Oilfield Service Companies: KCA DEUTAG

KCA DEUTAG is an international oil and gas services company with headquarters in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. It has approximately 8,000 employees and operates in more than 20 countries worldwide.

Background

KCA DEUTAG is the merger of KCA Drilling and Deutag AG in 2001. 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. It has 61 land rigs and 39 offshore platforms with a long-established history across its operations

The company was awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for the second time during 2010.

Operations

The company has seen continued growth, securing major contracts around the world, including multimillion dollar contracts in Libya and a multimillion Euro contract in France

Europe more than 100 years

Libya more than 50 years

Oman more than 40 years

Nigeria more than 15 years

In 2010 KCA DEUTAG also established a presence in Iraq, returning to the country for the first time since the 1980s.

KCA DEUTAG also has its own facilities and engineering services group, RDS, which itself has 500 personnel and 30 years experience in the industry. In June 2008 it won two contacts in Southeast Asia worth an estimated US$4 million RDS reportedly won a drilling facilities design contract for BP's Clair Ridge during 2009.

KCA DEUTAG also owns and manages DART (drilling and advanced rig training) simulators in six different locations for bespoke training.

Personnel

In March 2008, Holger Temmen became CEO of KCA DEUTAG whilst Neil Stevenson was appointed as Director of Business Development and Commerce of KCA DEUTAG in June 2008

Holger Temmen – Chief Executive Officer

Brian Taylor – Chief Operating Officer

Mark Walker – Director, Finance

Neil Stevenson – Director, Business Development and Commercial

On 1 April 2009 the company lost ten employees aboard the April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash.

Business Development

In 2010 KCA DEUTAG secured a number of key contracts:

KCA DEUTAG awarded significant North Sea contract for CNR

KCA DEUTAG awarded contract extension by Statoil

KCA DEUTAG awarded several significant drilling contracts in Libya

KCA DEUTAG awarded a multimillion dollar contract by TAQA Energy B.V., the Dutch subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA)

RDS awarded the contract for the Chirag Oil Project 'Execute' phase by the Azerbaijan International Operating Company, operated by BP

KCA Deutag won a multimillion Euro contract from NAM, a joint venture of Shell and ExxonMobil, for the provision of KCA Deutag's Bentec-built T-700 heavy land drilling rig.

KCA DEUTAG awarded a contract by HESS Oil France S.A.S with a total firm contract value in excess of €6.5 million