Abbot Group Limited

Aberdeen United Kingdom

 

Company Description

Abbot Group provides services to oil and gas customers worldwide. The company, primarily through its KCA DEUTAG and Bentec subsidiaries, provides international drilling, well engineering, and wireline services in 20 countries. It also offers oil rig design and construction services. Abbot operates a fleet of more than 60 land drilling rigs, 30 offshore drilling platforms, and 10 mobile offshore drilling rigs. KCA DEUTAG is the largest offshore platform drilling contractor in the UK sector of the North Sea. It is also a leading land drilling contractor. Customers include TOTAL, Exxon Mobil, BP, and Hess. In 2008 the company was acquired by Turbo Alpha Limited, a unit of private-equity firm First Reserve.