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Top 25 Deep water drilling contractors worldwide

RevenueBase identified 3,433 company matches for deep water drilling contractors worldwide as of October 2026 and tracks 316,093 professional contacts across them, including 53,424 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Houston the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for deep water drilling contractors worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed October 11, 2026. Country and city lists for deep water drilling contractors follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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3,433Companies
316,093Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest deep water drilling contractors worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 3,433 company matches for deep water drilling contractors worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Oct 11, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchZug, SwitzerlandHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,00010,599 contacts →

Exact match

“Transocean is a leading international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells.”

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2Exact matchAmsterdam, NetherlandsHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0009,144 contacts →

Exact match

“SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert.”

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3Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0006,721 contacts →

Exact match

“Long recognized for extraordinary performance, superb safety and long-standing partnerships, and now incorporating Frank’s International, Expro is focused on enabling our…”

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4Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 202610001+6,266 contacts →

Exact match

“Nabors Industries is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry.”

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5Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0005,939 contacts →

Exact match

“Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry.”

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6Exact matchChuo-ku, JapanHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0005,354 contacts →

Exact match

“MODEC has been a leading provider of solutions for the floating offshore oil and gas market for over 50 years.”

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7Exact matchHouston, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0005,065 contacts →

Exact match

“Seadrill is setting the standard in deepwater oil and gas drilling.”

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8Exact matchUnited StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 202610001+4,979 contacts →

Exact match

“A Premier Global Player with Deep Engineering Expertise in the offshore, marine and energy industries Engineering our Future Together.”

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9Exact matchBeveren-kruibeke-zwijndrecht, BelgiumHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0004,648 contacts →

Exact match

“DEME (Euronext Brussels: DEME) is a leading contractor in the fields of offshore energy, dredging and marine infrastructure, and environmental remediation.”

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10Exact match3063 Nh, NetherlandsHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0004,483 contacts →

Exact match

“Van Oord is a leading international marine contractor focusing on dredging, infrastructure and offshore energy projects.”

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11Exact matchJakarta Selatan, IndonesiaHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0004,167 contacts →

Exact match

“We are the one and only national company that possesses combined competencies in oil & gas services: seismic, drilling and oilfield.”

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12Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0003,497 contacts →

Exact match

“Tidewater Inc.(Tidewater) is the owner and operator of the world’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) fleet.”

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13Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0003,263 contacts →

Exact match

“We Are Valaris With decades of expertise and strategic commitment built on efficiency, capability and ingenuity, our sights are continually set toward a future built with purpose…”

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14Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,923 contacts →

Exact match

“Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Key Energy Services provides a wide array of leading edge energy production solutions and services.”

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15Exact matchLeiden, NetherlandsHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,792 contacts →

Exact match

“Heerema Marine Contractors is a world-leading marine contractor in the international offshore energy industry.”

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16Exact matchDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,770 contacts →

Exact match

“Shelf Drilling is a wholly owned subsidiary of ADES Holding Company, a leading international oil and gas drilling services provider.”

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17Exact matchChâtel-saint-denis, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,765 contacts →

Exact match

“Allseas is a world-leading contractor in the offshore energy market.”

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18Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0002,622 contacts →

Exact match

“Precision is a leading provider of safe and High Performance, High-Value services to the oil and gas industry.”

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19Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 202610001+2,444 contacts →

Exact match

“Patterson-UTI is a leading provider of drilling and completion services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States and other select…”

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20Exact matchAl-khobar, Saudi ArabiaHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,406 contacts →

Exact match

“Zamil Offshore Services Company has been offering diversified offshore and marine support services to the oil and gas industry since 1977.”

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21Exact matchSandnes, NorwayHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0002,399 contacts →

Exact match

“Archer is a company providing drilling and well services to the global energy industry.”

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22Exact matchDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,362 contacts →

Exact match

“OiLSERV is a provider of an expanding range of oilfield services, including well logging, well testing, production enhancement, drilling services, surface production management…”

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23Exact matchRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,328 contacts →

Exact match

“A OCYAN atua há décadas na prestação de serviços para o setor de óleo e gás upstream, estruturando suas operações em três frentes de atuação.”

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24Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,277 contacts →

Exact match

“Ensign Energy Services Inc.”

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25Exact matchComuna 1, ArgentinaHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,247 contacts →

Exact match

“Somos la mayor prestadora de servicios de perforación de la Argentina y somos líderes en la prestación de servicios asociados al mantenimiento y optimización de los pozos de…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 11, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase

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Deep water drilling contractors worldwide at a glance

As of Oct 11, 2026
16.9%Verified-email coverage
92.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
5.2%Largest-city concentration · Houston
Oct 11, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
813
11-50
1,154
51-200
730
201-500
344
501-1,000
163
1,001-5,000
164
5,001-10,000
39
10001+
15

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for deep water drilling contractors are linked below.
What qualifies
Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “deep water drilling contractors” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 53,424 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on October 11, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Deep water drilling contractors by location

28 lists · largest first

Every Deep water drilling contractors list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “deep water drilling contractors”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many deep water drilling contractors are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 3,433 company matches for deep water drilling contractors worldwide as of October 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Transocean tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which country has the most deep water drilling contractors?

The United States leads with 714 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (195) and Nigeria (158). Every deep water drilling contractors list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most deep water drilling contractors?

Houston leads with 177 company records, followed by Singapore (81) and Dubai (50).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 53,424 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 3,433 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on October 11, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.