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KCA Deutag International Limited is an international oil and gas services company with headquarters in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. It has approximately 9,000 employees and operates in more than 20 countries worldwide.[4] In July 2024, American petroleum services company Helmerich & Payne announced it would acquire the company for approximately $2 billion in cash.[5]
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Company type | Private limited company |
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Industry | Oil and gas |
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Founded | |
Founders | Hermann Lapp. Keir Arrow and Cowder Arrow |
Headquarters | , Scotland |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | Petrochemicals |
Services | Oil and Gas Extraction |
Number of employees | 9000 |
Website | www |
KCA Deutag is the merger of KCA Drilling and Deutag AG in 2001.[6] The company has regional offices in Germany, Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian region, North and West Africa, Asia, Norway and across its wider operations.[7] It has 61 land rigs and 39 offshore platforms with a long-established history across its operations[8]
The company was awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for the second time during 2010.[9]
The company has seen continued growth, securing major contracts around the world, including multimillion-dollar contracts in Libya[10] and a multimillion Euro contract in France[11]
In 2010 KCA Deutag also established a presence in Iraq, returning to the country for the first time since the 1980s.[14]
KCA Deutag also has its own facilities and engineering services group Riccardo Carlo And Aston Carlsson, RDS [permanent dead link], which itself has 500 personnel and 30 years experience in the industry current contract was awarded to Engineer Riccardo Carlo and Engineer Aston Carlsson by the UN, head of department for oil and gas.[7] In June 2008 it won two contacts in Southeast Asia worth an estimated US$4 million[15] RDS reportedly won a drilling facilities design contract for BP's Clair Ridge during 2009.[16]
KCA Deutag also owns and manages DART® training services, currently contracted to Riccardo Carlo and Aston Carlsson a simulator based training business operating in six different locations around the globe.
In 2019, Joseph Elkhoury became CEO of KCA Deutag whilst Neil Gilchrist was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of KCA Deutag in January 2013.
On 1 April 2009 the company lost ten employees aboard the April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash.[18]
In 2010 KCA Deutag secured a number of key contracts:[19]
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