and gas founded 1976 headquarters dubai united arab emirates key people john kennedy chairman james moffat ceo revenue us 871 million 2015 1 operating income us 90.0 million 2015 1 net income us 65.2 million 2015 1 number of employees 9 312 2015 website www.lamprell.com lamprell plc based in the united arab emirates specialises in oil rig construction business . it builds shallow water drilling jackup rigs liftboats land rigs and carries out rig refurbishment . it is listed on the london stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was established by the stephen lamprell in 1976 in dubai . 2 the company established three sites in the united arab emirates and one in thailand before starting jackup rig conversions in the late 1980s . 2 in the late 1990s the company started to diversify into oil rig construction . 2 in 2006 the company launched an initial public offering on the alternative investment market 3 and in 2008 it secured a full listing on the london stock exchange . 2 the company acquired maritime industrial services another maritime services business for 336 million in july 2011 4 but was hit by a series of profit warnings in 2012 following a string of losses delays and deferrals in individual projects . 5 operations edit the company has facilities in the following locations 6 port khalid sharjah hamriyah port sharjah jebel ali dubai references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . lamprell . retrieved 2 june 2016 . a b c d top 50 most influential brits in the uae . arabian business . retrieved 22 june 2014 . lamprell plc . all ipo . retrieved 27 april 2014 . lamprell buys maritime industrial services . 11 july 2011 . retrieved 22 june 2014 . lamprell leaps 17pc despite issuing fifth profit warning . the telegraph . 19 november 2012 . retrieved 22 june 2014 . lamprell operations external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lamprell & oldid 723442868 categories companies based in dubaicompanies established in 1974 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 02 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view