About Us

Dean Cockx
Owner/President
Dean was born and raised in the Strathmore community, is married and has four daughters. His philosophy has always been never let them see you sweat and never ask someone else to do something that you wouldn’t do yourself. His calm, cool, collected attitude is widely known throughout the drilling industry, which has allowed Dean and his teams to accomplish unthinkable drilling projects, such as 3000gpm artesian water well, 275mm SAGD conductor pre sets, 70mm Precambrian core sampling, conventional drilling of 300m gravel beds in the Canadian Rockies and large scale heavy oil core projects. If Dean thinks it can be done safely and economically he will never turn down the opportunity to try something out of the ordinary. “Trying new things keeps my teams on their toes and brings them together because everyone on the team is given the opportunity for input, that’s how jobs like this are accomplished safely and under budget.” Dean’s personality makes him very approachable which allows a very safe and enjoyable work place from client on down to his roughnecks. “If someone on the project doesn’t know what’s going on, I’m not doing my job.”

Tari Cockx
Owner/Secretary Treasurer/Office Manager
Tari was born and raised in the Strathmore community, married to Dean and has four daughters. After graduating from High School she went on to Red Deer College where she obtained a Legal Assistant Diploma. She worked in the legal profession until T.D. Drilling Inc. obtained its first rig in 2002 when she joined forces with Dean to operate T.D. Drilling. She strives to maintain an excellent financial base for TD. When she is not working in the office, she is running daughters to and from, and in her spare time she loves to travel with her husband.

Barb Kathol
Office Administrator/Safety Coordinator
Barb was born and raised in the Standard community; she is married and has two boys. Barb’s professional career includes Royal Insurance, Alberta Wheat Pool/Agricore, Rosebud Gas Co-op, and Superior Feed, before joining the TD group in 2004. She maintains an excellent safety program for TD and has obtained her Health and Safety Program Development certificate, and Internal Audit Certificate. When Barb is not running her boys to hockey all over the country, she also helps her husband maintain the family farm near Rockyford, Alberta.