| Are you looking for a list of offshore | | | | - KCA Deutag Drilling |
| drilling companies because you are looking | | | | |
| for a job in an offshore oil rig? Have you | | | | - Maersk Contractors |
| tried the big boys like Shell and BP, etc? No | | | | |
| results, or don't want to try them for some | | | | - Metzke Engineering |
| reason? | | | | |
| | | | - Noble Drilling |
| Besides the obvious list of big boys like | | | | |
| Shell and BP, you can also look for offshore | | | | - Pajak Engineering |
| drilling companies which do wildcatting or | | | | |
| provide sub-contracting offshore oil drilling | | | | - Parker Drilling |
| services to the major players. There are | | | | |
| potentially hundreds of smaller companies | | | | - PetroMena |
| which do this. Rather than cover the whole | | | | |
| spectrum of finding oil, drilling for it and | | | | - Reamco |
| then refining and distributing the oil, these | | | | |
| relatively small companies (for the oil and | | | | - Seadrill |
| gas industry) concentrate on providing | | | | |
| offshore drilling services. Some of them were | | | | - Smedvig |
| formed during the last slump in oil prices by | | | | |
| far-sighted investors with deep pockets, | | | | - Smith International |
| buying up equipment for pennies on the | | | | |
| dollar. Many more were popped up just before | | | | - ENSCO International |
| the current boom in oil prices, or just | | | | |
| recently to cater for the spike in demand for | | | | - BLAKE Offshore |
| oil drilling services. | | | | |
| | | | - CDIS |
| Here is a list of 50 offshore drilling | | | | |
| companies to get you started: | | | | - Coastal Drilling Company |
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| - Nabors Industries | | | | - Crosco |
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| - Transocean | | | | - Extended Reach Drilling |
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| - Diamond Offshore | | | | - Frigstad Offshore |
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| - Rowan Companies | | | | - Jindal Drilling & Industries |
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| - Schlumberger | | | | - KCA DEUTAG Drilling |
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| - Stena Drilling | | | | - Marine Drilling Companies |
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| - Tesco Drilling | | | | - National Drilling Services |
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| - Transocean Sedco | | | | - Neptune Drilling |
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| - Prosafe ASA | | | | - Ocean Rig |
| | | | |
| - Abbot Group | | | | Do note that these are just 50 out of |
| | | | hundreds, with many more new companies formed |
| - Acteon | | | | each month to cater for the growing demand of |
| | | | the oil rush. As the entire oil and gas |
| - Akita Drilling | | | | industry is very fast-moving right now, there |
| | | | is no guarantee that all the companies will |
| - Altinex | | | | still be around. After all, the major players |
| | | | like Shell will almost certainly try to buy |
| - Atwood Oceanics | | | | them up to secure their own supply of oil |
| | | | rigs and crew. Some of these companies |
| - Baker Hughes | | | | provide both onshore and offshore services |
| | | | and may even provide pipelining services, so |
| - China Oilfield Services | | | | be sure to make it clear in your cover letter |
| | | | and resume/cv. |
| - Crosco Drilling | | | | |
| | | | Not all of the companies have websites or |
| - Dolphin Drilling | | | | email. You may need to do some digging to |
| | | | find their snail mail or offline address so |
| - Egyptian Drilling Company | | | | that you can send them you cover letter and |
| | | | resume through the post office. |
| - Franklin Howard International | | | | |
| | | | To get an offshore drilling job, you can go |
| - Fred. Olsen Energy | | | | to the major players, or you can try the |
| | | | smaller specialist offshore drilling |
| - Geoservices | | | | companies. The major players are of course |
| | | | more stable (at least during the oil boom). |
| - Global Marine Drilling | | | | The smaller companies, on the other hand, |
| | | | provide more opportunity for advancement if |
| - GlobalSantaFe | | | | you are bright and hardworking. |
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