1 EXHIBIT 22(1) SUBSIDIARIES OF LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY ================================================================================ ================================ NAME OF SUBSIDIARY JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION ================================================================================ ================================ Boyles Bros. Drilling Company Utah - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Christensen Boyles Corporation Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Christensen Boyles International Cayman Islands - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Christensen Mining Products Export Company, Ltd. Barbados - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Christensen Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Thailand - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Glindemann & Kitching Pty Ltd Australia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Hydroresources Co., Ltd. Thailand - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- International Directional Services, L.L.C. Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- International Mining Services Pty Ltd Australia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Arkansas Company Arkansas - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Atlantic Company, Inc. Indiana - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Central Company Tennessee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Christensen Australia Pty Limited Australia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Christensen Canada Limited (f/k/a Elgin Exploration Company, Ltd.) Calgary, Alberta, Canada - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Louisiana Company Louisiana - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Northern Company, Inc. Indiana - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne-Northwest Company, Inc. Wisconsin - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Ohio Company West Virginia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne Texas, Incorporated Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Layne (Thailand) Limited Bangkok, Thailand - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Mid-Continent Drilling Company Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- PT Layne Christensen Indonesia Indonesia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- SMS Offshore Pty Ltd Australia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Shawnee Oil & Gas, L.L.C. Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Stamm-Scheele Incorporated Louisiana - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Stanley Exploration Mining Company Ltd Ghana - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Stanley Mining Services Pty Limited Australia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Stanley Mining Services (Tanzania) Ltd Tanzania - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Stanmines Ghana Ltd Ghana - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Stanmines NL Australia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Tecniwell S.r.l. Italy - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Toledo Oil & Gas Services, Inc. Louisiana - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Vibration Technology, L.L.C. Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- WorldCover, Inc. Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- 91