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Top 25 Offshore drilling contractors based in Nigeria
RevenueBase identified 223 offshore drilling contractors headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026 and tracks 3,888 professional contacts across them, including 484 with verified work emails. Port Harcourt is the largest hub.
This list covers offshore drilling contractors headquartered in Nigeria, 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 17, 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.
The 25 largest offshore drilling contractors based in Nigeria
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 377 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Marine Platforms is an oil service company focused on providing diverse services to the upstream sector of the oil & gas industry in Nigeria and the African continent sustainably.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 356 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Geoplex Drillteq Limited is the fastest-growing indigenous service provider in Sub-Saharan Africa, proudly holding the API Q2 certification, a testament to our commitment to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 172 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vision To be the preferred Integrated Upstream Oilfield Services Provider in Africa creating value for all stakeholders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Arion Energy Services is an engineering, projects, and operations service provider to the oil and gas, power and maritime industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Company Emval Nigeria Limited is a servicing company that provides onshore and offshore technical services to the Oil & Gas industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Depthwize is a Nigerian Drilling Contractor with current assets in the swamp and shallow offshore drilling market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PFL Engineering Services Limited (PFL) is an indigenous company established in 2002.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc is the public limited company holding Caverton Helicopters Limited and Caverton Marine Limited.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hydroserve Group is a leading oil and gas company which started as Hydroserve Oil Services Nigeria Limited in November, We began operations in with Pipeline & Process, and Pumping…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AOECL provides Drilling & Well completion, Manpower, Procurement, Dredging, Inspection, and EPCI services (Engineering, Procurement, Technical Consultancy, Facility Maintenance…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BRICKS was established in 2008 with the aim of providing a comprehensive package of services, tailored to our client’s requirements in the chain of sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thompson & Grace Investment Limited (TGIL) an Engineering/ Oilfield Service company in Nigeria provides services to the Engineering Sector/Oil and Gas industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PEGIS GLOBAL Services Limited (PGSL) is a fast growing indigenous company with operational base in Port Harcourt, focused on providing services in the Oil and gas Industry in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sellafield Energy is a leading oil and gas support provider that has within a short time, emerged as a reference point in recruitment services and technical manpower support…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oil Quest International Limited (OQIL) is an indigenous Oil and Gas integrated technical support Service Company incorporated in Nigeria as a limited liability company on 11th…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oil and Gas servicing company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “New Energy Services Company Limited (NESSCO) is a 100% Nigerian owned company incorporated in 2003.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Zamam Offshore Services Limited (ZOSL) is a Nigerian oilfield services company responsible for the provision of production support services to the oil and gas industry in Africa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ocean Deep Drilling ESV Nigeria Limited (ODENL) is the Nigerian joint venture of Valaris, the world's leading offshore drilling services provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Overview Subsea100 Global(SHG), established in 2011, is a leading independent Offshore Services Contractor providing a range of Geophysical, Geotechnical and Subsea related…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Deepwater Engineering Limited (DEL) is a multi-discipline service provider formed by experienced professionals with years of direct experience within the major offshore Oil and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “First Priority Resources International Ltd (FPRIL) is a vibrant oil servicing company that offers Marine Logistics, Procurement, Engineering and Equipment Rental services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nondera Energy Services is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company that provides telecommunications, engineering, procurement and technical assistance and drilling services to clients…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oil & Gas Services company” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “STELOG Ltd since its establishment in 2008 and full offtake in 2012 is involved in Drilling, Intervention and Production services in the Oil and gas value chain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: offshore drilling contractors. 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 offshore drilling contractors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of offshore drilling contractors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name offshore drilling contractors. 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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Offshore drilling contractors based in Nigeria at a glance
As of Sep 17, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Nigeria, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nigeria, over 223 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 offshore drilling contractors, 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 Nigeria whose own description of what they do matches “offshore drilling contractors”. 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 offshore drilling contractors), 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 offshore drilling contractors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Nigeria 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, 484 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 17, 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.
Offshore drilling contractors by metro
- Offshore drilling contractors in Port Harcourt64
- Offshore drilling contractors in Lagos44
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 offshore drilling contractors, 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 offshore drilling contractors are there based in Nigeria?
RevenueBase identified 223 offshore drilling contractors headquartered in Nigeria 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?
Marine Platforms Limited, headquartered in Victoria Island Lagos, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most offshore drilling contractors?
Port Harcourt leads with 64 headquartered companies, followed by Lagos (44) and Lagos State (13).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 484 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 223 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.
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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.
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