KCA DEUTAG
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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.
The company was awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for the second time during 2010.
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, RDShttp://rdsportal.rdsoil.com/frame/rdswebsite.htm, 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.
On 1 April 2009 the company lost ten employees aboard the April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash
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Oil
An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....
and gas
Gas
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services company with headquarters in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, 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 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-
- EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
more than 100 years
- Europe
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- LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
more than 50 years
- Libya
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- OmanOmanOman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...
more than 40 years
- Oman
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- NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
more than 15 years
- Nigeria
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, RDShttp://rdsportal.rdsoil.com/frame/rdswebsite.htm, 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
April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash
The April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash, which involved a Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma Mk 2 belonging to Bond Offshore Helicopters, engaged on flight 85N, that crashed northeast of Peterhead, Scotland just before 2:00 pm on 1 April 2009 in the North Sea while returning from a BP oil...
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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