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Top 25 Oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 2,636 company matches for oil and gas exploration contractors associated with the United States as of November 2026 and tracks 138,595 professional contacts across them, including 31,233 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for oil and gas exploration 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 November 4, 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.
The 25 largest oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,404 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Nabors Industries is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 6,077 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 5,544 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “We are an independent oil and natural gas acquisition, exploitation and exploration company.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 5,319 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Seadrill is setting the standard in deepwater oil and gas drilling.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 4,669 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “EOG Resources, Inc.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 3,989 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “National Energy Services Reunited Corp.(NESR) was founded in 2017 as one of the largest national oilfield services providers in the MENA and Asia Pacific regions and was the first…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 3,868 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Murphy Oil Corporation is a global independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 2,991 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Key Energy Services provides a wide array of leading edge energy production solutions and services.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 2,552 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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 2,294 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Tesco Corporation is now part of Nabors Industries.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 2,119 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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 1,926 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “TGS provides advanced data and intelligence to companies active in the energy sector.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 1,831 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Oil States International, Inc.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 1,814 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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 1,610 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 1,601 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “With over 70 offices in more than 50 countries located in major oil-producing provinces, Core Laboratories provides services to the world's major, national, and independent oil…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 1,366 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “FET (Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.) is a global company, serving the crude oil, natural gas, and renewable energy industries.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 1,359 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.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 1,276 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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 1,223 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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 1,159 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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 917 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “KLX Energy Services provides more than 100 mission-critical oilfield services, tools, technologies and equipment to some of the industry’s leading operators.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 912 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Innovex International, Inc (NYSE: INVX) is a Houston-based company established in 2024 following the merger of Dril-Quip, Inc and Innovex Downhole Solutions.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 898 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1919, Weeks Marine, Inc.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 842 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1994 and built on a strong geoscience and data management footprint, LMKR has evolved into a premier technology company expanding its reach to Clean Energy…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 4, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “oil and gas exploration contractors”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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Oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States at a glance
As of Nov 4, 2026Companies by employee count
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 2,636 companies.
How this list was built
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- 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 “oil and gas exploration 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 31,233 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 November 4, 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.
Oil and gas exploration contractors by metro
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Houston542
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Midland107
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Denver59
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Dallas58
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Oklahoma City54
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Odessa46
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Lafayette42
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Broussard29
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Fort Worth29
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in The Woodlands28
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Austin27
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Tulsa26
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Spring25
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 “oil and gas exploration contractors”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many oil and gas exploration contractors are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 2,636 company matches for oil and gas exploration contractors associated with the United States as of November 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?
Nabors Industries tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which city has the most oil and gas exploration contractors?
Houston leads with 542 company records, followed by Midland (107) and Denver (59).
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 31,233 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,636 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 November 4, 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.
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Top 25 oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 2,636 matching company records for oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States, with 138,595 tracked contacts and 31,233 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: November 4, 2026.
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Top 25 oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Houston, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 6,404 contacts → |
“Nabors Industries is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 6,077 contacts → |
“Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | W&t Offshore Inc. Nyse WTIwtoffshore.com HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Houston, TX, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 5,544 contacts → |
“We are an independent oil and natural gas acquisition, exploitation and exploration company.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | HQ: Houston, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 5,319 contacts → |
“Seadrill is setting the standard in deepwater oil and gas drilling.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 4,669 contacts → |
“EOG Resources, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | HQ: Houston, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Houston, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 3,989 contacts → |
“National Energy Services Reunited Corp.(NESR) was founded in 2017 as one of the largest national oilfield services providers in the MENA and Asia Pacific regions and was the first…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Murphy OIL Corporationmurphyoilcorp.com HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Houston, TX, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 3,868 contacts → |
“Murphy Oil Corporation is a global independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,991 contacts → |
“Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Key Energy Services provides a wide array of leading edge energy production solutions and services.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Houston, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 2,552 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Tesco Corporationtescocorp.com HQ: Hamilton, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Hamilton, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,294 contacts → |
“Tesco Corporation is now part of Nabors Industries.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,119 contacts → |
“For oil & gas exploration and production companies worldwide, Superior Energy Services is an oilfield products and services company with global reach, financial stability and…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,926 contacts → |
“TGS provides advanced data and intelligence to companies active in the energy sector.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | OIL States Internationaloilstatesintl.com HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,831 contacts → |
“Oil States International, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,814 contacts → |
“Helix Energy Solutions, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is an international offshore energy services company that provides specialty services to the offshore energy industry…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Houston, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,610 contacts → |
“Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,601 contacts → |
“With over 70 offices in more than 50 countries located in major oil-producing provinces, Core Laboratories provides services to the world's major, national, and independent oil…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,366 contacts → |
“FET (Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.) is a global company, serving the crude oil, natural gas, and renewable energy industries.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | HQ: The Woodlands, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | The Woodlands, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,359 contacts → |
“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.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,276 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,223 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,159 contacts → |
“Long recognized for extraordinary performance, superb safety and long-standing partnerships, and now incorporating Frank’s International, Expro is focused on enabling our…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 917 contacts → |
“KLX Energy Services provides more than 100 mission-critical oilfield services, tools, technologies and equipment to some of the industry’s leading operators.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | HQ: Humble, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Humble, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 912 contacts → |
“Innovex International, Inc (NYSE: INVX) is a Houston-based company established in 2024 following the merger of Dril-Quip, Inc and Innovex Downhole Solutions.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Weeks Marine, INCweeksmarine.com HQ: Cranford, NJ, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cranford, NJ, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 898 contacts → |
“Founded in 1919, Weeks Marine, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 842 contacts → |
“Founded in 1994 and built on a strong geoscience and data management footprint, LMKR has evolved into a premier technology company expanding its reach to Clean Energy…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Oil and gas exploration contractors: dataset insights
November 4, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
2,630 records in the displayed employee bands.
