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