please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message kca deutag type private limited company industry oil and gas predecessors berry wiggins and co. ltd kca drilling deutag ag founded 1922 berry wiggins and co. ltd 1 1963 gulf oil partnership 1 1967 sold chevron corporation 1 1974 kca drilling 1 1977 kca international 1 headquarters aberdeen scotland area served worldwide key people robert ellis chairman 2 norrie mckay ceo 3 neil gilchrist cfo 3 products petroleum natural gas motor fuels aviation fuels petrochemicals services oil and gas extraction number of employees 9000 website www.kcadeutag.com 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 . 4 contents 1 background 2 operations 3 personnel 4 business development 5 see also 6 references 7 external links background edit kca deutag is the merger of kca drilling and deutag ag in 2001 . 5 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 . 6 it has 61 land rigs and 39 offshore platforms with a long established history across its operations 7 the company was awarded a queens award for enterprise in the international trade category for the second time during 2010 . 8 operations edit the company has seen continued growth securing major contracts around the world including multimillion dollar contracts in libya 9 and a multimillion euro contract in france 10 europe more than 100 years 11 libya more than 50 years oman more than 40 years russia more than 10 years nigeria more than 15 years 12 in 2010 kca deutag also established a presence in iraq returning to the country for the first time since the 1980s . 13 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 . 6 in june 2008 it won two contacts in southeast asia worth an estimated us 4 million 14 rds reportedly won a drilling facilities design contract for bp s clair ridge during 2009 . 15 kca deutag also owns and manages dart training services a simulator based training business operating in six different locations around the globe . personnel edit in 2012 norrie mckay became ceo of kca deutag whilst neil gilchrist was appointed as chief financial officer of kca deutag in january 2013 . norrie mckay chief executive officer 16 neil gilchrist chief finance officer on 1 april 2009 the company lost ten employees aboard the april 2009 north sea helicopter crash . 17 business development edit in 2010 kca deutag secured a number of key contracts 18 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 see also edit list of oilfield service companies references edit a b c d e grace s guide berry wiggins and co . grace s guide . retrieved 13 march 2015 . kca deutag our annual report . kca deutag . retrieved 13 march 2015 . a b kca deutag meet the management team . kca deutag . retrieved 13 march 2015 . rigzone online accessed 9 december 2010 deutag referenzen europetrotec.com accessed 15 june 2008 . a b about us kca deutag uk . accessed 20 october 2009 . csr report 2007 abbot group limited uk . accessed 12 june 2008 . aberdeen city council news online accessed 3 december 2010 scandoil online accessed 3 december 2010 silobreaker online accessed 3 december 2010 kca deutag website accessed 9 december 2010 . annual report 2007 abbot group limited uk . accessed 12 june 2008 . iraq business news online accessed 3 december 2010 . rds receives 4 million in contracts energycurrent online 10 june 2008 . us . accessed 16 june 2008 . western europe petroleum economist october 2009 petroleum economist online accessed 20 october 2009 . who we are meet the management team . www.kcadeutag.com . retrieved 29 august 2016 . memorial service news archive kca deutag website news releases kca deutag website accessed 3 december 2010 . external links edit kca deutag abbot group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kca deutag & oldid 736704707 categories oil and gas companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in aberdeenoilfield services companiesdrilling rig operatorshidden categories articles needing cleanup from november 2015all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from november 2015articles lacking reliable references from november 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesuse british english from april 2013use dmy dates from august 2014 navigation menu personal 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