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Helmerich & Payne Flex Rig drilling the Bakken. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (/ ˈ h ɛ l m r ɪ k / HELM-rik) is an American petroleum contract drilling company engaged in oil and gas well drilling and related services for exploration and production companies [2] headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with operations throughout the world.
The company later known as Kerr-McGee was founded in 1929 as Anderson & Kerr Drilling Company by Oklahoma businessman-politician Robert S. Kerr (1896-1963) and oil driller James L. Anderson. When Dean A. McGee (1904-1989), a former chief geologist for Phillips Petroleum , joined the firm in 1946, it changed its name to Kerr-McGee Oil Industries ...
In 2010, Continental introduced the ECO-Pad® drilling technique, which involves drilling 4 wells from 1 pad. This reduced the cost of drilling and increased production output. [10] In 2012, the company moved its headquarters from Enid, Oklahoma to Oklahoma City. [11] In 2016, the company sold assets in North Dakota and Montana for $222 million ...
In June 2006, the company acquired Western Gas Resources in a $5.3 billion cash transaction. [13] In August 2006, the company acquired Kerr-McGee for $16 billion in cash. [14] [15] In January 2007, the company sold assets in West Texas for $1 billion. [16] In February 2007, the company sold assets in Oklahoma and Texas for $860 million. [17]
Nabors Industries Limited is an American global oil and gas drilling contractor that has operated since 1972. Based in Houston, Texas, Nabors operates the world’s largest land drilling rig fleet, with around 500 rigs operating in over 25 countries – in almost every significant O&G basin on the planet.
Patterson Drilling Company was founded in 1978 by Cloyce Talbott and Glenn Patterson. [1] UTI Energy was formed in 1986 to purchase Universal Well Services, Union Supply Company, Triad Drilling Company, and International Petroleum Services Company. In 2001, Patterson Drilling acquired UTI Energy and renamed the company Patterson-UTI Energy. [3]
XTO Energy was founded in 1986, and was initially called Cross Timbers Oil Company. [11] The company was started by Bob R. Simpson, Steve Palko and Jon Brumley with US$35 million raised by former Goldman Sachs co-chairman Robert Rubin. [7] Initially, the company purchased and developed long-lived oil and gas production properties. [12]
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