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Top 25 Deep water drilling contractors based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 714 company matches for deep water drilling contractors associated with the United States as of October 2026 and tracks 79,726 professional contacts across them, including 14,381 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for deep water drilling contractors associated with the United States, 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.

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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The 25 largest deep water drilling contractors based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 714 company matches for deep water drilling contractors based in the United States, 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.
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1Exact 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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2Exact 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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3Exact 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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4Exact 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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5Exact 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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6Exact 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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7Exact 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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8Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0002,076 contacts →

Exact match

“For oil & gas exploration and production companies worldwide, Superior Energy Services is an oilfield products and services company with global reach, financial stability and…”

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9Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0001,771 contacts →

Exact match

“Helix Energy Solutions, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is an international offshore energy services company that provides specialty services to the offshore energy industry…”

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10Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20265,001-10,0001,652 contacts →

Exact match

“Oil States International, Inc.”

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11Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0001,375 contacts →

Exact match

“Headquartered in Houston, Hercules Offshore, Inc.”

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12Exact matchThe Woodlands, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0001,329 contacts →

Exact match

“Cudd offers a broad range of technical and specialized oilfield services to companies engaged in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas worldwide.”

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13Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,0001,145 contacts →

Exact match

“Stewart & Stevenson is a leading designer, manufacturer and provider of specialized equipment and aftermarket parts and service for the oil and gas and other industries that we…”

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14Exact matchCranford, NJ, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,000863 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1919, Weeks Marine, Inc.”

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15Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 2026501-1,000678 contacts →

Exact match

“Atwood Oceanics, Inc.”

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16Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,000627 contacts →

Exact match

“Worldwide Oilfield Machine (WOM) is a multinational equipment manufacturer specializing in solutions for drilling, testing, production and intervention operations.”

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17Exact matchSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 2026501-1,000611 contacts →

Exact match

“Manson is one of the nation’s leading heavy civil marine construction and dredging companies.”

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18Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 2026501-1,000588 contacts →

Exact match

“On April 15, 2021, Noble Corporation plc completed its acquisition of Pacific Drilling Company LLC.”

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19Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,000506 contacts →

Exact match

“Ranger is one of the largest providers of high specification mobile rig well services, cased hole wireline services, and ancillary services in the U.S.”

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20Exact matchOklahoma City, OK, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,000458 contacts →

Exact match

“As the largest privately-held domestic land drilling contractor in the United States, Cactus provides competent, motivated personnel utilizing premium equipment to meet and exceed…”

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21Exact matchNewcastle, OK, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 2026501-1,000445 contacts →

Exact match

“Only Thru Tubing Solutions offers the specialized downhole equipment and services to deliver the results you need, right when you need them.”

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22Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 2026501-1,000391 contacts →

Exact match

“Express Energy Services, a leading oilfield services company, is active in every major hydrocarbon basin in the United States and is a premier provider of products and services…”

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23Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 2026201-500345 contacts →

Exact match

“ADA is a global energy services company specializing in advanced drilling solutions for oil, gas, and geothermal applications.”

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24Exact matchTulsa, OK, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 20261,001-5,000318 contacts →

Exact match

“The core philosophies and belief systems, which our company strives to deliver are all designed to keep our country on track to someday be energy independent.”

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25Exact matchHouma, LA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 11, 2026501-1,000307 contacts →

Exact match

“Performance Energy Services, a Danos company, was formed in to deliver safe, client-focused support to the onshore and offshore energy markets.”

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Deep water drilling contractors based in the United States at a glance

As of Oct 11, 2026
18.0%Verified-email coverage
111.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
24.8%Largest-city concentration · Houston
Oct 11, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
174
11-50
244
51-200
166
201-500
58
501-1,000
26
1,001-5,000
33
5,001-10,000
9
10001+
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 714 companies.

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.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United States 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. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. 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 14,381 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 metro

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 based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 714 company matches for deep water drilling contractors associated with the United States 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?

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

Which city has the most deep water drilling contractors?

Houston leads with 177 company records, followed by Midland (23) and Lafayette (16).

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 14,381 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 714 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.