Rowan Companies Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
2800 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 5450, Houston, TX 77056-6127, United States
(713)621-7800, (713)960-7660 fax, http://www.rowancompanies.com

Primary SIC: Drilling Oil & Gas Wells, Primary NAICS: Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
Description: Rowan Companies Inc. was organized in 1947 as a Delaware corporation under the name Rowan Drilling Company Inc., which was successor to a contract drilling business conducted since 1923. The company provides international and domestic contract drilling services, and it also owns and operates a manufacturing division that produces equipment for the drilling, mining and timber industries. The company's offshore drilling operations are conducted in various markets throughout the world, and its onshore drilling operations are located in the U.S. In February 2009, ten of the company's offshore platforms were located in the Gulf of Mexico, nine in the Middle East, two in the North Sea and one in West Africa. 29 of its land rigs were located in Texas, one in Oklahoma and one in Alaska. Its manufacturing operations are conducted by LeTourneau Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. Its drilling products and systems segment designs and manufactures primary drilling equipment as well as variable-speed motors, variable-frequency drive systems and other electrical components for the oil and gas, marine, mining and dredging industries. Its mining, forestry and steel products segment manufactures heavy equipment such as large wheeled front-end loaders, diesel-electric powered log stackers and steel plate products. More

Mining: Performing contract drilling of oil and gas wells. Transportation: Furnishing nonscheduled air transportation. Manufacturing: Drilling rigs, steel plate and heavy moving equipment that perform contract drilling of oil and gas wells.