Oilfield Contractors And Services

An oilfield is a location that consists of kilometers of underground oil wells. To extract the oil and gas companies setup rigs and employs a contractor to carry out one or more of the process from the drilling and extraction of oil to the transport. A contractor is usually hired to carry out the drilling after the oilfield is discovered. A contractor is hired by a super major or an operator. A super major is a large company that deals with exploration, drilling, refining and the selling of oil. An operator is similar to a super major but undertakes projects on a much smaller scale.

In UAE there are over two hundred companies that undertake oilfield contracts. The most important service offered by oilfield contractors is pipeline construction. Companies involved in this service use product of the highest quality. They use a wide range of products that includes petroleum hose pipes, gasoline pumps, dispensers, liquid control flow meters and total control systems. These companies also require water flow meters, flow meters, cam-lock fittings, filters, nozzles and fill-rite pumps. Deira in Dubai and Mussafah in Abu Dhabi are few places where companies for oilfield contractors are situated.