Founded 1888 | Area served Worldwide Number of employees 9,000 | |
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Predecessors Berry Wiggins and Co. LtdKCA DrillingDeutag AG Key people Robert Ellis (Chairman) Norrie McKay (CEO) Neil Gilchrist (CFO) Products PetroleumNatural gasMotor fuelsAviation fuelsPetrochemicals Parent organization KCA DEUTAG Drilling Group Limited Profiles | ||
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KCA Deutag 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.
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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
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 [1], 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® training services, a simulator based training business operating in six different locations around the globe.
Personnel
In 2012, Norrie McKay 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.
Business Development
In 2010 KCA Deutag secured a number of key contracts: