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Top 25 Deepwater drilling rig operators based in the United Arab Emirates

Name: Deepwater drilling rig operators based in the United Arab Emirates
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 125 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 125 deepwater drilling rig operators headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 15,294 professional contacts across them, including 1,201 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.

This list covers deepwater drilling rig operators headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, 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 deepwater drilling rig operators based in the United Arab Emirates

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 125 deepwater drilling rig operators based in the United Arab Emirates, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to deepwater drilling rig operators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Shelf Drilling	Partial evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,689 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shelf Drilling is a wholly owned subsidiary of ADES Holding Company, a leading international oil and gas drilling services provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	ZMI Holdings	Indirect evidence	Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,917 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ZMI Holdings an ADNOC L&S company THE NEW WAVE Transforming the Offshore Energy Industry An integrated service provider offering unparalleled commitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	CCC Underwater Engineering S.A.L	Indirect evidence	Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	1,279 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “(Underwater Engineering) S.A.L was established in 1976.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Allianz Middle East Ship Management LLC	Indirect evidence	Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	793 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Singapore, Allianz Middle East Ship Management LLC(Allianz-ME) is a well-established marine contractors providing modern Offshore…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Stanford Marine	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	715 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1997, we operate an extensive fleet of Offshore Supply Vessels that service the Oil and Gas industry in the Middle East, South East Asia, Africa, India and the Gulf…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Gulf Marine Services PLC	Indirect evidence	Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	512 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GMS operates a modern fleet of highly versatile self-propelled lift boats, across international markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Viking Services	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	479 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Viking Services is a fully integrated service company that provides services to the oil and gas and geothermal industries with the goal of becoming the most trusted and reliable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Oilfields Supply Center LTD	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	369 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Oilfields Supply Center Ltd (OSC) was founded in Dubai in the early 1960’s at the behest of His Highness Shaikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the late Vice President and Prime…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Selective Marine Services	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	347 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1995 in the Middle East & Gulf region has now grown to be a regional company, meeting the growing demand and challenges of oil & gas as well as marine industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	OFCO	Indirect evidence	Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	330 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OFCO - Offshore International provide specialized offshore services to the Oil & Gas and construction industry including Marine Vessels, Integrated Offshore Logistics, Subsea…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Dulam International Limited	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	238 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dulam International is a leading provider of subsea services to the oil and gas industry in the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Sakson Group	Partial evidence	Cluster M, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	222 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Headquartered in Dubai UAE, Sakson Drilling & Oil Services is a drilling contractor dedicated to serving the oil and gas industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Astro Offshore	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	193 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Serving the offshore marine industry since 2009, Astro owns and operates a fleet of offshore support vessels including ocean going tugs, AHTs, Workboats as well as barges that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	GPK Marine Management Services Group	Indirect evidence	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	167 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GPK has a strong track record in managing liftboats with management having over 90 years combined experience in the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, Middle East region with liftboats…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Petrodive	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	146 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PETRODIVE is an independent diving company providing the Maritime and the International Oil and Gas industry with a complete underwater contracting service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	AL Mutawa Marine Works LLC	Indirect evidence	Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	137 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AL MUTAWA MARINE WORKS L.L.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	SEA Eagles Group	Indirect evidence	Hamriyah Free Zone, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	120 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About : Sea Eagles provides marine engineering and offshore services to companies within the oil and gas sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	VM Marine International LTD	Indirect evidence	Ajman, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “VM Marine International Limited is a privately owned Company providing offshore support vessels and integrated marine solutions in the offshore oil and gas industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	OIL & GAS International OGI	Indirect evidence	Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	117 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OGI FZC is a Global services provider in Rentals / Fishing /Casing running / Manufacture & Repair / inspection and pressure control, Lifting and rigging safety equipment’s and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Vortex Offshore	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	113 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “VORTEX OFFSHORE strives to provide their clients with Maritime Services meeting the highest industry standards, prioritizing safety and aiming at total Client Satisfaction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Ocean Oilfield Drilling Rigs & Marine Engg. Services FZC	Indirect evidence	Hamriyah Free Zone, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	93 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our Mission “Business is not just doing deals, business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Olympus Marine Services	Partial evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	91 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OLYMPUS Marine Services are a specialist Integrated Crew Management Contractor providing drilling personnel to the Oil and Gas Industry worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	GAC Marine L.L.C	Partial evidence	Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	84 contacts →
	Partial evidence “When you’re engaged in offshore exploration, construction and production, laying submarine pipes or cables, or operating a rig or production platform, you need a marine services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Emirates Western OIL Well Drilling & Maint. Co. L.L.C	Partial evidence	Al Zahiyah, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Emirates Western Oil Well Drilling & Maint.Co.LLC Company was established to cope with tremendous development witnessed by United Arab Emirates in various fields and in particular…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Safwan Petroleum Technologies EST	Indirect evidence	Corporate Office, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: deepwater drilling rig operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names deepwater drilling rig operators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of deepwater drilling rig operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name deepwater drilling rig operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Deepwater drilling rig operators based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

7.9%Verified-email coverage

122.4Average contacts per company

51-200Median size (employees)

30.4%Largest-city concentration · Dubai

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 125 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among deepwater drilling rig operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “deepwater drilling rig operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names deepwater drilling rig operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among deepwater drilling rig operators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
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 listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,201 across the full list. 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.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Deepwater drilling rig operators by metro

Deepwater drilling rig operators in Dubai38
Deepwater drilling rig operators in Abu Dhabi34

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names deepwater drilling rig operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many deepwater drilling rig operators are there based in the United Arab Emirates?

RevenueBase identified 125 deepwater drilling rig operators headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Shelf Drilling, headquartered in Dubai, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most deepwater drilling rig operators?

Dubai leads with 38 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (34) and Sharjah (7).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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 Smart Search, 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.