6 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
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 2,636 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: November 4, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Oil and gas exploration contractors by metro
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Houston542
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Midland107
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Denver59
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Dallas58
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Oklahoma City54
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Odessa46
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Lafayette42
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Broussard29
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Fort Worth29
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in The Woodlands28
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Austin27
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Tulsa26
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Spring25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for oil and gas exploration contractors?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many oil and gas exploration contractors did RevenueBase find based in the United States?
The saved snapshot records 2,636 matching company records, 138,595 tracked contacts and 31,233 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: November 4, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
Build your next target company list
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Cite this list
RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States. Snapshot: November 4, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/oil-and-gas-exploration-contractors/united-states.
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Top 25 oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States
RevenueBase records 2,636 matching company records for oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States, with 138,595 tracked contacts and 31,233 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: November 4, 2026.
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Top 25 oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Houston, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 6,404 contacts → |
“Nabors Industries is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 6,077 contacts → |
“Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | W&t Offshore Inc. Nyse WTIwtoffshore.com HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Houston, TX, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 5,544 contacts → |
“We are an independent oil and natural gas acquisition, exploitation and exploration company.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | HQ: Houston, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 5,319 contacts → |
“Seadrill is setting the standard in deepwater oil and gas drilling.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 4,669 contacts → |
“EOG Resources, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | HQ: Houston, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Houston, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 3,989 contacts → |
“National Energy Services Reunited Corp.(NESR) was founded in 2017 as one of the largest national oilfield services providers in the MENA and Asia Pacific regions and was the first…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Murphy OIL Corporationmurphyoilcorp.com HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Houston, TX, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 3,868 contacts → |
“Murphy Oil Corporation is a global independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,991 contacts → |
“Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Key Energy Services provides a wide array of leading edge energy production solutions and services.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Houston, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 2,552 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Tesco Corporationtescocorp.com HQ: Hamilton, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Hamilton, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,294 contacts → |
“Tesco Corporation is now part of Nabors Industries.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,119 contacts → |
“For oil & gas exploration and production companies worldwide, Superior Energy Services is an oilfield products and services company with global reach, financial stability and…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,926 contacts → |
“TGS provides advanced data and intelligence to companies active in the energy sector.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | OIL States Internationaloilstatesintl.com HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,831 contacts → |
“Oil States International, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,814 contacts → |
“Helix Energy Solutions, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is an international offshore energy services company that provides specialty services to the offshore energy industry…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Houston, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,610 contacts → |
“Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,601 contacts → |
“With over 70 offices in more than 50 countries located in major oil-producing provinces, Core Laboratories provides services to the world's major, national, and independent oil…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,366 contacts → |
“FET (Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.) is a global company, serving the crude oil, natural gas, and renewable energy industries.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | HQ: The Woodlands, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | The Woodlands, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,359 contacts → |
“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.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,276 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,223 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,159 contacts → |
“Long recognized for extraordinary performance, superb safety and long-standing partnerships, and now incorporating Frank’s International, Expro is focused on enabling our…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 917 contacts → |
“KLX Energy Services provides more than 100 mission-critical oilfield services, tools, technologies and equipment to some of the industry’s leading operators.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | HQ: Humble, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Humble, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 912 contacts → |
“Innovex International, Inc (NYSE: INVX) is a Houston-based company established in 2024 following the merger of Dril-Quip, Inc and Innovex Downhole Solutions.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Weeks Marine, INCweeksmarine.com HQ: Cranford, NJ, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cranford, NJ, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 898 contacts → |
“Founded in 1919, Weeks Marine, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | HQ: Houston, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Houston, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 842 contacts → |
“Founded in 1994 and built on a strong geoscience and data management footprint, LMKR has evolved into a premier technology company expanding its reach to Clean Energy…” Recorded description excerpt · November 4, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Oil and gas exploration contractors: dataset insights
November 4, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
2,630 records in the displayed employee bands.
6 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
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 2,636 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: November 4, 2026.
Publisher-reported method study
The published RevenueBase SmartSearch benchmark
86% good or better at Exact
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. It reports 86% of Exact matches judged good or better, and 77% for a 240-pair sample of one- or two-word categories. This evaluates the method across study queries rather than auditing this individual list.
Read the study and full methodology ↗RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Oil and gas exploration contractors by metro
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Houston542
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- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Oklahoma City54
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Odessa46
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Lafayette42
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Broussard29
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Fort Worth29
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in The Woodlands28
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Austin27
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Tulsa26
- Oil and gas exploration contractors in Spring25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for oil and gas exploration contractors?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many oil and gas exploration contractors did RevenueBase find based in the United States?
The saved snapshot records 2,636 matching company records, 138,595 tracked contacts and 31,233 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: November 4, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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Cite this list
RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 oil and gas exploration contractors based in the United States. Snapshot: November 4, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/oil-and-gas-exploration-contractors/united-states.
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