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    Global Partnerships

    Drive Innovation and Technology

    Introduce New and Transferable Technology, to the Industry to de-risk drilling and continuously improve performance.

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    Consultancy done different

    Where Strategy meets Engineering

    At Canistra we provide our services based on experience, strategic insight, advanced technology and global partnerships.

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    Business Services

    Providing Market Intelligence, Data and Analysis

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    Training done more efficiently

    Specified training to get the most out of your engineers

    Create more leads and opportunities by training your engineers

What Canistra does


Focused support for geothermal projects that need momentum and confidence.

 

Canistra supports operators, investors, technology providers, and public-sector partners to turn geothermal ambitions into successful, technically sound projects.

 
Innovation
Bringing new ideas, tools and approaches into geothermal projects to drill faster, lower costs, and unlock more reliable heat and power.
Technology transfer
Screening, positioning, and deployment support for geothermal tools that can reduce cost, improve integrity, or unlock reservoirs.
services
Business Services
Providing market intelligence, data and analysis, together with commercial roadmaps, stakeholder framing, risk narratives, and practical steps for moving projects toward success.
Knowledge Transfer
Training, capability building, and cross-industry learning for teams moving from oil and gas or conventional energy into geothermal.

Partner Network

A local core with a global specialist reach.

Canistra sits in that bridge position: founder-led, technically fluent, commercially aware, and built around a selective partner network that can help projects increase success.

The aim is simple: help operators and funders see how technology, execution discipline, and partnership can reduce uncertainty in real projects.

Zerdalab

Drill bits on demand, not off the shelf, with a special focus on the geothermal industry.

Air drilling

Air Drilling Associates (ADA) is a global leading service provider of specialist drilling solutions for the geothermal industry.

Downhole technology

UK technology company solving thermal and vibration challenges for tools in deep, hot wells, including downhole energy harvesting to power sensors while drilling.

WHAT IS HAPPENING

In the Geothermal world

18 Nov Auckland Harbour Bridge over the Waitematā Harbour

NZ Geothermal Workshop

26 Nov Fairy chimney rock formations in Cappadocia with hot-air balloons in the sky

IGIS Geothermal Investment

17 Nov

IADC Geothermal Drilling Conference

17 – 18 November 2026 · Copenhagen, Denmark.
18 Nov

NZ Geothermal Workshop

18 – 20 November 2026 · Faculty of Engineering and Design, University of Auckland.
26 Nov

IGIS Geothermal Investment

26 – 27 November 2026 · Cappadocia, Turkey.

START THE CONVERSATION

Bring Canistra into the room when geothermal risk needs to become a workable plan.

Connect on LinkedIn

Robert Mandjes

CALL US

+64 (0)21 705 976

EMAIL US

robert@canistra.co.nz



Founder - Led

Robert Mandjes, founder of Canistra

Led by Robert Mandjes, with a global perspective on geothermal execution.

Canistra’s voice is personal and practical: grounded in the transition from oil and gas experience toward geothermal advocacy, and focused on projects where technical credibility can unlock real energy-transition outcomes.

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