We visited with Henniker Directional Drilling up in Rye, N.H.
Martin is president of Henniker Directional Drilling LLC, the sister company of Contoocook Artesian Well Co., a third-generation family business currently under the leadership of Rick Patenaude. “Contoocook actually holds New Hampshire license No. 1 for well drilling,” Martin reveals. The partnership began in early 2000; both firms are headquartered in Henniker, N.H. Martin had been managing drilling rig maintenance teams for Ingersoll-Rand the previous 13 years before hooking up with Patenaude and starting Henniker Directional Drilling.