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Top 25 Deepwater drilling rig operators worldwide

RevenueBase identified 2,528 company matches for deepwater drilling rig operators worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 281,293 professional contacts across them, including 43,816 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Houston the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for deepwater drilling rig operators 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 September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for deepwater drilling rig operators 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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2,528Companies
281,293Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest deepwater drilling rig operators worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 2,528 company matches for deepwater drilling rig operators worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 19, 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.
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1Exact matchZug, SwitzerlandHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00010,068 contacts →

Exact match

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

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0006,466 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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3Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 202610001+5,865 contacts →

Exact match

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

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4Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0005,601 contacts →

Exact match

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

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5Exact matchChuo-ku, JapanHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0005,077 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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6Exact matchHouston, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0004,845 contacts →

Exact match

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

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7Exact matchJakarta Selatan, IndonesiaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0003,932 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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8Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0003,290 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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9Exact matchAl Khobar, Saudi ArabiaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0003,251 contacts →

Exact match

“ADES is a world-leading international provider of oil and gas drilling services.”

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10Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0003,173 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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11Exact matchBergen, NorwayHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,942 contacts →

Exact match

“With a multi-national workforce of over 5,700 personnel, DOF is an international group of companies which owns and operates a fleet of modern offshore/subsea vessels, with an…”

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12Exact matchDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,689 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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13Exact matchLeiden, NetherlandsHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,643 contacts →

Exact match

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

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14Exact matchChâtel-saint-denis, SwitzerlandHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,554 contacts →

Exact match

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

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15Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,471 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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16Exact matchRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,427 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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17Exact matchSandnes, NorwayHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,373 contacts →

Exact match

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

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18Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 202610001+2,317 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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19Exact matchAl-khobar, Saudi ArabiaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,312 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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20Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,215 contacts →

Exact match

“Oil States International, Inc.”

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21Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,176 contacts →

Exact match

“Ensign Energy Services Inc.”

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22Exact matchCairo, EgyptHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,122 contacts →

Exact match

“EDC is one of the leading drilling contractors in Egypt and the MENA region; established in 1976 in partnership with Maersk Drilling, EDC is now 100% owned by Egyptian General…”

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23Exact matchRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,075 contacts →

Exact match

“Constellation Oil Services is a drilling contractor highly differentiated due to its unique experience in deep and ultra-deepwater drilling.”

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24Exact matchComuna 1, ArgentinaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,064 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…”

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25Exact matchAl-khobar, Saudi ArabiaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,042 contacts →

Exact match

“We are the region’s trusted onshore and offshore oil & gas drilling company with an extensive track record of operational excellence and advanced capabilities that have enabled…”

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Deepwater drilling rig operators worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
15.6%Verified-email coverage
111.3Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
5.6%Largest-city concentration · Houston
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
530
11-50
791
51-200
563
201-500
288
501-1,000
145
1,001-5,000
161
5,001-10,000
29
10001+
16

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 deepwater drilling rig operators are linked below.
What qualifies
Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “deepwater drilling rig operators” 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 43,816 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 September 19, 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.

Deepwater drilling rig operators by location

14 lists · largest first

Every Deepwater drilling rig operators 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 “deepwater drilling rig operators”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many deepwater drilling rig operators are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 2,528 company matches for deepwater drilling rig operators worldwide as of September 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 deepwater drilling rig operators?

The United States leads with 543 companies, followed by Nigeria (151) and the United Kingdom (129). Every deepwater drilling rig operators list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most deepwater drilling rig operators?

Houston leads with 141 company records, followed by Singapore (69) and Dubai (39).

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 43,816 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,528 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 September 19, 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.