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Top 25 Oil rig operators based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 541 oil rig operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 60,378 professional contacts across them, including 9,124 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.

This list covers oil rig operators headquartered in the United States, 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 20, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
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The 25 largest oil rig operators based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 541 oil rig operators based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to oil 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+5,865 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0005,601 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0003,290 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tidewater Inc.(Tidewater) is the owner and operator of the world’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) fleet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0003,173 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0002,215 contacts →

Partial evidence

Oil States International, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,938 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,706 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,135 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000857 contacts →

Partial evidence

“KLX Energy Services provides more than 100 mission-critical oilfield services, tools, technologies and equipment to some of the industry’s leading operators.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSan Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000770 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pioneer Energy Services is now Patterson-UTI”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000639 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Atwood Oceanics, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000635 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNew Orleans, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000567 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000538 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500444 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kosmos Energy is a leading deepwater exploration and production company with assets in proven basins offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceOklahoma City, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000440 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500424 contacts →

Partial evidence

“EnerVest is a top-tier, low-cost oil and natural gas operating company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceZelienople, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000384 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 2008, Deep Well Services (DWS) is an oilfield services company specializing in the most complex and difficult types of well work utilizing hydraulic completion…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000325 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceHouma, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000305 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Partial evidencePocola, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500295 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NABORS DRILLING USA is an oil & energy company based out of 1803 N GRAY ST, POCOLA, Oklahoma, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Indirect evidenceNew Iberia, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000291 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“LEAM Drilling Systems, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Indirect evidenceCut Off, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500272 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded as C&D Wireline in 1968, with C&D Production Specialist joining the business in 1993, today Crosby Energy Services is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise National…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Partial evidencePensacola, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200266 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services, Inc.(OIMO) corporate headquarters in Pensacola,FL provides a full range of Drilling Rig services and construction support activities…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Partial evidenceScott, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500265 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gordon Technologies is an engineering company providing innovative new technology and service to the oil and gas drilling industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Oil rig operators based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
15.1%Verified-email coverage
111.6Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
23.8%Largest-city concentration · Houston
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
129
11-50
172
51-200
125
201-500
50
501-1,000
22
1,001-5,000
32
5,001-10,000
7
10001+
2

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 541 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 oil 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 States whose own description of what they do matches “oil 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 oil 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 oil rig operators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 9,124 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 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Oil rig operators by metro

  • Oil rig operators in Houston129

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 oil 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 oil rig operators are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 541 oil rig operators headquartered in the United States 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?

Nabors Industries, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most oil rig operators?

Houston leads with 129 headquartered companies, followed by Midland (17) and Odessa (16).

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 9,124 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 541 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 20, 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.