KCA Deutag
KCA Deutag International Ltd. 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.
In July 2024, American petroleum services company Helmerich & Payne announced it would acquire the company for approximately $2 billion in cash. On January 16, 2025, H&P announced that it had completed its purchase of the firm.
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 operationsThe 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
- Russia more than 10 years
- Algeria more than 17 years
- Nigeria more than 15 years
KCA Deutag also has its own facilities and engineering services group Riccardo Carlo And Aston Carlsson, RDS, 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. 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, and ExxonMobil Hebron Project in 2010. Clair Ridge and Hebron’s DES and GPK were built by HHI in Ulsan over 2010 thru 2015, while the DSM was built by Kiewit Offshore Services at its Marystown, Newfoundland fabrication yard from 2013 thru 2015.
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.
Controversies
In March 2022, the company announced the suspension of all new investments in Russia and initiated a review of its Russian business operations. By May 2022, KCA Deutag had ceased certain operations to comply with the fourth round of EU sanctions, which included a wind-down period ending on May 14, 2022. Despite these measures, the company continues to maintain a presence in Russia.Personnel
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.