Bentonite consists mainly of smectite minerals (swelling or expandable clay), commonly formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash or sometimes from other igneous or sedimentary rocks…

Written on 7 July 2022 by Tim Babbage

Blick are the exclusive distributor in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands for these valued suppliers

 
 
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Melfred Borzall

Suppliers of HDD tools, that continue to lead the industry with quality construction, productive designs and value pricing.

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Jet Lube / Whitmore / Oilsafe / Deacon

World leader in manufacturing the industry’s highest quality grease and lubricants.

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Black Diamond

Our preferred manufacturer for high quality down-the-hole hammers, to suit the harshest conditions.

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Technidrill

Suppliers of diamond coring products, that are compatible with Boart Longyear coring systems.

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Dimatec

Manufacturer of high quality metal bond diamond bits, and related down-the-hole equipment.

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Fann

Specialists of the most comprehensive fluid testing equipment, for drilling fluids and cement slurries.

 
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Grundomat®

The world's best soil displacement hammers for perfect pipe installation, and fibre to the home installation.

MetaFlo Technologies

MetaFLO technology turns liquid waste into a stackable solid in real time, while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Palmer Bit Co

High quality drilling bits including Diamond Devil PDC’s and Red Devil drag bits.

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Premiere Drill Pipe

Manufacturers of the world’s most complete line of HDD tubulars, in all sizes of drill pipe to suit most HDD rigs.

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M-I SWACO

The world leader in drilling fluid systems and solids control equipment, servicing the HDD market.